syseng68k
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Boeing demonstrated no need for the Lithium Battery? (sorry, my quote)
You reply...I'm not sure about that. I read somewhere else that there is system / operating requirement that the APU battery be fast charged over a time scale and at a rate that would not be possible using lead acid or nicad.
And, they would not have. If FAA requires a performance level that cannot be met with current technology, then they have gone into the design business. And Boeing would not design an aircraft that could not be built under current regs. Would they build a bird that was dependent on concurrent rule change? No, the rule predated the design...
If that is the case, the Dreamliner is dead. It is at least cemented in concrete to Lithium....because without back up electric, no current a/c can be airworthy. And if 787 won't certify with anything but Lithium.....
Maybe the bridge back to NickelMH burned in the EEbay?
Last edited by Lyman; 27th Jan 2013 at 22:19.