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This electric plane’s 2,000-mile journey is over. Now its Air Force tests begin.
Popular Science ^
| | OCT 26, 2023 4:30 PM EDT
| BY ROB VERGER
Posted on 10/27/2023 12:01:07 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Obadiah
I mean, seriously, why? Apart perhaps from stealth, i.e., quieter, what possible tactical advantage does an electric plane have... From a military perspective, it should be heat-seeker proof. And if the fuselage and wing system are carbon fiber and RAM, it should be radar proof. So noise reduction isn't the only stealth reason. Again, I say "if".
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:20:06 PM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(The Truth is like a lion. You don't need to defend it. Let it loose and it will defend itself.)
To: Red Badger
Took a full week, multiple stops and pilots to get there.
What an achievement.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:20:59 PM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Good points ... this technology, if not this particular aircraft, could be useful for covert insertion or resupply of special operations types.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:22:08 PM PDT
by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: Red Badger
To: EEGator
“I didn’t see speeds either”
Flying slowly doesn’t save power; it uses more. Like a boat going just below up-on-plane speed. Way more drag in both cases.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:23:37 PM PDT
by
steve86
(Numquam accusatus, numquam ad curiam ibit, numquam ad carcerem™)
To: Red Badger
To: Red Badger
I’d sooner trust a rubber-band powered plane.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:26:46 PM PDT
by
enumerated
(81 million votes my ass)
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Fair enough. But we already have battery powered drones for those types of missions. I guess the point is, unless something is classified here, which I doubt, the battery technology isn’t anywhere near the point to make a piloted military aircraft remotely practical. And, with the stated range of 250 miles (probably under superior conditions) basically this thing can fly to the nearest McDonald’s for lunch and back.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:27:20 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
To: Red Badger
Can is carry a passenger bigger than a cat?
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:35:44 PM PDT
by
Dave911
To: Red Badger
Payload? Speed? Get real. Nothing but a gimmick.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:46:27 PM PDT
by
Sequoyah101
(Procrastination is just a form of defiance)
To: Red Badger
Thanks.
Answers my question.
No way am I going to fly in one of those. Imagine a fire in the battery compartment, flying.
Head Shake.
I’m a bit daring, still climb towers, but I pass on an electric airplane.
Also pass on an electric Auto.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:46:28 PM PDT
by
Texas Fossil
(Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
I love how people pooh-pooh new tech. Is this craft going to have a huge impact n the military? Nope.
But each step is part of learning. Thirty years from now it might evolve into something amazing.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:48:15 PM PDT
by
Vermont Lt
(Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
To: Red Badger
Stupid just based on energy density of av fuel/gas vs. batteries.
Get the battery tech to where you’re in the ballpark, then we can talk. Otherwise, this is just another EV boondoggle, worth than most.
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:56:23 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Red Badger
Is this the inferno or the non-inferno model?
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posted on
10/27/2023 12:58:04 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(You're not voting your way out of this. KTF)
To: Red Badger
Thanks for the link.
You know, I used to get real excited about advancements in technology and science in general.
I’ve let politics and money cloud my interests.
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posted on
10/27/2023 1:20:43 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: steve86
Speed matters for purpose.
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posted on
10/27/2023 1:22:46 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
The perfect battery is still a long ways off.
Quick Charge
Huge Energy Density
Never wear out.....................
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posted on
10/27/2023 1:22:56 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
We need a reincarnation of Nikola Tesla.
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posted on
10/27/2023 1:25:51 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: EEGator
I’ll settle for Musk...............
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posted on
10/27/2023 1:26:30 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger; Chode; SkyDancer; Salamander; Carriage Hill; Lockbox; gundog; All
I hope that thing has proven 0-0 Ejection Seats in the cockpit.
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posted on
10/27/2023 1:27:33 PM PDT
by
mabarker1
( (Congress- the opposite of PROGRESS!!! A fraud, a hypocrite, a liar. I'm a member of Congress!!!)
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