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Old 22nd Mar 2017, 09:52
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mommus
 
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Electric airliner

London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' - BBC News

I'm deeply suspicious about almost everything described here.

Apart from the obvious lack of acknowledgement of energy density....

why does it have a v-tail? There seems no good reason for a lack of vertical stabiliser. Why are there huge slots in the leading edge of the wing? that would make the wing more or less useless.

How long would London-Paris take with those weedy little electric engines?
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