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I would assume a bunch of the battery usage would be from take off. You'd think they could design a system like a rocket launch with a "staged" plane launch, wh
by soperj 10y ago
I would assume a bunch of the battery usage would be from take off. You'd think they could design a system like a rocket launch with a "staged" plane launch, where the batteries used for take off would then be jettisoned to land safely back at the airport for re-use.
- sandworm101 10y agoA while ago I read a proposal by airbus for an electric airliner. They speculated that batteries could be recharged on the way back down from altitude. If you want to recover energy, you;ll need those empty batteries.