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Old January 24th 20, 07:19 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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Default Future of aviation, or flash in the pan??

On Friday, January 24, 2020 at 9:21:41 AM UTC-8, kinsell wrote:
On 1/24/20 9:58 AM, Steve Leonard wrote:
Good to run those tests at night so you can see the fire sooner.


Good point. But if the main battery ever lit up (8200 lbs of
lithium-cobalt) it ought to make quite a bonfire.


But the weight efficiency of those LiCo bats is phenomenal. Let's see, 900KWH is the same energy in......154 lbs of Jet-A. Not sure how much energy is in 8200 lbs of LiCo if you light it on fire though.