[Tuxer]

I was unclear in my weight explanations. The OP’s point was that one of the advantages of fossil fuel aircraft was its ability to shed weight during flight from its fuel source burning away, and I claimed that was irrelevant for GA ( which it is ).

Completely agreed on the avantages of fuel for weight adjustments before takeoff though.

To be fair however the eFlyer specs of 440pounds of useful load for the 2, and 800 for the 4, are quite generous when you compare to fuel equivalent aircraft with realistic fuel loads.

The real insane drawback is the limited range at useful speeds...

[rdl]

Would hybrid (specifically series) make sense for GA fixed-wing? I'm pretty excited about it for VTOL, especially since it gives you a lot of redundancy in the electrical part and thus allows far lower reliability in the main engine-generator.