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Of course it will be able to fly. With 20MW of engine power at your disposal you’ll be able to lift an awful lot of batteries. The real question is, how long a

Of course it will be able to fly. With 20MW of engine power at your disposal you’ll be able to lift an awful lot of batteries. The real question is, how long and how far will it be able to fly? And how much payload?

bserge 5y ago
Where's the 20MW from?
- willis936 5y ago
  The 5th and final line: >Wright will use 10 2MW motors on its Wright 1 aircraft - that's a total of 20 MW, which is as powerful as an A320 Airbus aircraft The blog also links to a "deep dive" with a few more details. https://medium.com/@jeff_60994/wright-has-begun-testing-our-2-mw-aviation-grade-motor-for-transport-category-zero-emissions-79cb01c2cfc6 https://medium.com/@jeff_60994/wright-has-begun-testing-our-...
- Reason077 5y ago
  > ”Where's the 20MW from?” Quite a few tonnes of batteries, I’d say. But potentially there are other options like fuel cell stacks.
  - PaulDavisThe1st 5y ago
    vs. quite a few tonnes of jet fuel.