Bye Takes On King Air With All-Electric eFlyer 800

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Bye’s eight-seat eFlyer 800 with have Safran electric motors and Oxis Energy lithium-sulfur batteries.
Credit: Bye Aerospace
Bye Aerospace has launched development of the eFlyer 800, an eight-seat, all-electric competitor to Textron Aviation’s Beechcraft King Air 260 turboprop. Aimed at the air taxi, cargo, regional and charter markets, the aircraft will have one-fifth the operating costs of turboprop twins, Bye said...
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