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We weren't talking about warp drives here. Certain types of aircraft are seem to be not that far off. 50 years is a ling time. Unless you are deeply involved i
by osigurdson 2y ago
We weren't talking about warp drives here. Certain types of aircraft are seem to be not that far off. 50 years is a ling time.
Unless you are deeply involved in battery technology, your prediction seems overly pessimistic.
Not suggesting the article below is in any way conclusive but just one of many that turn up on a basic google search.
https://abcnews.go.com/Business/passenger-electric-planes-become-reality-decade/story?id=106223258 https://abcnews.go.com/Business/passenger-electric-planes-be...
- vlovich123 2y ago> and fly up to 500 miles without having to stop to recharge 500 miles is nothing. The median flight distance for a commercial flight is ~2000 miles. And this is a concept plane. Certification of a plane is ~5-9 years so let's assume on the longer side since electric planes aren't really a thing. So 20% of your time budget has been spent building a replacement for a puddle jumper. There's a lot of them but the real fuel consumption happens by the large commercial jets.