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The contest required a cost analysis, but had no cost requirement. http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/files/2014/09/2020-E-GA-design-contest-ARMD-1.pdf http://aero.larc
by gvb 10y ago
The contest required a cost analysis, but had no cost requirement.
http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/files/2014/09/2020-E-GA-design-contest-ARMD-1.pdf http://aero.larc.nasa.gov/files/2014/09/2020-E-GA-design-con...
- kbenson 10y agoYet the author thinks the cost is comparable, so there is that. I was able to arrive at a design that, if mass-produced, could indeed compete with the Cirrus SR22. It would weigh and cost about the same, and its range would be very similar: about 920 miles. The plane’s cruising speed would be somewhat less—173 as opposed to 212 mph. But that seems a reasonable bargain, given that the electric aircraft would consume about a quarter of the energy per flight.