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The electric installation on Aerolite maintains U-Fly-It\u2019s trademark clean and tidy appearance. The arrangement looks well conceived and executed and with a few minor refinements in hardware to contain the battery packs, the Electric Aerolite is done and will enter production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aerolite 103 is a modest purchase, with gasoline models almost always priced at less than $20,000 in ready-to-fly form. Electric doesn\u2019t change that too much so Aerolite 103 is not only a well-developed aircraft but one you can probably afford (though everyone\u2019s budget is different).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How Long Can You Fly?<\/strong> Assuming a climb to 700 feet above ground and then cruising at 40-45 miles per hour, two battery packs will last about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What Is the Maximum Endurance?<\/strong> While two battery packs are the minimum arrangement, you can have two, three, or four. If you have four, you can fly for about an hour, again and always dependent on how you operate the powerplant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How Much?<\/strong>\u00a0At\u00a0Sun \u00b4n Fun 2021, here are some price estimates. Two battery packs with electric motor, controller, and all mounts and cables lists at\u00a0$9,750<\/strong>. A gasoline engine and fuel tank may cost slightly less but not a big difference. Each extra battery pack is $2,550 additional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When Can You Get One?<\/strong> \u2014 Gasoline or powered, as of Sun n\u00b4Fun 2021, Aerolite is quoting around eight months to take delivery of a ready-to-fly; five months for a kit. Yes, business is that good!<\/em> More than one Aerolite a week leaves U-Fly-It.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (Dan Johnson)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Electric Aerolite 103 Is Flying … but\u00a0U-Fly-IT boss\u00a0Dennis Carley\u00a0said they are still working on a name for the new entry. The electric installation on Aerolite maintains U-Fly-It\u2019s trademark clean and tidy appearance. The arrangement looks well conceived and executed and with a few minor refinements in hardware to contain the battery packs, the Electric Aerolite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[27],"class_list":["post-384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fixed-wing-eaircraft","tag-electric"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.e-flight-journal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}