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you have the added weight of a combustion engine and it's fuel as well Note I said drop pod. The whole appeal of electric motors is that they are basically so
by stcredzero 10y ago
you have the added weight of a combustion engine and it's fuel as well
Note I said drop pod.
The whole appeal of electric motors is that they are basically solid state.
I think beamed power has a lot of potential for electric jets. It's sort of magic. You get to ditch the heavy fuel tanks/batteries, and you still get the benefits of low maintenance costs for electric motors.
- pdelbarba 10y agoEven still, you would need to have the thrust to lift it in addition to your regular operating equipment and some way for it to be recovered (more weight, complexity, operating and upfront cost) I'll pass on sitting in the tiny plane with a 100kw laser pointed at it.
- jacquesm 10y ago> I'll pass on sitting in the tiny plane with a 100kw laser pointed at it. Now that's one place where a tinfoil hat might come in really handy.
- jacquesm 10y ago> It's sort of magic. It's not sort of magic, it would be actual magic.
- yownie 10y agoPerhaps Magnet bearing mounted flywheel as your kinetic energy storage would be better and lighter than battery power?