Hey all,
The paint has dried, she has finished flight testing, all her electronics are working properly. It is time for my little girl to leave home and go out into the world.
<-- pats the side of the fuselage and says a silent prayer
This is the Avelina Elektra Alpha model 'RG', the first series RG version (Alpha) of the Avelina aircraft line, and fully electric, no combustion engine.
She is equipped with 3 battery quadrants or grids; Left and Right Wing cell grids and the nose cell grid. These are Aero-Gel/Nano Carbon Tube batteries, nearly instant-recharge via 3 plug charge systems, (3 per cell grid). These will yield a range of 500 nautical miles at 175 knots cruising speed / 6,000 feet altitude, standard loadout.
There are 3 forms of energy recoupment separate from a charge station; onboard mini jet turbine APU recharger, powered by a bio fuel set of tanks loaded in the wings outer wingtip areas for safety. This is a computer monitored injector system that has flex-fuel auto-tune features, so you can load up diesel or Jet-A if you cannot find Bio fuel. There is also a 'wind powered APU' (Draft Turbine in the manual) that deploys from the tail. Only used on descents and slow flights. Fast cruise is not recommended as it can drag the airspeed down slightly. Third is solar cells. A click of the button on the Settings page will deploy the wing mounted solar cells. (This is actually a factory feature, they would be adheared to the wings, cell by cell). The APU is a very small turbine, similar to the new Jaguar hybrid, and is mounted in a sound proof baffle box to dampen out sound.
The power system (Primary propulsion) are 2 'Negev' permanent magnet disc motors, air cooled, and at 200 HP each. One is ran at all power settings and the secondary kicks in at 51% power. The computer swaps the motors on separate flights so that the motors age evenly. (Note; you do not 'idle' the motors. When you go to idle setting on the throttle dial, the motors shut off, the prop comes to a stop. Get used to it, its the future).
The interior is state of the art for automobiles. What does that mean...? Hmm..... It means that inside, it doesnt look like a Cirrus or Cessna 182 or even a TBM. It looks like a brand new BMW 8 Series or Porsche Cayanne or Range Rover Evoque. No more flat instrument panel, no more flat inner door panels, etc, etc. Like the new Icon, this has a very 'auto like' panel and interior. (I know, its about time). The interior features lots of leather, veneer burled wood, and are 'theme packaged' for each planes exterior. The yellow plane has yellow stained burl wood on a black on black leather interior. The Stuttgart red package features Connolly leather on black leather interior, and the other models feature Khaki colors and brown wood trim.
The most sophisticated side of this new plane is the computer systems. This plane is LOADED!!!!!! It beeps, dings, bleeps. She doesnt talk, but she will auto-raise the gear at 155 knots, will deploy the gear if under 200 feet, will let you know if the motors are winding out at top max setting (you do not want to cook the Negev's), and it features things like auto-pressurization at 7,000 feet and up, air conditioning, auto-retracting pitot tube when powering down the ship, and countless other features. The panel features 2 LCD screens; the LCDP is the front primary flight display and has 6 different wallpaper settings for the background on it. The second screen is the center 'Infoscreen' panel. This has a touch screen system and features a Kiosk page to dial into the page (system) you need. Tap the headset icon to go to the Radios page. Tap in your radio Freq and dap the Back icon to go to Cruise Control (auto pilot or Droid Mode), GPS, HSI, and many many other pages and systems. Checklists are also built into this system.
The LCDP screen is super user friendly and has all your information in it, nicely packed in an artistic manner as like you might find in a modern Infiniti automobile. The VSI gauge is on the left, ASI and Altitude is on the right, Gyro and compass are center, Droid mode systems are far left (stack of fonts, such as HDG, ALT, SPD, etc). Flaps, Batteries, Trim are also on the main LCDP screen.
You also have a small, unique HUD screen mounted in the very far front of the dash board that pops up when you need it, and will display one of several measures, such as speed, heading, outside temp, time, etc.
