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Tuesday, November 1, 2022
Maker eVTOL Aircraft Highlight | Phase Three of Flight Test Program
Two or three dollars per revenue seat mile means this thing be flying non-stop around the clock. That pricing will not recapture the build costs.
Probably that is not the point. It will be government subsidies plus carbon offsets which are intended as revenue sources. To wit, the boasted One Billion dollar contract with United Airlines is likely to offset the airline's carbon tax.
Ah, electric airplanes, what a spectacularly stupid idea.
Why? Well, you can't tailor the fuel load like you can with a conventionally fueled engine. Want to carry lots over short distances, reduce fuel load. Long distances, increase fuel load. 'Oh, carp, things going wrong, must land now,' conventional aircraft can dump fuel (if fitted with that capability.)
And, Fire. Conventionally fueled aircraft can carry fire suppression systems that work. EV aircraft? Once a lithium-ion battery starts cooking, it burns and is nigh unstoppable.
Think everything bad about even the best EVs out there. Now put them in the air with people on board.
All the complaints about electric planes are silly. There are very few people today that would consider riding a Wright flyer, because to view it up close with your own eyeballz it looks very unsafe, little more than some sticks and wires and tissue paper. But here we are 100+ years later and people climb into aluminum tubes all day long with little thought as to how that magic happens. Electric planes have been flying for half a century, though on a reduced scale, and it's only a matter of time before they start competing with combustion engine planes. The naysayers? Let em live in their tiny minds.
I'm a Jet Mechanic with over 40 Year's Experience. I know Mechanics who specialize in Wood/Dope/Fabric and Wire Airplanes, to the level of building Replicas of Wright Bicycle Co. "Flyers" and WWI Biplane Fighters. Properly Built and Flown, ANY Stick-and-Wire Bird with a Gasoline Engine is hundreds of times Safer than Crap like this. And the Commenter who mentioned the V-22 Osprey? well, the first one of those I walked through at an Airshow, maybe 10 Years ago, it took me only about 5 Minutes to notice a dozen "Single-Point Failure" items that would Crash it without any possibility of Recovery. I mentioned this to the Crew Chief (line mechanic) of the Aircraft; the Kid turned White and said very quietly, "When one of these Crashes, they always blame it on Pilot Error, because there seldom are any Survivors".
Just about Anything can be made to "Fly". Whether it is a Good Idea, much less.
Two or three dollars per revenue seat mile means this thing be flying non-stop around the clock. That pricing will not recapture the build costs.
ReplyDeleteProbably that is not the point. It will be government subsidies plus carbon offsets which are intended as revenue sources. To wit, the boasted One Billion dollar contract with United Airlines is likely to offset the airline's carbon tax.
Government subsidies is a growth industry.
Ah, electric airplanes, what a spectacularly stupid idea.
ReplyDeleteWhy? Well, you can't tailor the fuel load like you can with a conventionally fueled engine. Want to carry lots over short distances, reduce fuel load. Long distances, increase fuel load. 'Oh, carp, things going wrong, must land now,' conventional aircraft can dump fuel (if fitted with that capability.)
And, Fire. Conventionally fueled aircraft can carry fire suppression systems that work. EV aircraft? Once a lithium-ion battery starts cooking, it burns and is nigh unstoppable.
Think everything bad about even the best EVs out there. Now put them in the air with people on board.
All the complaints about electric planes are silly. There are very few people today that would consider riding a Wright flyer, because to view it up close with your own eyeballz it looks very unsafe, little more than some sticks and wires and tissue paper. But here we are 100+ years later and people climb into aluminum tubes all day long with little thought as to how that magic happens. Electric planes have been flying for half a century, though on a reduced scale, and it's only a matter of time before they start competing with combustion engine planes. The naysayers? Let em live in their tiny minds.
ReplyDeleteThere is a show all about failed inventions and there are a lot of them. My solar generator weighs 60 lbs, cost $1500 and only runs my tv for 4 hours.
DeleteAfter seeing how many Marines died on Ospreys I don't think I want to ride a VTOL whether it's EV or ICE.
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ReplyDeleteI'm a Jet Mechanic with over 40 Year's Experience. I know Mechanics who specialize in Wood/Dope/Fabric and Wire Airplanes, to the level of building Replicas of Wright Bicycle Co. "Flyers" and WWI Biplane Fighters. Properly Built and Flown, ANY Stick-and-Wire Bird with a Gasoline Engine is hundreds of times Safer than Crap like this. And the Commenter who mentioned the V-22 Osprey? well, the first one of those I walked through at an Airshow, maybe 10 Years ago, it took me only about 5 Minutes to notice a dozen "Single-Point Failure" items that would Crash it without any possibility of Recovery. I mentioned this to the Crew Chief (line mechanic) of the Aircraft; the Kid turned White and said very quietly, "When one of these Crashes, they always blame it on Pilot Error, because there seldom are any Survivors".
Just about Anything can be made to "Fly". Whether it is a Good Idea, much less.