Here in Boeing land, its getting kindof ugly...
The FAA is said to review the design, manufacture, and certification of the 787 Firebird.
That is not a vote of confidence for either group, Boeing nor the FAA.
My opinion, just as the aircraft cert parameters have little correlation to real ops...perhaps the battery specs are as well...
remember, meeting certification is the bare minimum between legal and illegal.
Look at the size of that battery compartment and the battery itself...very high load demand for that size..with little apparent cooling.
Li batteries rely on shielding of each cell, and a perfect balance between each cell..to avoid runaway...
note that cars with Li cells are immersed in a cooling agent that is circulated
Put some temperature monitors on the other 787's in operation...
Last edited by FlightPathOBN; 11th Jan 2013 at 22:18.