The Lange EA 42 is an electrical aero engine designed for self launching gliders. It is produced in Germany by

Lange Aviation Lange Aviation GmbH is a German company that manufactures gliders and develops electric power-plants for other aircraft. It was founded by its present managing director, Axel Lange, in 1996 as Lange Flugzeugbau GmbH in Zweibrücken. The company cu ...

for their

Antares 20E Antares is the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. It has the Bayer designation α Scorpii, which is Latinised to Alpha Scorpii. Often referred to as "the heart of the scorpion", Antares is flanked by σ Scorpii and τ ...

glider.

Development

The EA 42 combines an EM 42 brushless 42 kW electric external rotor motor with a related engine control system and power electronics. The motor drives a two-bladed composite fixed pitch propeller with a diameter of . It is powered by a battery pack.

Applications

* Lange Antares 20E * Lange Antares 23E * Schempp-Hirth Arcus E

Specifications (EA 42)

EM42 electrical engine

LE 42 power electronics

*Length: *Width: *Height: *Mass:

References

External links

*{{Official website, http://www.lange-aviation.com/htm/english/products/antares_20e/propulsion.html Aircraft electric engines