Comment by imoverclocked
16 days ago
In the low-tens of kg, I have to wonder if we will just start mass-producing a single motor and just change the driving electronics for different vehicles/applications. Eg: De-rating this motor via driving electronics for aviation to only produce 200hp would be interesting for experimental designs.
Then you could use a smaller motor which would be lighter (important for aviation) and likely cheaper.
Looking at the whole system might reveal a different answer though.
Highly unlikely, but since you make the claim I think you also should present that whole system evidence. From what little I know as a once upon a time bit player in aviation I suspect that that will be a very hard sell.
For instance: I know of an invention that will spin up the wheels of a landing aircraft just before touchdown. This saves on the wear of the tires (right now it is mostly the runway that spins them up, as a result of which you see these nice rubber deposits on the touchdown areas). But it would add a few kg to the weight of the wheels so it's a complete non-starter.
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