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The endurance to weight ratio must be a killer on these electric planes. On a fuel-powered plane, the further you go the lighter you get. On a battery plane you're essentially hauling deadweight across the skies.
Not to mention that the energy density of batteries is more than an order of magnitude less than chemical fuels. The difference in efficiency cannot compensate that.The endurance to weight ratio must be a killer on these electric planes. On a fuel-powered plane, the further you go the lighter you get. On a battery plane you're essentially hauling deadweight across the skies.
Yet. I can power up my phone wich is so much more advanced in 30 min from dead to full. With all apps taking power while loading.Not to mention that the energy density of batteries is more than an order of magnitude less than chemical fuels. The difference in efficiency cannot compensate that.
I think you're on to something there, Snautzer01.Yet. I can power up my phone wich is so much more advanced in 30 min from dead to full. With all apps taking power while loading.
Dont stay in the steam era. Genius minds will get us there. Not today or next week but i, as a diesel head, am amazed by the fast progress made. Ffing fast planes?? Its like the 1920. There should be a Schneider trophy again.
Genius minds? I think the very fact that I could power a 1912 motorcycle (or your example of 1920s aircraft) with 2022's readily available fuel shows us that genuine minds aren't getting us anywhere fast. We've had electric cars since the 1970s, about the same time notwithstanding billionaires' pet space projects, that humans last left earth's orbit.Genius minds will get us there. Not today or next week but i, as a diesel head, am amazed by the fast progress made.
What would we want to be the challenge?I think you're on to something there, Snautzer01.
Electric cars have been around since 1912.Genius minds? I think the very fact that I could power a 1912 motorcycle (or your example of 1920s aircraft) with 2022's readily available fuel shows us that genuine minds aren't getting us anywhere fast. We've had electric cars since the 1970s, about the same time notwithstanding billionaires' pet space projects, that humans last left earth's orbit.
There's only two ways we'll get to widespread use of electric aircraft, the same as any other aeronautical advance: it makes money for the airlines; or it helps the military win wars. I can't see how a battery-powered airliner would work. How big and heavy does a battery need to be to fly a 787-sized airliner with 300+ passengers from LA to Tokyo?
IMO we've stagnated.
True. I was thinking of the electric milk floats of my youth.Electric cars have been around since 1912.