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Thanks, your comment makes a lot of sense. I do understand this is experimental, but I just assumed the end goal was to do a licensing deal of some sort with a
by GordonS 7y ago
Thanks, your comment makes a lot of sense.
I do understand this is experimental, but I just assumed the end goal was to do a licensing deal of some sort with a partner than would sell a commercialised variant.
My assumption (yes, another one ;) was that electrification would require baby-steps towards commercialisation in order to continue to fund the kind of progress you speak of - in the same kind of way we saw with cars, where initially they were expensive, had a very short range, there was very limited infrastructure etc, but they were still an option for a small market segment.
- numpad0 7y agoFrom the article, apparently the purpose of the whole program is to immunize FAA of funky startup planes. With a NASA prior art as baseline, FAA people could judge what document is required, which part is novel and which one of “chief” is just a functional addict.