tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post3043916763839428998..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: In the Short HaulThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87711238418451751422017-12-07T22:34:28.304-08:002017-12-07T22:34:28.304-08:00Anon, before you get completely carried away, why ...Anon, before you get completely carried away, why don't you spend a few minutes to look into this. What do you know of the 2-3 years of development Airbus has put into electric propulsion for aviation? Are you aware that they built a light (4-seater) that was electric powered? They've been flying that around for about a year and a half. And don't assume this is exclusive to Airbus. Check out what Rolls Royce and others are doing. If you had done any of that you wouldn't have been leaving these empty comments.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-32196463225543989862017-12-07T15:48:56.529-08:002017-12-07T15:48:56.529-08:00This is Anon @ 5:18
Do not misuse and abuse word &...This is Anon @ 5:18<br />Do not misuse and abuse word "conspiracy," because it will became meaningless (some folks who actually perpetrate it want that to happen).<br />So you just landed from Mars or emerged from depths of Amazon jungle?<br />Actions, like that of Airbus, are just a standard business practice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-71080711422758378072017-12-05T20:09:46.165-08:002017-12-05T20:09:46.165-08:00
Anon 5:18 - do you have any evidence, anything pr...<br />Anon 5:18 - do you have any evidence, anything probative, to back up your conspiracy theory? Anything?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-16602807399475870472017-12-05T20:08:52.842-08:002017-12-05T20:08:52.842-08:00BM, can you imagine the structural modifications, ...BM, can you imagine the structural modifications, expense and weight penalty if a commercial airliner was to be made strong enough to endure repeated catapult launches?The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-90630269142994274962017-12-05T17:18:07.718-08:002017-12-05T17:18:07.718-08:00No need to tell Airbus that their own idea of mass...No need to tell Airbus that their own idea of mass transit on electric plane has no wings and will never take off.<br />This is just PR campaign and smoke and mirrors show (green smoke, it is) to distract from CO2 emissions caused by air transport, including current and future Airbus planes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-87533909975131887932017-12-05T13:42:44.998-08:002017-12-05T13:42:44.998-08:00Actually ( according to an Airbus insider) once al...Actually ( according to an Airbus insider) once aloft the new aircraft will use state of the art, graphite sails for the long distance part of the flight..<br /><br />TB<br />Trailblazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08065775238162848249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-20741942726455966842017-12-04T19:52:17.653-08:002017-12-04T19:52:17.653-08:00The BAe/Airbus demonstrator will be propeller-powe...The BAe/Airbus demonstrator will be propeller-powered by electric motors operating from a gas turbine/electric-generator-set in the fuselage. Batteries will only be used for extra power for takeoff and certain other full power scenarios. Why, it'll be the diesel oops turbo loco of the air! Now with serial hybrid power! I love how these people call the aircraft electric, even though they're hybrids. A Prius hybrid doesn't claim to be an EV, but marketers are straining at the leash to call them just that. Like Volvo claiming to be going all-electric in 2020, when in fact they're talking hybrids with gas or diesel engines, with maybe one single pure EV. Nissan Leafs have been pure Evs like that since 2012! Electric just sounds so much sexier and the dope on the street doesn't understand it all anyway, so PR gets away with murder of the laguage and misdirection.<br /><br />My idea from 1961 was to install steam catapults to launch aircraft, much like naval aircraft carriers. You know, if we were <b>really</b> serious about saving energy. Throwing away efficiency by using wings at greater angles of incidence with their attendant drag to haul around batteries with weight energy density barely 1/100th that of jet fuel, seems not that bright an idea. But hey, Japan wants to create even more hydrogen by stripping the carbon molecule from methane using electricity, and then running the hydrogen in fuel cell vehicles. God knows what the overall cycle of efficiency is, given that hydrogen leaks through solid metal walls and is wasted. Just because an idea sorta kinda works doesn't mean it's brilliant.<br /><br />We shall see if all the necessary juggling of compromises makes for an attractive hybrid aircraft overall for commercial profit-making.<br /><br />BM<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-38677283010123752182017-12-04T19:07:22.674-08:002017-12-04T19:07:22.674-08:00Complete idiocy? Have you told Airbus? I'll be...Complete idiocy? Have you told Airbus? I'll bet they would appreciate your insights.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-55366271005663701452017-12-04T18:06:59.375-08:002017-12-04T18:06:59.375-08:00The idea is a complete idiocy using current, heavy...The idea is a complete idiocy using current, heavy battery technology and motors.<br />Waste of time and technological talent.<br />Short haul travel? Use bus or rail.<br />In any case, much greater savings in CO2 emissions can be achieved by harvesting other, lower hanging fruits.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68830150220677304072017-12-04T10:51:06.132-08:002017-12-04T10:51:06.132-08:00fixed
fixed<br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-13460228121872033402017-12-04T10:32:03.676-08:002017-12-04T10:32:03.676-08:00The Dash-7 is not a 'twin turbo'. It has ...The Dash-7 is not a 'twin turbo'. It has four engines.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-15323652595606701242017-12-04T09:00:14.314-08:002017-12-04T09:00:14.314-08:00The problem with most aircraft is that they requir...The problem with most aircraft is that they require brute force just to get up and stay up, a feature not required of land and sea based transport. The bigger aircraft are and the faster they fly the more brute force is required. To some extent that has been acceptable but the prevailing business model is more, more, more and that cannot continue. Any attempt to reduce the fuel required should be applauded. Tobynoreply@blogger.com