Comment by enquirewithin
1 day ago
An aircraft like this can be used two or three times a day, while spending the rest of the time charging.
A piston or turbine powered aircraft can run all day.
1 day ago
An aircraft like this can be used two or three times a day, while spending the rest of the time charging.
A piston or turbine powered aircraft can run all day.
Even Ryanair turnarounds take like 30 minutes. A bit more than that and you can charge the plane comfortably. Fueling bigger planes is quite the ceremony.
Making the battery replaceable by heavy equipment would drop the turnaround time for these. The planes fly regular routes (mostly), and could store a few extra batteries at their regular destinations.
Odd added benefit: the potential ability to jettison a huge part of the weight in extreme emergencies to increase flying time by the backup ICE system.