London-Paris electric flight 'in decade'

Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by notahacker on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @09:08AM (#13930571)

Any sensible proposal for electric systems for commercial aircraft is going to aim for batteries to be safely swappable in 10-15 minutes. (Though they can still make delays from unexpected diversions to airports without a stock of batteries worse)

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Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by jpm_sd on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @12:15PM (#13932121)

The structural penalties for making "most of the weight of the aircraft" removable will probably lead to a plane that doesn't fly.

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Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by greglindahl on Thursday March 23, 2017 @01:08PM (#13941712)

... for example, putting the batteries in the existing form-factor of removable cargo containers used in jumbo jets.

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Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by JustSomeNobody on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @03:38PM (#13934065)

Hmmm... I wonder. Let's say they design the aircraft around an existing battery (size/weight). If later technology allows for a lighter battery, would they they have to add the weight back in order to keep the cg correct?

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Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by dx034 on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @10:00AM (#13930917)

And then charge overnight and be used as energy storage for the time they're not in use. As flight times are very predictable, they should be a good use case for battery storage.

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