https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Electric-seaplanes/m-p/20488#M2445 <P>I've lived around seaplanes all my life.&nbsp; At one point I spent a lot of time travelling up and down the coast in seaplanes, particularly Beavers.&nbsp; So I was very interested in this story about <A href="https://www.harbourair.com/harbour-air-and-magnix-partner-to-build-worlds-first-all-electric-airline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harbour Air</A> converting <A href="https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/harbour-air-to-add-zero-emission-electric-plane-aims-to-convert-whole-fleet-1.23770626" target="_blank" rel="noopener">float planes to battery power</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The initial conversion of a Beaver will be intriguing.&nbsp; I'll be fascinated when they get to convert an Otter (a candidate for world's noisiest aircraft) to electricity.&nbsp; (I know Harbour Air has a number of them.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'll be wondering how well electric engines get along with salt water.&nbsp; Most of my flying time was at longer distances, so I'm curious about the half-hour range.&nbsp; (Although that's well within most of Harbour Air's scheduled flights.)&nbsp; I'll be interested in recharge time and reliability.&nbsp; (Harbour Air planes <STRONG>do</STRONG> tend to spend a lot of time sitting at the dock in the bay.)&nbsp; The complete changeover from turbine engine to electric infrastructure will be a non-trivial accomplishment.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But, if it works, it could be pretty great ...</P> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:04:14 GMT rslade 2019-03-26T19:04:14Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Electric-seaplanes/m-p/20488#M2445 <P>I've lived around seaplanes all my life.&nbsp; At one point I spent a lot of time travelling up and down the coast in seaplanes, particularly Beavers.&nbsp; So I was very interested in this story about <A href="https://www.harbourair.com/harbour-air-and-magnix-partner-to-build-worlds-first-all-electric-airline/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harbour Air</A> converting <A href="https://www.timescolonist.com/news/local/harbour-air-to-add-zero-emission-electric-plane-aims-to-convert-whole-fleet-1.23770626" target="_blank" rel="noopener">float planes to battery power</A>.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>The initial conversion of a Beaver will be intriguing.&nbsp; I'll be fascinated when they get to convert an Otter (a candidate for world's noisiest aircraft) to electricity.&nbsp; (I know Harbour Air has a number of them.)</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I'll be wondering how well electric engines get along with salt water.&nbsp; Most of my flying time was at longer distances, so I'm curious about the half-hour range.&nbsp; (Although that's well within most of Harbour Air's scheduled flights.)&nbsp; I'll be interested in recharge time and reliability.&nbsp; (Harbour Air planes <STRONG>do</STRONG> tend to spend a lot of time sitting at the dock in the bay.)&nbsp; The complete changeover from turbine engine to electric infrastructure will be a non-trivial accomplishment.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But, if it works, it could be pretty great ...</P> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 19:04:14 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Electric-seaplanes/m-p/20488#M2445 rslade 2019-03-26T19:04:14Z