FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFirst test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square88linkfedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down112 cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1417arrow-down1external-linkFirst test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricityarstechnica.comFoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square88linkfedilink cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squaremelsaskca@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up51·1 month agoIs there no simple anymore? Plane A went this far on 5 dollars electricity. Plane B went the same distance on X dollars worth of jet fuel. I want to know the distance travelled and I want to know what “X” is.
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down4·1 month ago$5 for 30 minutes in the air. pick any speed you want. it doesn’t matter. avgas and jet fuel don’t compete with $5.
minus-squareTaldan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 month ago$3.60 for mogas at a couple places near me. Very high density altitude, well leaned out, in slow flight, you could get 27 minutes out of a 150 for $5 These guys are also apparently getting electricity for 2-4 cents per KWh, which is many times cheaper than most would be able to get it You’d even have more useful load than this “jet” that can carry no passengers or cargo You could also fly a glider. It’d be as useful as this thing
minus-squarebetanumerus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoWrong thread buddy. Maybe you need a refresher in navigation theory.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoThe site for the plane manufacturers says they have a max range of 125 miles. So this is practically useless for flights. It’s faster to just drive 125 miles in an EV.
Is there no simple anymore? Plane A went this far on 5 dollars electricity. Plane B went the same distance on X dollars worth of jet fuel. I want to know the distance travelled and I want to know what “X” is.
$5 for 30 minutes in the air. pick any speed you want. it doesn’t matter. avgas and jet fuel don’t compete with $5.
$3.60 for mogas at a couple places near me. Very high density altitude, well leaned out, in slow flight, you could get 27 minutes out of a 150 for $5
These guys are also apparently getting electricity for 2-4 cents per KWh, which is many times cheaper than most would be able to get it
You’d even have more useful load than this “jet” that can carry no passengers or cargo
You could also fly a glider. It’d be as useful as this thing
Wrong thread buddy. Maybe you need a refresher in navigation theory.
The site for the plane manufacturers says they have a max range of 125 miles.
So this is practically useless for flights. It’s faster to just drive 125 miles in an EV.