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I'm curious about his electric vertical take off and landing supersonic airplane idea. He has mentioned it in several interviews so far. I wonder how he plans

by omegant 12y ago

I'm curious about his electric vertical take off and landing supersonic airplane idea. He has mentioned it in several interviews so far. I wonder how he plans to position the electric motors and the fans. Vertical take off needs a huge amount of power compared to normal runway take off, that means bigger batteries... He surely has based the concept in first principles, but I must be missing something about this one.

grecy 12y ago
Just speculating.. do you have to take the launch batteries with you?
- remarkEon 12y ago
  That's what I was thinking. In my head I was seeing something still connected and that once it's actually airborne the craft jettisons the power cables. Or maybe there's a way to fundamentally re-think how we're designing airports.
- omegant 12y ago
  I didn't think it that way, maybe a vertical launching tower to give the initial take of acceleration with linear induction ala Hyperloop. It's a good idea.