From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: First Heavy All Electric Airliner Put Into Commission!
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2025 16:10:42 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Sun, 10 Aug 2025 13:46:03 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:
> Alan wrote:
>>> Per person and battery weight prevents ANY "mass passenger" electric
>>> plane.
>>
>> And yet Joby Aviation is setting up air taxi operations right now.
>>
>>>
>>> You weirdos on the left touted large-sized electric airliners. LOL
>>>
>>> Never.
>>
>> I've never seen anyone say anything like that. Got any cites?
>
> Taxis do lots of short range fares. Air taxis can expect similar
> patterns with waits between fares as opportunities to top off batteries
> throughout a shift.
>
> NASA has experimented with solar panel topped wings for drones that fly
> above a spot. Like a communications satellite, forest fire watching. A
> drone can loiter at 70000 days on end, above weather, commercial
> flights, most of the air.
7K days means they ain't worrying about days an nites, ay?!. So anywaze
an Electric Airplane is gonna need to stay high enough to avoid the
Terrestrial Day/Nit bullshit: no Power at Night.
Dhu
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