Flying the Avelina is very fun. First, she is like a turboprop in that she is very overpowered, but this was only for getting to altitude and take-offs. Once airborn, you are to average your flights at 50% throttle. You can indeed take off at 75% throttle quite easily to keep some of your electric power. Thus, you can fly her like a turbine powered hot-rod, or you can fly her calmly and clip along still at a decent 175 knots (standard cruise). She has split flaps (lower side only drops down) giving you good air braking qualities. She is an RG, so with gear up and the sharp nosed cowling, she is quite clean, 'aerodynamically'. She has excellent glide properties with a very wide wingspan and high lift wings. They will flex and move a bit, like that of a little airliner. In turbulance, they will flex. Likewise, if you hit bumps on the ground, they will flex as well.
A neat feature of this new plane is the sound. She is very quiet. No mufflers or straight pipes. She has a 'whir' sound and the prop is also a composite Whisper, a six bladed unit that is very quiet with Scimatar shaped blades that cut the wind nicely. They have hardly any mass and can be feathered for glided high altitude descents (if you should ever wish to do so). Even the Bio-fuel APU recharger whispers, barely audible over the prop and motor whir sounds. All of this is also complemented with a Lotus Engineering sound cancellation system. Thus, on this futuristic plane, you have no need for headphones except for perhaps music. The windows are Apples glass technology Alumino-Silica flex technology lite weight glass, which is scratch proof and excellent for keeping out sound. She is quiet, rides smooth, fast, and very futuristic.
If you like radials, you will not like this. If you like loud engines, you will not like this. If you love steam gauges, you will call this bad names. If you like rivets and counting them, this will be a nightmare for you. If you do not know how to handle a LCD screen like a Garmin G1000, turn away.
Now... If you loved the movie Blade Runner, constantly ask yourself 'why dont we have flying cars yet???', love new vehicles and keep up with the concept car shows, love the smell of plastic, into electric cars and green technologies, drool over new glass panel systems and space shuttle flight computer technologies, if you wonder what a plane for a family will be like in the year 2019, then get this!
I have created a manual for this, I think its 60 or 80 pages, I cant remember, filled with screenshots, easy to read, for people that skim through things.
I offer you the Avelina Elektra, Alpha series 'RG' by Lionheart Creations Ltd, the state of the art plane of the year 2019.
Bill
LHC
The paint has dried, she has finished flight testing, all her electronics are working properly. It is time for my little girl to leave home and go out into the world.
<-- pats the side of the fuselage and says a silent prayer
This is the Avelina Elektra Alpha model 'RG', the first series RG version (Alpha) of the Avelina aircraft line, and fully electric, no combustion engine.
She is equipped with 3 battery quadrants or grids; Left and Right Wing cell grids and the nose cell grid. These are Aero-Gel/Nano Carbon Tube batteries, nearly instant-recharge via 3 plug charge systems, (3 per cell grid). These will yield a range of 500 nautical miles at 175 knots cruising speed / 6,000 feet altitude, standard loadout.
There are 3 forms of energy recoupment separate from a charge station; onboard mini jet turbine APU recharger, powered by a bio fuel set of tanks loaded in the wings outer wingtip areas for safety. This is a computer monitored injector system that has flex-fuel auto-tune features, so you can load up diesel or Jet-A if you cannot find Bio fuel. There is also a 'wind powered APU' (Draft Turbine in the manual) that deploys from the tail. Only used on descents and slow flights. Fast cruise is not recommended as it can drag the airspeed down slightly. Third is solar cells. A click of the button on the Settings page will deploy the wing mounted solar cells. (This is actually a factory feature, they would be adheared to the wings, cell by cell). The APU is a very small turbine, similar to the new Jaguar hybrid, and is mounted in a sound proof baffle box to dampen out sound.
The power system (Primary propulsion) are 2 'Negev' permanent magnet disc motors, air cooled, and at 200 HP each. One is ran at all power settings and the secondary kicks in at 51% power. The computer swaps the motors on separate flights so that the motors age evenly. (Note; you do not 'idle' the motors. When you go to idle setting on the throttle dial, the motors shut off, the prop comes to a stop. Get used to it, its the future).
