Press Release (Wednesday, June 3, 2010)
Electric Aircraft ELEKTRA ONE from PC-Aero
Today the Expo for sustainable mobility „the electric avenue" in Friedrichshafen/Germany starts. After the world premiere at the Expo Aero 2010 PC-Aero now presents again it's Electric Aircraft, the ELEKTRA ONE.
Our Vision:
Using the existing technology it is possible to fly with a one-, two- or four-seat Electric Aircraft, for more than three hours, more than 400 km range, without noise, with zero CO2-emission, for lower operation costs than using a classic aircraft.
E-Plane Family
PC-Aero designed a family of Electric Aircrafts, based on an aerodynamic and structure similarity - starting from the one seater ELEKTRA ONE, going to a two seat aircraft ELEKTRA TWO and ending with the four seater ELEKTRA FOUR. ELEKTRA ONE may fly with less than 5 kW/hour. Using solar cells installed on the wing can fly with less than 4 kW/hour. ELEKTRA ONE SOLAR, a derivative version of ELEKTRA ONE may fly only using the energy from the sun.
"The E-Plane family will be a bridge for the future electric transportation in the third dimension, the air", says Calin Gologan, president PC-Aero. The first flight of ELEKTRA ONE will take place in late summer 2010.
Green Village Airfield
Calin Gologan (PC-Aero) will not only present a new Electric Aircraft, our ELEKTRA ONE. He will show more a future concept of electric mobility in the third dimension, the air: flying for more than 3 hours with CO2-emission zero in combination with a Solar Hangar (we name it Green Village Airfield).
ELEKTRA ONE will need only about 20 m2 photovoltaic cells (costs about 6.000 €) on the hangar roof in order to fly more than 300 hours/year (south Germany conditions).
ELEKTRA TWO will need about 40 m2 solar cells. In less than 8 years the costs of the solar cells will be returned. In this way a real CO2 zero emission flight will be realized.
We name this concept Green Village Airfield, the future of e-mobility concept in leisure aviation. PC-Aero is working close with the GERMAN AIRCLUB (DAEC) in order to realize this concept next year.
Calin Gologan-Network for the Green Village Airfield-project
Our project Green Village Airfield/Solar Hangar are actually in the planning phase. Engineers, scientists and pilots just connected to the Calin Gologan-network in order to bring this project to reality.
NASA-/CAFE-Green Flight Challenge 2011 (1,5 Mio. $)
The Team PC-Aero will compete with ELEKTRA ONE for the NASA Green Flight Challenge (http://cafefoundation.org) in summer 2011 California/USA. This will be the highest price in the history of general aviation (1.5 Mio. $) and will be sponsored by NASA. The goal: fly with less than 1 gallon/100 miles with more than 100 MPH, for a 200 miles range, for a two seat aircraft. A one seat aircraft must fly with 0.5 gallons/ 100 miles. For electric power 1 gallon will be converted in 33.7 kWh. PC-Aero built up a strong international team of worldwide best engineers and test pilots in order to win this price. The NASA-/CAFE-Green Flight Challenge event will be followed by the whole media world. As a team with the best chance to win we offer attractive sponsorship possibilities.
Synergies between Electric Aircrafts and Electric Cars
There are three very important synergies between Electric Aircrafts and Electric Cars:
• electric power unit
• use of the best aerodynamics
• saving weight
Aircraft designers have the best experience in saving weight (ex.: carbon
composite structures) and aerodynamic optimization.
E-Car designers have the best experience in the e-power package.
Working together would be the best benefit for both. That's why we are looking for
joint ventures with E-car manufacturers.
Sponsorship
Sponsorship levels are now available for business sponsors, airplane manufacturers, technology and industry partners and research and university partners. Sponsors will receive media visibility, be granted permission for use of the PC-Aero logo, have opportunities for corporate logo placement, be listed on the www.pc-aero.de website and participate in numerous planned events.
