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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity (arstechnica.com)
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The X1 aircraft is comparable in size to a small regional airliner and can achieve a maximum takeoff weight exceeding 25,000 pounds with the help of four wing-mounted electric motors. The battery-electric propulsion system delivered more than one megawatt of power during the maiden flight.

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[–] 0 points 1 week ago (1 child)

If you skip the plane and go with a drone style you can drop all the complex hydraulics and just have a dead simple electric motor. A large version with a flying wing shape could work well.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

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    Those are vastly less efficient than a wing. They are great for slow speed and pin point accuracy at short range, which rarely matters.

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