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show in 2010.

Design and development

The Elektra One was built with support from Solar Hangar and Solar World. The business concept is to produce electricity for the aircraft from solar panel equipped hangars with excess energy fed back into the power grid. PC-Aero

The Elektra One has a four-hour endurance with onboard

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batteries and solar panels. A tricycle gear variant was displayed in 2014. The company has planned two-seat and four-seat versions, to be called the Elektra Two and Four.

Operational history

The Elektra One was test flown in March 2011, using 3 kW of power. In August 2011, the Elektra One won the Lindbergh electric aircraft prize presented at the

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airshow in July 2011.

Variants

;Elektra One :Single seat ; Sun Flyer :Two-seat trainer - (proposed) 1320 lb gross, 616 lb empty, 3 hr range in optimal solar conditions.

Specifications (PC-Aero Elektra One)

References

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