On the other hand, once I get my pedal-powered airplane up to scale it will revolutionize green air travel. Image 100 or more people, all happily pedaling along through the skies!
Posted on 09/17/2022 6:33:31 PM PDT by lowbridge
You still can’t pack a lithium battery in your checked luggage, but by decade’s end you may be held aloft by aircraft engines powered by lithium batteries.
Thursday, Air Canada announced a purchase agreement with Heart Aerospace for 30 of its 30-passenger ES-30 electric-hybrid aircraft it plans to put into service in 2028.
Last year, United Airlines announced the purchase of 100 Heart Aerospace 19-seat all-electric ES-19 planes, and its regional partner, Mesa Airlines (probably better know as United Express), said it was also purchasing 100 ES-19 aircraft, Business Insider reported.
United’s venture capital fund, United Airlines Ventures, joined Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Mesa Airlines in investing in Heart Aerospace, a Swedish startup, with hopes of taking delivery of ES-19 planes by 2026.
Electric planes operate completely on battery power; electric-hybrids feature on-board supplemental generators that use standard aviation fuel.
The electric or electric-hybrid aircraft are envisioned for use in short-haul regional and commuter service. Turboprop planes have long been used in this service but customer demand forced regional carriers to switch to small jets.
Using jets for short hauls is very expensive, according to a Business Insider report from 2020. Electric planes are limited in range, but with lower operating costs than jets, they might be workable in regional service.
That’s apparently the direction Air Canada, United and Mesa are going — electric vehicles for short hauls.
The goal of the ES-19 is a range of 250 miles by the end of the decade. Air Canada said the ES-30 hybrid can fly all-electric 124 miles and 244 miles with its supplemental generators. The range more than doubles to 500 miles if the plane carries only 25 passengers instead of 30.
But here come the problems. First of all, reduction of passenger load on the ES-30 to increase range is
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Still More #ComDem_Insanity!
Have never heard such a stupid idea.
I doubt it. It will be uneconomical, they will have not have the turnaround time and will be limited on distance. Anybody run the real numbers on this, guess not.
“What is turn around time to charge batteries? Once they dump the toilets, pick up the litter, reload the refreshments, and board the passengers, can they still get a 45 minute turnaround to get back in the air?”
I doubt it unless they have removable batteries that are rotated. Even then..it’s a long shot.
I’ll believe this when I see it.
On the other hand, once I get my pedal-powered airplane up to scale it will revolutionize green air travel. Image 100 or more people, all happily pedaling along through the skies!
I’m not going first. Are you? May I suggest Biden and Trudeau?
Compare the costs of electricity versus jet fuel
Compare the cost of maintenance
To make the electric planes, is insane.
To purchase electric planes, is insane.
To buy tickets to fly on those planes, is even more insane.
Oh noes!
The resident oversized electric golf kart fanboy will not be pleased!
Fanboy is feeling the contempt....
Electric planes....Air Canada....does not compute....don’t lithium batteries loose half their energy in cold weather...not to mention a complete freeze...even Def fluid for diesel trucks freezes in very cold weather. 🥶.
“Fanboy is feeling the contempt....”
Contempt from idiots is rewarding.
13 Reasons Why People Put Others Down
1. To make themselves feel better.
As backwards as it may sound, these people feel better about themselves by making others feel worse.
They will typically have low self-esteem, and their misguided way of boosting it is to take aim at another person.
Even though they, themselves, are insecure, a common technique they’ll use is to pinpoint the insecurities of others.
Their ego will get temporary relief from its own pain by inflicting hurt upon someone else.
Of course, this relief does not last long, and so the perpetrator is always on the lookout for ways to put people down.
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Posted on 01/24/2021 11:31:27 AM PST by Jim Robinson
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Is the powertrain type certified yet? Just wait until the lawyers get around to it.
A statement. No personal attack.
“Is the powertrain type certified yet? Just wait until the lawyers get around to it.”
More reliable than fanjets.
OK, Karen. If you say so.
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