The interior is state of the art for automobiles. What does that mean...? Hmm..... It means that inside, it doesnt look like a Cirrus or Cessna 182 or even a TBM. It looks like a brand new BMW 8 Series or Porsche Cayanne or Range Rover Evoque. No more flat instrument panel, no more flat inner door panels, etc, etc. Like the new Icon, this has a very 'auto like' panel and interior. (I know, its about time). The interior features lots of leather, veneer burled wood, and are 'theme packaged' for each planes exterior. The yellow plane has yellow stained burl wood on a black on black leather interior. The Stuttgart red package features Connolly leather on black leather interior, and the other models feature Khaki colors and brown wood trim.
The most sophisticated side of this new plane is the computer systems. This plane is LOADED!!!!!! It beeps, dings, bleeps. She doesnt talk, but she will auto-raise the gear at 155 knots, will deploy the gear if under 200 feet, will let you know if the motors are winding out at top max setting (you do not want to cook the Negev's), and it features things like auto-pressurization at 7,000 feet and up, air conditioning, auto-retracting pitot tube when powering down the ship, and countless other features. The panel features 2 LCD screens; the LCDP is the front primary flight display and has 6 different wallpaper settings for the background on it. The second screen is the center 'Infoscreen' panel. This has a touch screen system and features a Kiosk page to dial into the page (system) you need. Tap the headset icon to go to the Radios page. Tap in your radio Freq and dap the Back icon to go to Cruise Control (auto pilot or Droid Mode), GPS, HSI, and many many other pages and systems. Checklists are also built into this system.
The LCDP screen is super user friendly and has all your information in it, nicely packed in an artistic manner as like you might find in a modern Infiniti automobile. The VSI gauge is on the left, ASI and Altitude is on the right, Gyro and compass are center, Droid mode systems are far left (stack of fonts, such as HDG, ALT, SPD, etc). Flaps, Batteries, Trim are also on the main LCDP screen.
You also have a small, unique HUD screen mounted in the very far front of the dash board that pops up when you need it, and will display one of several measures, such as speed, heading, outside temp, time, etc.
Flying the Avelina is very fun. First, she is like a turboprop in that she is very overpowered, but this was only for getting to altitude and take-offs. Once airborn, you are to average your flights at 50% throttle. You can indeed take off at 75% throttle quite easily to keep some of your electric power. Thus, you can fly her like a turbine powered hot-rod, or you can fly her calmly and clip along still at a decent 175 knots (standard cruise). She has split flaps (lower side only drops down) giving you good air braking qualities. She is an RG, so with gear up and the sharp nosed cowling, she is quite clean, 'aerodynamically'. She has excellent glide properties with a very wide wingspan and high lift wings. They will flex and move a bit, like that of a little airliner. In turbulance, they will flex. Likewise, if you hit bumps on the ground, they will flex as well.
A neat feature of this new plane is the sound. She is very quiet. No mufflers or straight pipes. She has a 'whir' sound and the prop is also a composite Whisper, a six bladed unit that is very quiet with Scimatar shaped blades that cut the wind nicely. They have hardly any mass and can be feathered for glided high altitude descents (if you should ever wish to do so). Even the Bio-fuel APU recharger whispers, barely audible over the prop and motor whir sounds. All of this is also complemented with a Lotus Engineering sound cancellation system. Thus, on this futuristic plane, you have no need for headphones except for perhaps music. The windows are Apples glass technology Alumino-Silica flex technology lite weight glass, which is scratch proof and excellent for keeping out sound. She is quiet, rides smooth, fast, and very futuristic.
If you like radials, you will not like this. If you like loud engines, you will not like this. If you love steam gauges, you will call this bad names. If you like rivets and counting them, this will be a nightmare for you. If you do not know how to handle a LCD screen like a Garmin G1000, turn away.
Now... If you loved the movie Blade Runner, constantly ask yourself 'why dont we have flying cars yet???', love new vehicles and keep up with the concept car shows, love the smell of plastic, into electric cars and green technologies, drool over new glass panel systems and space shuttle flight computer technologies, if you wonder what a plane for a family will be like in the year 2019, then get this!
I have created a manual for this, I think its 60 or 80 pages, I cant remember, filled with screenshots, easy to read, for people that skim through things.
I offer you the Avelina Elektra, Alpha series 'RG' by Lionheart Creations Ltd, the state of the art plane of the year 2019.
Bill
LHC
