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   "John Gilmer"  wrote in   
   news:47a09677$0$561$c5fe31e7@reader.usenet4all.se:   
      
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   >> Actually, the fuel for an equivelant gas powered aircraft woudl be   
   >> about six euro an hour, maybe eight. A 150 HP airplane would cost   
   >> about 60Euro an hour in France.   
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   > Good catch!   
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   > The "green" types alwas underestimate the cost of electricity.   
   > Moreover, when they "price" gas or other fuel they also tend for   
   > "forget" that much of that cost is for taxes.   
      
   Well, I'm a green type and I didn't miss it!   
   I'd say it was some newsie type that came out with that shit.   
      
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   > All that said, it still would be fun to have a new generation of   
   > "sport" aircraft with short range.   Because of the short range most   
   > such plane whould tend to crowd about the home field.  This, in turn,   
   > would encourage the development of more small airports.   They would   
   > not need fuel service so the major expense would just be the   
   > real-estate and paving. We could also expect a higher number of "out   
   > of fuel" type accidents.   
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   > Maybe the French should also look into catapaults (electricaly   
   > powered, of course) to reduce the energy needed to get the ship   
   > airborne.   "Super Capacitors" might help store and recover some much   
   > of the energy used.   
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   > Finally, of course, it would pay to invest in some "back up" power in   
   > the form of a high energy density primary cell.    Since it would not   
   > be routinely used,  money would not be a concern.   It could be a   
   > scaled up hearing aide battery.   
      
      
   Well, I thnk it's a technology that is definitely going to take off in   
   years to come. I don't know if I will ever get to fly one, but I   
   wouldn't turn my nose up at the opportunity. i'd realy love to fly that   
   rubber band powered airplane that was built a few years back though!   
      
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