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To guess, I'd suggest it might be mostly due to the types of electric motor already produced and available in an appropriate weight and configuraton. Further it
by detritus 2y ago
To guess, I'd suggest it might be mostly due to the types of electric motor already produced and available in an appropriate weight and configuraton. Further it might be that redundancy in electric motors might be more of an issue (?) and here, I wonder if they've cracked some added efficiency with having a more consistent flow over the breadth of the wings?
- pbmonster 2y agoI was under the impression that compact 400 hp electric motors (Like in the Plaid Tesla) were available in large numbers. And hopefully, those would be higher reliably at much lower maintenance when compared to a turboprop or a turbojet. And even then, having 4 should be plenty of redundancy.
- Retric 2y agoTesla engines don’t fit inside a thin wing. Form factor is a huge deal for aerodynamics.
- serf 2y agoit's unlikely that HP is the main thing at play here; an electric motor for a plane would need to be wound or gear-reduced to a point of kV efficiency that fits within a plane's necessities. a 400hp tesla motor is presumably built and wound to be efficient for a car. this isn't that, simply put.