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Up, Up and Away! World's largest all-electric aircraft takes to the skies for the first time making a 30-minute flight over Washington State-(100 mile range...)
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Posted on 05/28/2020 11:36:48 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: Magnum44
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:15:02 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: cyclotic
"Or, jump in the car and start driving in the general direction you plan to travel,"
hmmm ....
To: RomanSoldier19
"They hope to have a 100-mile range commercial version on sale in 2021"
Hoping for a 100-mile range? Talk about setting a low bar!
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:16:56 PM PDT
by
Psalm 73
To: RomanSoldier19
Climb like heck.
Drop the expended battery pack (glide it back to airport, could even recharge some using reverse propeller).
Then glide aircraft to destination.
I learned this approach from driving a hybrid, except I don’t drop the battery. Just coast down hills after climbing.
In this case /s becomes /ns = not serious
44
posted on
05/28/2020 12:19:02 PM PDT
by
Scrambler Bob
(This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
To: RomanSoldier19
I’ll bet the CIA wants one painted all black.
45
posted on
05/28/2020 12:19:17 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: Hot Tabasco
And as I tell people: “All the easy stuff has already been invented”
46
posted on
05/28/2020 12:20:26 PM PDT
by
Zathras
To: gibsonguy
100 miles range for an aircraft is a joke.Stay away from those Wright brothers, Junior. All that fiddling around with that flying stuff is just going to get them in trouble. Ain't got a licka sense b'tween them...
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:20:28 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: RomanSoldier19
Damn I was waiting to to a real passenger airline or something worthy of a Rapper and it’s entourage!-)
48
posted on
05/28/2020 12:20:38 PM PDT
by
Harpotoo
(Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
To: Texas Eagle
Why can’t the propeller generate electricity and charge the batteries? /sarc
49
posted on
05/28/2020 12:20:42 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
To: RomanSoldier19
...but battery technology needs to improve first. We've been hearing that for...um...all of our lives.
To: gibsonguy
100 miles range for an aircraft is a joke. Simple. Just build Tesla power coils along the flight path and charge the air with electricity.
To: Gay State Conservative
"How are electric airplanes ever gonna carry 300...or even 100...people,with luggage,for anything more than 50 miles?"
LOL! One size fits all?
To: Da Coyote
“in any of the planes I flew (fighters/trainers of course) 100 mile range would have me declaring min fuel at best and emergency fuel at worst.”
Your post does not make sense.
To: TexasGator
LOL, you love being the Devil’s Advocate. :)
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:29:22 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Magnum44
So it will be great for getting from the Oakland airport to the San Francisco airport. Or from LaGuardia to JFK or Newark. Or O’Hare to Midway.
That’s not even enough flight time to go sightseeing.
To: TexasGator
So the FAA is run by greenies who would rather have a lower carbon footprint than avoid having this thing drop out of the sky and crash through someone’s roof?
Come to think of it, that does sound about right.
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:33:10 PM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: TexasGator
Temperatures at 35,000 feet above sea level are routinely -50F...even in summer.Batteries don’t perform well at 0F let alone -50.
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:34:46 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
To: Buckeye McFrog
“So the FAA is run by greenies who would rather have a lower carbon footprint than avoid having this thing drop out of the sky and crash through someones roof?”
I have no idea what your point is!
To: TexasGator
So when you spec aircraft, you spec in absolute limits. No airplane owners manual I know of factors in the FAA restrictions on top of those. Thats up to the pilot to sort out. I'm just reading this from a pilots perspective. A physical 100 mile range at some speed gives you an expected time of flight, from which you must subtract reserves. But maybe they are describing a 100 mile limit AFTER all the reserves are factored in. Ok. Now I can at least get out of the area of the airport I launched from.
Is this affordable/profitable? I only know a new Caravan costs about 1.5 million and I expect an electric conversion wont be any cheaper, so you best have a business plan for this. A business plan that includes 100 mile range limits and down time for recharging batteries. I dont see FedEx switching to electric any time soon.
Its good to have time/money to experiment. But the gas engine, particularly the turbine, is pretty hard to beat. And no, I am not concerned about the carbon footprint or the noise that results.
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:35:07 PM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
05/28/2020 12:35:27 PM PDT
by
RomanSoldier19
(Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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