I summer near Oshkosh where there’s a Tesla supercharging station. For a long time, I’d never seen any cars in there but last year did. So I walked over to talk with some of them. One guy was moaning because he had to “tell” his car where he was going and then had to go out of his way to get a sip of electrons to get to his far away destination. Another was an Oshkosh local so I asked what he does in winter when temps are really cold. He looks me in the eye and says, “I can work from home.” Swell !! I forgot to ask how he keeps warm when he does drive it in winter … as you aptly point out. Another point is torque. Electric vehicles have lots of that so they better have a system to detect wheel slip and control it. For airplanes, I’d think a system to automatically control prop pitch would improve endurance?
Now multiply that for airplanes where you can’t just pull over for a charge. Multiply that again when a student pilot is involved. Another point no one has brought out is, how accurate are the state of charge indicating systems? I’d sure hope they’re more accurate than the fuel quantity systems in piston airplanes. Lots of folks don’t know that the ONLY place the fuel gauge MUST be accurate is when it’s on “E” for those. It’s taking SO long to certify electric airplanes for a reason.
The first time an electric airplane goes down because it ran out of electrons … things will change FAST.
Realism in the real world … it’s a wonderful thing!