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Electric aircraft are on the way
Re: Electric aircraft are on the way
by Graeme » Sat 31 May 2014, 01:25:54
As usual, so helpful. NOT.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells.
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Re: Electric aircraft are on the way
by Graeme » Sat 31 May 2014, 02:24:41
You didn't read the article:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')ome might beg to differ. In 2012 German aerospace research institution Bauhaus Luftfahrt released details of a concept for a zero-emissions 190-seat aircraft which could potentially enter service in 2035. Designated the Ce-Liner, the electric aircraft would rely on twin super-conducting electric motors supplied by a bank of up to 16 battery containers.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'S')ome might beg to differ. In 2012 German aerospace research institution Bauhaus Luftfahrt released details of a concept for a zero-emissions 190-seat aircraft which could potentially enter service in 2035. Designated the Ce-Liner, the electric aircraft would rely on twin super-conducting electric motors supplied by a bank of up to 16 battery containers.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. H. G. Wells.
Fatih Birol's motto: leave oil before it leaves us.
Fatih Birol's motto: leave oil before it leaves us.
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Re: Electric aircraft are on the way
by EdwinSm » Sat 31 May 2014, 05:42:00
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 'B')ut it doesn't exist. It is a concept, not a real plane. It's an idea. Like the picture.
But at least the E-Fan does exist, and has flown
However, I have difficulty seeing electric planes taking over passenger and freight services that the big planes offer. Like electric cars these planes might fill a niche market for many years before the battery technology improves enough for the main stream - but by then the effects of PO may have severely limited mass air travel/air freight so a small electric plane may well serve the rich of the post PO period.
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