All electric commuter (9 pax) aircraft
07-05-2019, 05:28 PM
#111
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Originally Posted by UAL T38 Phlyer
There was a post about the weight of the batteries, aircraft Max Gross, and useful load. The batteries were over half the weight of the plane. I’d guess they are in the wings, which is why the motors were tip-mounted...for weight distribution and bending-moment. I’m not sure if these batteries are the type that can spontaneously combust like Lithium, but a battery fire in a thin wing does not bode well for structural integrity.
07-06-2019, 06:29 AM
#112
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07-06-2019, 07:17 AM
#113
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Originally Posted by FlyJSH
I'm not sure a LiPo fire under everybody's hind quarters is much better!
Bleeding edge battery tech is fundamentally incompatible with batteries which don't catch on fire
If they push the envelope too hard on that they are going to set themselves back by a couple decades when flaming electric planes full of flaming, screaming pax start falling out of the sky.
07-10-2019, 12:59 PM
#114
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Originally Posted by fasteddie800
All these news stories about "Electric Aviation is around the corner!" make for great press, and I'm sure a lot of clicks for MSNBC/Fox/CNN, etc. But the devil-is-in-the-details, and all of these "proposals" are woefully short on details.
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