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Forum: Rumours & News
31st Dec 2019, 20:48
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

I did not know until just now that the US Navy is...

I did not know until just now that the US Navy is working on synthesizing jet fuel from sea water. Sounds like one of those schemes advertised on YouTube, but here is a press release from the Naval...
Forum: Rumours & News
31st Dec 2019, 06:49
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

Could be virtue signalling, but I think it is...

Could be virtue signalling, but I think it is more likely an attempt to exploit the gullibility of very rich people in the face of a fashionable new technology. Startup sets up glossy website with...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2019, 21:09
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

That's the sort of use that might be possible:...

That's the sort of use that might be possible: specify an ICE with just enough power for cruise, and use electrical storage for peak power demands. It might or might not turn out to be a win,...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2019, 10:24
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

Not wishing to attack, just exploring the limits...

Not wishing to attack, just exploring the limits of physical possibility.

Hindenburg: Wikipedia figures are 245m length, 41.2m diameter. The square box that encloses those dimensions has an area...
Forum: Rumours & News
27th Dec 2019, 02:53
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

Biofuel seems likely not to be a good idea. But...

Biofuel seems likely not to be a good idea. But the use of sustainable power and commonly available substances to manufacture hydrocarbons seems more open to technological development than electric...
Forum: Rumours & News
25th Dec 2019, 20:34
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

I don't think car hybrids have got very much to...

I don't think car hybrids have got very much to do with aviation. I sit in my Nissan Note serial hybrid and glance happily at the gauge showing the battery recharging as I coast down a hill or slow...
Forum: Rumours & News
22nd Dec 2019, 10:29
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

Me too, but it does point to a real issue....

Me too, but it does point to a real issue. Electric motors are better than ICEs, but batteries aren't viable for aviation now, and quite possibly won't ever be. Is there another way of herding...
Forum: Rumours & News
16th Dec 2019, 04:52
Replies: 119
Views: 50,620
Posted By FlightlessParrot

It has just dawned on me that only short flights...

It has just dawned on me that only short flights are possible on electric power, now and for the foreseeable (because physics), but that these flights are the most vulnerable to concerns about...
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