Electric airplane - recharged

However, if this thing works out, a 10 hour, 1000NM range electric airplane
is actually possible.

What are you basing that statement on?

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However, if this thing works out, a 10 hour, 1000NM range electric
airplane
is actually possible.

What are you basing that statement on?

That there have been one hour and 100 miles flights made with the old Li-Po
batteries.

Even if it's half that, electrics would be viable.

Bill Daniels

That there have been one hour and 100 miles flights made with the old Li-Po
batteries.

Even if it's half that, electrics would be viable.

In what aircraft was that?

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That there have been one hour and 100 miles flights made with the old
Li-Po
batteries.

Even if it's half that, electrics would be viable.

In what aircraft was that?

None, at present.

He is talking about an airplane, if it were equipped with some new batteries
that are being developed, seen in an earlier link, that could have a 10 fold
increase in capacity, and with quicker recharge times, as icing on the cake.
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Jim in NC

On Dec 23, 11:12*pm, "Morgans" wrote:
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... That there have been one hour and 100 miles flights made with the old
Li-Po
batteries.

Even if it's half that, electrics would be viable.

In what aircraft was that?

None, at present.

Hmm.

I don't think 10 fold would do the trick. The math shouldn't be too
hard to show one way or another. P = IV. Too much ampere draw to move
a plane.

On Dec 21, 10:50*am, "Bill Daniels" bildan@comcast-dot-net wrote:
Take a look at this:http://www.electronista.com/articles...owire.battery/

OK, it's just a laboratory development and needs to work it's way through
all the R&D to become an actual product. *But, an order of magnetude
improvement? WOW!

Of course, as many 'negative experts' will point out, if this thing shorts
out, your airplane goes supernova.

However, if this thing works out, a 10 hour, 1000NM range electric airplane
is actually possible.

Bill Daniels

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Pb_psj1A8

Wil

Bill Daniels wrote:
Take a look at this:
http://www.electronista.com/articles...owire.battery/

OK, it's just a laboratory development and needs to work it's way through
all the R&D to become an actual product. But, an order of magnetude
improvement? WOW!

Of course, as many 'negative experts' will point out, if this thing shorts
out, your airplane goes supernova.

However, if this thing works out, a 10 hour, 1000NM range electric airplane
is actually possible.

Bill Daniels

I wonder why we haven't seen diesel/electric aircraft... surely a small
round engine would allow for cleaner airflow and you can stick the
diesel wherever you want to... something like the BD-5 wouldn't have
transmission/driveshaft problems (though possibly a weight problem on
such a small aircraft). As technology improves, replace the diesel with
batteries or fuel cells while more or less retaining CG. And something
like a V22, you might even be saving weight since you can drop the
physical transmissions and driveshafts.


rpl

In article ,
rpl wrote:

Bill Daniels wrote:
Take a look at this:
http://www.electronista.com/articles...owire.battery/

OK, it's just a laboratory development and needs to work it's way through
all the R&D to become an actual product. But, an order of magnetude
improvement? WOW!

Of course, as many 'negative experts' will point out, if this thing shorts
out, your airplane goes supernova.

However, if this thing works out, a 10 hour, 1000NM range electric airplane
is actually possible.

Bill Daniels

I wonder why we haven't seen diesel/electric aircraft... surely a small
round engine would allow for cleaner airflow and you can stick the
diesel wherever you want to... something like the BD-5 wouldn't have
transmission/driveshaft problems (though possibly a weight problem on
such a small aircraft). As technology improves, replace the diesel with
batteries or fuel cells while more or less retaining CG. And something
like a V22, you might even be saving weight since you can drop the
physical transmissions and driveshafts.


Because the damn Diesel-electric setup:

1. weighs too damn much
2. Adds another potential inline failure mode
3. Reduces overall fuel efficiency.

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