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Food for thought

PostPosted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 8:02 pm
by emfrat

Re: Food for thought

PostPosted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 8:56 am
by cowpatz
Yes it is interesting but they will always be limited unfortunately.

Even assuming huge advances in battery technology, with batteries that are 30 times more efficient and "energy-dense" than they are today, it would only be possible to fly an A320 airliner for a fifth of its range with just half of its payload, says Airbus's chief technology officer Grazia Vittadini.

Maybe the future for larger aircraft lies in the use of a small Thorium generator.

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