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Coming soon: An electric airplane for only $34,000

A few seconds of video of it flying? We're supposed to get excited over that? Good luck to them, but I'm still skeptical. And the poor grammar at the beginning of the video kind of makes them seem a little lacking in the attention to detail department and that's kind of important for flying machines.

The structural support going from the front fuselage up to the prop is smack dab in front of the pilot. I think a redesign is called for. 25 miles is not much range. If they can get it to do some gliding with engine off, that would raise interest and range too.

The planes carbon fiber wt. is interesting. The cost of this electric powered design compared to other ultra-lights - especially ICE motorized parasail designs is very pricey, but the range is not comparable (much lower) and a non-starter.