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Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by tankenmate on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @05:02PM (#13934918)
LNG tanks are far from lightweight; to keep LNG at room temperature is about 320 atmospheres of pressure. Liquid propane on the other hand is about 8 atmospheres. Mind you at altitude it's around -50 ~ -60 C, but that will only reduce the pressure requirements to approx 100 atm. Also, LNG has about 60% of the energy density of kerosene. SO to use LNG you'd be taking a double whammy, lower density and heavier tanks.
Re:London-Paris electric flight 'in decade' by srssays on Wednesday March 22, 2017 @07:14PM (#13935963)
Sounds like propane is a winner. Would it help to use a composite tank a la SpaceX?