Today is not 2 April, but there was a piece last night on the Beeb which referred to electric powered commercial aircraft within the next few years. Is the energy density of batteries sufficient?
Those planes had variable pitch metal propellers I believe. You can see that the torque of 2000 or so HP is very large, and wood would distort very badly ruining performance.
Those planes had variable pitch metal propellers I believe. You can see that the torque of 2000 or so HP is very large, and wood would distort very badly ruining performance.
