Battery pack can be recharged in an hour, or swapped out in 15 minutes. Range is still limited pending better battery tech. One planned use is ferrying transplant organs from the airport to the hospital.

https://connect.ainonline.com/ainale...ource=hs_email

There is absolutely no reason to do that in an adapted manned aircraft.
That can be done with a small drone for a fraction of the cost.

As hard as organs are to come by I doubt they'd trust the transport to anything other than a human controlled device.

This, right here, is "Electric Aviation" in a nutshell.

It'll work just great, once that "miracle battery" technology just comes along. Any day now.

Let's see if we get the logic. Experimental technology, with very limited, finite power supply. Small light aircraft with low rotor inertia that's more of a sightseeing or training platform, and the intent is to use it for a life-critical movement of transplant organs from the airport to the hospital. We already have very capable aircraft with full instrumentation and well qualified crew, that have ranges of up to two and a half hours, not fifteen minutes, ready to do that mission, and fully equipped.

What does using the experiemental, cheap, low-inertia electric helicopter bring to the table that can't or shouldn't be done by existing aircraft and technology?

It’s already being done in of all places “Third World” countries.

https://youtu.be/fjjbeltn4Fo

And here we are virtue signaling with battery packs made from rare metals from war zones and dictatorships

* How much does a single battery pack cost?
An operator would need 2 per ship plus a spare. Plus charging unit you’re probably looking at $100,000 per ship.
Thats assuming the batteries are Tesla cost.

I would think there is a strong case for electric training aircraft.

You would need quick change batteries with at least 4hr capacity for it to be of any use.
You would need quick chargers at half the airports in the state.
With 1.5 hr capacity you can’t even do half the Private training syllabus.
Retrofitting with JetA/Diesel engines is a much better option.
Even a 40 year old airframe will suddenly have 8-10 hrs endurance.
https://www.aviationpros.com/tools-e...-pa28-aircraft

Even more fun would be turbine engines, micro turbines or micro jets.
https://www.kitplanes.com/turbine-powered-rv-10/


https://youtu.be/lxxE4LkpWIA