tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513327.post7856157472811039934..comments2023-11-08T09:21:19.159+02:00Comments on SAMAA BLOG: Electric not yet there -- Neil AllenOld Bokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12720164029000406558noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8513327.post-69483172262415296852007-06-18T09:09:00.000+02:002007-06-18T09:09:00.000+02:00Ditto!A while back I spoke to a Springbuck pattern...Ditto!<BR/>A while back I spoke to a Springbuck pattern pilot, from a few years back, about his new plane that he is putting together. I asked him why he is not going the 4-stroke or battery way. His answer was that we must put the successes that have been obtained overseas in perspective. Those pattern pilots that do well with a YS engine is not using a off the shelf engine but a special factory engine and if he is not happy with his engine it is replaced. The same with electric planes, if you are sponsored and do not have to worry about batteries you can achieve a lot. The other reality is that these products cost more in South Africa due to shipping cost, exchange rates and import duties and spares are hard to obtain. The average income of the middleclass in SA is much lower than in the developed countries which make these items even more unaffordable. So the reality, for now, is that there is only one reliable and affordable power source for pattern flying in SA:<BR/> The OS140 or an OS91FX for sportsman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com