Test pilot Cody Allee has yet to find the stall speed, despite flying as slow as 26 kt.
Credit: Electra.aero
The first thing test pilot Cody Allee noticed when taxiing the Electra EL-2 Goldfinch aircraft and stopping at the hold-short line ahead of the runway: “You pull the throttle back to ‘off,’ and it just goes completely silent.” The EL-2 Goldfinch technology demonstrator—a fixed-wing, electric...
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