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Fuel and Maintenance costs, they're about 10-20% and 30% of total costs (flight/ground crew, landing/taxes, and amortization make up much of the rest) respectiv
by kurthr 5y ago
Fuel and Maintenance costs, they're about 10-20% and 30% of total costs (flight/ground crew, landing/taxes, and amortization make up much of the rest) respectively. Combined they are a huge portion of potential cost reduction.
- jeffreyrogers 5y agoIf it's too heavy to fly the cost reductions don't matter. There are no proposed designs that use batteries that can carry anywhere near the weight of the current generation of airliners.
- kurthr 5y agoI don’t think that long range jumbo jets are the target here. I’m also doubtful that batteries will be the dominant power source. I think it’s speculative, but there are certainly DARPA funds/projects available, and they (and FAA) actually do care whether these can fly.