The hybrid concept for an electric aircraft makes sense because the gasoline engine can recharge the batteries while its cruising after the electric motors provide the thrust for takeoff: R. Colin Johnson @NextGenLog and EE Times
The Boeing sponsored glider was retrofit with a gasoline engine and electric motor running in hybrid mode.
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