Posted on 05/28/2020 11:36:48 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
I take it you are not a pilot. You picked for your example one of the most overcast IFR flight regions in the country. IFR minumum reserves are 45 minutes, not 30 like the VFR minimums. Thats pretty much all of your flight time. Congrats, you can take off and land at the same airport, if its VFR.
“I take it you are not a pilot. You picked for your example one of the most overcast IFR flight regions in the country. IFR minumum reserves are 45 minutes, not 30 like the VFR minimums. Thats pretty much all of your flight time. Congrats, you can take off and land at the same airport, if its VFR.”
I am a licensed pilot, held a nuclear reactor senior operator’s license and certified scuba diver and. licensed engineer. I also have stayed at a Holiday Inn.
Now i've read it twice, and I still didn't see the thing I was looking for the first time I read it. An explanation of their 750 watt claim.
So point it out to me. Where in the article does it clarify that 750 watt motor claim?
“... but battery technology needs to improve first.”
Especially ones that don’t burst into flames and can support a passenger and baggage load of 35-50 people.
I think this is cool, and for short puddle-jumps could be a game-changer.
There is so much less that can go wrong with a simple electric motor and batteries. ALl the checks that you have to do each time you fly, the danger of clogged fuel lines, tainted fuel, engine failures — electric motors are highly reliable, they have virtually NOTHING that simply “goes bad”.
It isn’t practical for most flight, but for this kind of 8-passenger short-haul, it could be much cheaper than the current fuel-powered planes.
now we just need to authorize a small nuclear reactor for flight use. :)
“So point it out to me. Where in the article does it clarify that 750 watt motor claim?”
Today marked the first flight test of the 750-horsepower magni500 all-electric propulsion system on a Cessna 208B Grand Caravan in Moses Lake, Washington
Incredible when you think of it, from the Kitty Hawk to the SR in 60 years
“If you are a licensed pilot, how do you not know what an owners manual contains? “
I was the one that corrected you about the contents of the Owner’s Manual. You have never corrected me.
Uh, sir, you picked a nit that I just let go. You have not answered any of my questions including what your beef is. I question your experience in the cockpit.
How heavy is the battery? How much energy needs to be expended just to lift and transport that one part of the plane?
Are you suggesting that there have been no improvements in batteries, especially ones that would actually power a car?
I think these guys know the rules ...
The last big breakthrough was lithium batteries which were prototyped in 1985 and commercialized in 1991.
What’s happened in the past 30 years?
The amount of energy storage in a pound of Li-ion battery is a small fraction of the storage in a pound of hydrocarbon fuel.
Once again, you reply with a cryptic pic, no information, no context. Means nothing by itself. Your implication is that a small airline has already commercialized electric flight and is making a business case for it that is profitable. Well, have they?
If you were anyone who cared to educate, you would find a willing audience. Thats not what you do apparently. Whether its because you are full of BS or because you have a poor attitude is a question only you can answer.
Lots! Like doing your homework!
Earlier this year, Harbour Air announced its partnership with magniX and the company’s intention to build the world’s first completely electric commercial seaplane fleet.
I see it now. I had to do a word search to find it. It's a caption under a picture of a map with an advertisement helping to camouflage it. Those words do not appear in the body proper of the article.
So, 750 horsepower? So half a megawatt of power to feed this beast.
I'm amazed that they can even get that much power out of a battery system for an aircraft.
Someone should still correct that "750 watt" nonsense.
How many electric cars were on the road back in 1985 and 1991 let alone one that actually powered an airplane?....Duh!
Well, good luck to them. Lets see in a year if they are all electric or out of business.
Sure, during gliding descent.
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