You may not need power from the failed battery, but the thermal runaway scenario sounds rather terrifying. Sort of like a nuclear power plant in meltdown. Havin

You may not need power from the failed battery, but the thermal runaway scenario sounds rather terrifying. Sort of like a nuclear power plant in meltdown. Having read that Aviation Week article, my inclination would be to use nickel-cadmium and just deal with the extra weight, which is only a factor of two. But my job is not to design airplanes.