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    Hello everyone,

    I'm the team leader for a university design project with the aim of designing an electric air racer that could compete in a Red Bull style air race. The project is a collaboration between teams from Loughborough University and Virginia Tech.

    We're currently in the research and initial concept phase of our work and are seeking to gain a better understanding of the characteristics which would make a great air racer. We've created a short survey, link below, that we would really appreciate responses to. Don't feel obliged to answer every questions, any response is helpful.

    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QPR9VMY

    Thanks,
    Laura

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    Re: Electric Air Racer - Design Project

    I hope you have a thick skin asking about "red bull style" air racing on this forum... This can be a tough room ;-)

    Sounds like an excellent project -- is this a design study or are there plans to build and fly?

    Good luck with it

    Pete
    Last edited by Pete; 11-06-2015, 07:58 AM.

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      Re: Electric Air Racer - Design Project

      Originally posted by webber.laura View Post
      Hello everyone,

      I'm the team leader for a university design project with the aim of designing an electric air racer that could compete in a Red Bull style air race. The project is a collaboration between teams from Loughborough University and Virginia Tech.

      We're currently in the research and initial concept phase of our work and are seeking to gain a better understanding of the characteristics which would make a great air racer. We've created a short survey, link below, that we would really appreciate responses to. Don't feel obliged to answer every questions, any response is helpful.

      https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QPR9VMY

      Thanks,
      Laura
      I would suggest you contact Pauli Iscold who is Professor at University in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is involved with Red Bull and FAI aviation world records. His input would valuable.

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        Re: Electric Air Racer - Design Project

        Thank you for your feedback and input. The 'red bull style format' definitely doesn't appear to cater the the same market as the Reno Air races. We have the scope to suggest changes to the Red Bull events so it's interesting to think about what inspiration we can take from the Reno races.

        We're taking this project through from initiation to full detailed design. Unfortunately we're not going onto the actual build.

        I will have a look into contacting Professor Iscold. He's certainly got a wealth of experience in this area.

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          Re: Electric Air Racer - Design Project

          The future of battery-powered flight got a major boost after Siemens researchers in Germany announced they have achieved a technological breakthrough with a new type of electric engine for aircraft that is five times more powerful than previous generation motors. Weighing in at a little over 100 pounds, the new motor delivers a continuous output … Continued

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            Re: Electric Air Racer - Design Project

            Originally posted by webber.laura View Post
            Thank you for your feedback and input. The 'red bull style format' definitely doesn't appear to cater the the same market as the Reno Air races. We have the scope to suggest changes to the Red Bull events so it's interesting to think about what inspiration we can take from the Reno races.

            We're taking this project through from initiation to full detailed design. Unfortunately we're not going onto the actual build.

            I will have a look into contacting Professor Iscold. He's certainly got a wealth of experience in this area.
            There seems to be some data collected at the HomebuiltAirplanes.com site at the just closed thread electric power in the The Light Stuff section.

            My electric homebuilt is still being tested as a model....or about to be in near future here; http://max3fan.blogspot.fi/

            Originally posted by Donald McMullin View Post
            I would suggest you contact Pauli Iscold who is Professor at University in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. He is involved with Red Bull and FAI aviation world records. His input would valuable.

            Yes Paulo Iscold design just set 5 new world records.
            Last edited by Jukka; 11-16-2015, 10:18 PM.

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              The single seat prototype aircraft is designed to demonstrate the advantages of pure electric flight.

              All Up Weight (excluding pilot); 345 kgs.
              Maximum Power (3400rpm): 225 kW
              Thrust 500 Kgs
              Maximum level Speed (sea level) 250 kts
              Climb rate (vertical) 9,000 ft/min
              Battery power (720 volts) 15 kW






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                Re: Electric Air Racer - Design Project

                That is really cool.

                I also notissed that late Paul McCready's design was able to reach 30 000 m/100 000 ft using a solar power, but even more interesting was that it flew 7 times faster in the thin air than on sea level.

                Wouldn't a sleek aerodynamically perfect lifting fuselage ( solar electic hybrid ) going 135 km/h on sea level able at 100 000 ft to fly at 945 kmh/ 587 mph ( just a notch faster than Skip Holm with Tsunami ).

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI4TG1AGU6Y ( at 5 minutes ).
                Last edited by Jukka; 11-18-2015, 01:53 AM.

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