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Old 23rd Apr 2019, 00:50
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MurphyWasRight
 
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Originally Posted by Ascend Charlie
As said above, it looks like just a dream, without really thinking about it - where does that nosewheel go on retraction; a crosswind will have the props hitting the ground as you kick straight and lower a wing; the tail prop is a worry on rotation for takeoff; asymmetric flight will be a serious problem; and why have 2 sets of airstairs when they could save weight with just one?

There also doesn't look like much room under any floor to place the batteries? They can't be in the tailcone - too far back - and no room in the nose, with the nosewheel strut and wheel, pilot's feet and his big watch.
Looks like the rendering forgot the -long- extension cord ...
Could be that the are distributed all over the place, the engine pods look a bit bigger than might be, perhaps some in there as well.

As to hitting props on landing you just need to hit the auto-stop button that brings the wing props to a locked horizontal position in about 0.5 seconds.
I am almost serious on that one, electric motors can have very high torque for short periods so something like that could be possible. Also means they could go from stop to full power quickly as well.
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