Posted on 05/28/2020 11:36:48 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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
A single test pilot flew the all-electric aircraft over Moses Lake in Washington
MagniX have added their 750-watt electric motor to a Cessna Grand Caravan
It can seat up to nine people and required few changes to make it all electric
They hope to have a 100-mile range commercial version on sale in 2021
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
LOL!
hmmm ....
Hoping for a 100-mile range? Talk about setting a low bar!
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
I’ll bet the CIA wants one painted all black.
And as I tell people: “All the easy stuff has already been invented”
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...
Damn I was waiting to to a real passenger airline or something worthy of a Rapper and it’s entourage!-)
Why can’t the propeller generate electricity and charge the batteries? /sarc
We've been hearing that for...um...all of our lives.
Simple. Just build Tesla power coils along the flight path and charge the air with electricity.
LOL! One size fits all?
“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.
LOL, you love being the Devil’s Advocate. :)
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.
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.
Temperatures at 35,000 feet above sea level are routinely -50F...even in summer.Batteries don’t perform well at 0F let alone -50.
“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!
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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