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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

That ain't gonna happen on a civilian airliner.

Blown wings are basically powered lift. You're planning on bringing a civilian passenger plane down final approach at a speed it can't glide at if the power plant fails?

I could see that for a carrier based aircraft where STOL is a factor but no you're not doing that in airline operations.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Why couldn't it actually be safer since you could have distributed power centers, across multiple motors?

    You could also have hybrid approaches - there is space between not being able to glide and smashing your landing.

    I'm just getting at it being a different system so some old assumptions can be reexamined.

    Bigger challenge than landing is energy density.

    Regardless it's a very interesting space.

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