Welcome to SilentFlight and
DESiE
Meanwhile
there
is
no
doubt
that
you
can
fly
more
than
ten
minutes
using
electric
powered
aeroplanes,
especially
motorgliders
or
ultralights.
The
new
generation
of
Li-Polymer
batteries
and
its
derivates
are
powerful
enough
even
for
the LSA class.
We
started
our
homebuilt
»
DESiE
«
in
1993.
At
that
time
my
colleagues
of
the
applied
electrochemistry
at
the
ICT
(Fraunhofer
Society)
already
developed
a
high
power
Li/LiCoO2
battery
in
their
lab.
So
it
was
clear,
that
in
near
future
the
energy
density
of
Li-Ion
batteries
could reach 200Wh/kg.
Our
airplane
is
uncompromisingly
focussed
on
the
efficient
use
of
the
provided
energy
storage.
The
tail-first
configuration and the overall cleanness
of
the
design
give
a
forefeeling
to
what
the glider may capable in flight.
With
a
»
little
help
from
outside
«
the
maiden flight will be possible in 2012.
Welcome
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