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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

5 days ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango to c/technology

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orbituary 54 points 5 days ago

This article is idiotic.

$5 cost. 25,000 pounds. BUT OVER WHAT FUCKING DISTANCE?

$5 gets me 23 miles in my Delica. It gets me 100 miles on my motorcycle. It gets me 30 miles in my Porsche 914. But the article says nothing about distance.

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mereo 10 points 5 days ago

The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity. That aviation feat comes at a time when jet fuel prices have skyrocketed because of the US war with Iran.

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RememberTheApollo_ 3 points 5 days ago

At what airspeed?

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W98BSoD 10 points 5 days ago

Fast enough to take off and then not fall out of the sky.

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WhiteRice 10 points 5 days ago

It could grip it by the husk.

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xthexder 8 points 5 days ago

It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios. A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut!

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