RR “Spirit of Innovation”

[Dimlee]

Rolls-Royce "Spirit of Innovation" maiden flight.
Looks a bit 1930-ish in the profile. I like it.

All-electric aircraft from Rolls-Royce completes maiden flight in Britain

The airplane flew across skies in the U.K. for around 15 minutes this week.

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[FLYBOYJ]

A Nemisis NXT with with an electric engine
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[MIflyer]

For 15 Min. I wonder what max endurance is.

 

[fastmongrel]

But will it have 8x.303s or 4x.050s.

 

[SaparotRob]

37mm firing through the propeller hub.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

With armor in the nose

 

[bdefen]

For 15 Min. I wonder what max endurance is.

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Can you find a charging station at 10,000 feet?

 

[Gnomey]

Cool!

 

[nuuumannn]

But will it have 8x.303s or 4x.050s.

If they fit the E wing they'll have two fifties and two 20 mil Hispanos...

Question is, will you have to roll it before putting it into a dive to stop the engine cutting out?

 

[fastmongrel]

If they fit the E wing they'll have two fifties and two 20 mil Hispanos...

Question is, will you have to roll it before putting it into a dive to stop the engine cutting out?

Depends if it's AC or DC

 

[bdefen]

Hey, maybe you can extend the range by putting it into regenerative mode in a dive.

 

[MIflyer]

Can you find a charging station at 10,000 feet?

That's what KC-135's are for, the ones with the big electric socket hanging out the back.

 

[bdefen]

Actually, now that you mention it, maybe that would work. Lots of power available for charging, if a generating system can be devised using the 4 jet engines, along with a suitable charging cord and receptacle. Think BIG guitar cable.

I have a friend, Brian, an IT guy. In the 80s, at a former employer (the old Burroughs company, which became UNISYS) they had devised a mobile airborne check processing system (ACH or Automated Clearing House) onboard some kind of commercial jet airliner/cargo plane. The paper checks would be picked up at various locales, sorted and processed in-flight, the data transmitted to the users, the processed/cancelled checks would be dropped off, more checks picked up for more processing, etc.

I think the advantage was that it would make for a much faster turnaround time than the normal old-fashioned manual ACH process for paper checks at that time. Time IS money, you know. Now, Point of Purchase checks, the internet, as well as many other high-tech innovations have certainly changed paper-check processing. The airborne check processing did go for a while, at least.

The relative point is that Brian said that the big jet airplanes being used in the process had PLENTY of electrical power capability on board, via the generating capability of the engines, for operating the check processing equipment. Maybe there'd be enough to charge the Spirit of Innovation.

Somebody get a hold of Elon Musk NOW!!!!!

Okay, now everybody chime in.

 

[bdefen]

What I failed to acknowledge in my "imaginative" theory above is the amount of "linger time" it would involve to recharge. Could add some time to the flight, maybe, among other challenges.

My friend Brian said that the airborne check processing project showed promise when conceived, but when the then-high interest rates dropped, the project was cancelled. When the cost of money declined (thank goodness), the project wouldn't pencil out.

 

[pbehn]

The colours are definitely along the lines of the Speed Spitfire and Supermarine racers.

Supermarine S.6B, S1595, The Schneider Trophy Winner 1931

<b>1:35th Scale</b><p>The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition of 1931. The S.6B marked the culmination of Mitchell's quest to "perfect the design of the racing seaplane" and...

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[SaparotRob]

If they fit the E wing they'll have two fifties and two 20 mil Hispanos...

Question is, will you have to roll it before putting it into a dive to stop the engine cutting out?

It took me a while but I finally get it!

 

[SaparotRob]

The colours are definitely along the lines of the Speed Spitfire and Supermarine racers.

Supermarine S.6B, S1595, The Schneider Trophy Winner 1931

<b>1:35th Scale</b><p>The Supermarine S.6B is a British racing seaplane developed by R.J. Mitchell for the Supermarine company to take part in the Schneider Trophy competition of 1931. The S.6B marked the culmination of Mitchell's quest to "perfect the design of the racing seaplane" and...

www.treefrogtreasures.com

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The colour seems very close to Fastmongrel's Bristol Bletchely.

 

[pbehn]

The colour seems very close to Fastmongrel's Bristol Bletchely.

If you google supermarine racer there are lots of pics of the real thing, various combinations of a light royal blue and silver.

 

[Zipper730]

Actually a charging station would be possible: Just produce a huge aircraft with solar panels and shitloads of batteries; then use a flying boom fitted with a giant plug that could transfer the juice to the aircraft.

What's the worst that could happen?

 

[SaparotRob]

Tanker runs out of Avgas while the electro plane takes hours to charge?