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Old 17th August 2007, 03:57 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Default Electrically Powered Ultralight Aircraft

Morgans wrote:
> "Phil" <pjacobsma@> wrote
>
>>IF these can be made practical, they sound ideal for use in an
>>airplane. They are light, and they can be shaped in just about any
>>way to fit inside the airframe. Suppose they were integrated into the
>>airframe and wings such that a large percentage of the airplane
>>consisted of battery. It might be possible to get enough capacity
>>there for a practical general aviation electric plane.
>>

>
> I can see the headlines, now.
>
> Plane (or car) crashes, and the car's structure electrocutes the occupants.
> <g>


LOL!

These paper batterise are light because they are so small.

By the time they make a battery will a few megawatts capacity, it's NOT
going to be all that light.

Lighter than Lead/Acid? Probably.

But light enough to fly? It might be a while...
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