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The age of electric flight is finally upon us

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Re: The age of electric flight is finally upon us

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Haha, not so bad as loss of H2 containment (as seen IRL in Norway) ... and of course farmers deal with it every day.

Ammonia is deadly of itself. Even before it explodes.

Well to increase safety one can use a fuel like ~methanol with a regular ICE, no need for electric conversion or reformation, just a new carburetor! i was suggesting NH3 because it is much more dense and involves NO carbon at all. Like i said farmers regularly deal with NH3 ... so it can be safely handled.

~methanol Renewable CO2 recycling and synthetic fuel production in a marine environment https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/05/28/1902335116

Re: The age of electric flight is finally upon us

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The power delivered to the rear MOTOR (not engine) is not the same for take-off and cruising. A motor that would overheat at takeoff power won't necessarily overheat at cruise and would be designed not to overheat in an aircraft application. Motor control is not just on or off.

It’s possible that that could be the case, but it’s a poor assumption that it will be the case. Especially as it’s such a useful feature they likely would have mentioned it.

It's a very valid assumption. Cruise and takeoff throttle positions are usually quite different.
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