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>so ultralight pilots who would love to be flying clean electric aircraft are using unreliable two-stroke engines that spew incomplete combustion products like
by Enginerrrd 5y ago
>so ultralight pilots who would love to be flying clean electric aircraft are using unreliable two-stroke engines that spew incomplete combustion products like there's no tomorrow.
This is such a total non-issue, any effort at all spent on this would be better spent on almost any other target from a climate standpoint.
- JasonFruit 5y agoI'm saying these pilots want to do this innovation, not that ultralights are a large proportion of the problem, or even that GA as a whole is a significant contributor to pollution. But the reliability issue is significant: two-stroke engine failure is a frequent cause of ultralight accidents. They require careful maintenance and in-flight handling to be reliable.
- gregmac 5y agoI didn't see this as an issue about climate change, but as providing a place for innovation and experience which can later be applied to larger aircraft. If absolutely nothing else, it helps spark more interest in the technology by making it more accessible, and will help with general confidence in electric aircraft ("they've been flying electric ultralights for years now").
- jbuhbjlnjbn 5y agoIt is an issue if you take leaded avgas into account. Not the pollution per se is a problem, but the poison in form of lead in the exhaust gases. Also, any measurable reduction matters, in this case it's even for free, the industry will develop electrical planes for free they just have to allow it. It would be smart to change these policies quick.
- lern_too_spel 5y agoIncomplete combination is a poison problem.