Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-off and landing jet
by vvanders on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:29PM
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I wonder how head-wind factors into that as well, I know on our EV I can easily see 10-15% consumption difference if I run into a strong one at freeway speeds.
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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-off and landing jet
by pdelbarba on Friday April 21, 2017 @04:09PM
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Wind will always affect flight speeds regardless of configuration. To use physics terminology, the air around you becomes your frame of reference. 10kt tail wind and 100kt True Air Speed = 110kt ground speed