AVIATION PING!...............
Interesting, but…
I’ll check in again when articles like this don’t have the words; “underestimate”, “potential”, ”assume”, “possible”, “plans”, “believe”, “says it can”.
Who wants rechargeable planes? Fly Norelco, eh, no thanks.
And when it catches fire in mid-air flight... Will they provide parachutes, or are they an extra charge?
What with the difference between what I’ve seen claimed for EVs and what reality is, I wouldn’t trust them for 500 miles.
Every effort to make air travel more green, is effort that was not put into safety and reliability. Combine that with DEI aircrews and you have a big problem.
Uh huh, go right ahead. Let me know when they’ve got something. 90 passengers? That many? Wow.
Bull.
S**t.
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I’ve been joking about that grim possibility from the EV tech fetishists.
After story of cars which never were able to reach the stated EV manufacturers’ claims of range due to cold or hot or humid weather-——
Speaker system on EV jet airliner over the Atlantic Ocean:
“This is your pilot. Our AI system has alerted us the range for this trip will not be attained. We again remind you your seat cushion can be used as a flotation device.”
Hard pass. We know jet aircraft are safe and reliable when properly maintained and it is well established, how they handle, how far they can fly our remaining fuel, etc. Another example of just because you can theoretically, does it mean you should.
Luckily I am old enough that I will never have to experience this.
Batteries LOVE cold. EV’s are great in the winter - NOT.
Altitude is COLD.
I’ll pass.
With this arctic blast, Canadians are finding out just how useless their EV’s are
Just out of curiosity...what would the minimum battery charge required by the FAA for the plane to fly with passengers on it? IOW at what point would a plane be forced to land...10%? 15%?
And 500 miles is not that great a distance, at least here in the states. Maybe more of a European thing...
… Elysian says batteries will do just fine. The company cites a couple of TU Delft studies (albeit studies whose lead author, Reynard De Vries, is also Elysian’s Director of Design and Engineering) as evidence.LOL, talk about argumentum ad verecundiam. “You must believe our studies or else.”
According to Venturebeat, the company says the industry’s mental block is the result of modern airline designs, which make maximal use of the highly efficient, mature powertrains they run. …
Stockton Rush is the patron saint of the company. No?
Thankfully is is behind the curve. We are not being fooled by EV cars and certainly won’t be fooled by Electric planes.
Just look at e buses.
This all part of the scheme to take away our “freedom of movement” right which is saving America’s chance to survive Crime Boss Joey’s corrupt handlers right now.
It has propellers. That is not a good thing
Wondering about the HAZMAT situation when one crashes.