The Thales Li-ion battery unit shown has a mass equivalent to 13.5 two litre bottles of cola. Perhaps restricting the drinks mixer selection and adding a few battery packs might moderate the transient draw of the 1 megawatt load of the aircraft. No doubt the marketing suits would be in high dudgeon regarding this suggestion. I suspect the electrical system weights and redundancy decisions were made by MBA's, which like papal pronouncements in catholicism, are infallible in the corporate religion.
Last edited by kilomikedelta; 19th January 2013 at 21:29.