> Just putting electric motors in current generation airframes would cut costs ten-fold. Absolutely. I didn't mean to disparage the idea of an electric drivetr

> Just putting electric motors in current generation airframes would cut costs ten-fold. Absolutely. I didn't mean to disparage the idea of an electric drivetrain for aircraft in general. Check out Pipistrel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiADDbeFanU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiADDbeFanU) they're doing some incredible things right now. They have a LiPo powered twin seat LSA trainer in production that gets an hour of flight time at 80 knots and 600lb useful load with hotswap batteries. This is the future of trainers IMO.