General aviation electrification: new technologies, new challenges

This presentation will look into the promise made by electrification and will offer a threshold upon which the electric aircraft becomes a technical and economic feasibility, competitive with its piston-engine counterparts. It will review topics like operational weight (battery weight), entry into service (battery availability), acquisition costs (battery costs), operational costs (electricity costs) and turnaround time (charging time). Finally, the presentation will address the availability of funding for the 200+ projects currently under development, the extra costs required for certification in comparison with the less expensive remotorization of legacy models, and the impact of the 5G high-speed electronic office versus traveling.