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It's interesting that aviation is said to be industry impossible to electrify, and at the same time we have electric airplanes for some time and keep developing
by avmich 3y ago
It's interesting that aviation is said to be industry impossible to electrify, and at the same time we have electric airplanes for some time and keep developing the technology.
- outworlder 3y agoWhich electric airplanes are you talking about, other than electric demonstrators?
- avmich 3y agoAn example of commercially used electric airplane today could be one of this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqF55MjU9jc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqF55MjU9jc , Green Flight Academy in Sweden, used to train pilots.
- avmich 3y agoSome more arguments for electric airplanes are here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH4b3sAs-l8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aH4b3sAs-l8 .
- rgmerk 3y agoThere's never been any doubt that you can make a small, short-range battery electric airplane. We will probably be able to make short-range battery electric and fuel cell airliners. There is no prospect whatsoever of making an intercontinental battery electric airliner; there is no plausible battery chemistry with enough energy density to give you sufficient range. There are slightly better prospects of hydrogen-powered intercontinental airliners, but even that is very challenging given how bulky the hydrogen propellant required will be. The only realistic medium-term prospect appears to be sustainable aviation fuel, though I wonder if future generations might one day have a crack at nuclear aviation.