Pilot – June 2018

10 | Pilot June 2018 | pilotweb.aero

several aircraft were put in the

air, including what is claimed

to be the world premiere of a

hybrid aeroplane.

One of the stars of the show,

Magnus Aircraft’s eFusion is a

new two-seater from Hungary

that is propelled by a Siemens

eAircraft electric motor and

powered by batteries made by

the German company. The hybrid

drive version of this aircraft,

powered by a combination of an

electric motor and a Smart-ecofly

diesel engine, made its first flight

only days before AERO.

Catching the Pilot team’s

eye, one of the most unusual

among many unusual aircraft at

Friedrichshafen was the huge-

span, multi-engined (and also

rather elegant) Lange Research

E2. Based on a sailplane, the E

sports no fewer than six electric

motors, pod-mounted above the

Show Report: AERO Friedrichshafen

“I’ll take a bath” – seriously, the tub had flown (the slogan on its side reads ‘Real life, guys’ – just not necessarily a long one, we would think)

Bring on the drones – you’d not want to meet this monster, flown by some untrained hobbyist, in the circuit