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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by mtgx on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:33PM (#14168657)
It's also impressive that it can each 300KM already. In 10 years, it could be about 1,500 or 1,000 miles. But 300 is a great start.
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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by notahacker on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:40PM (#14168729)
It would be impressive if it could reach 300km already, but the actual evidence we have is of it flying a small circle above the middle of a runway, implying a range of the order of 300m

and physics of course, that would suggest a 300km range to be exceptionally unlikely. But what use is physics in the face of such reckless marketing hype?

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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by lolc on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:38PM (#14168718)
I'd be surprised if their current prototype had a range of 300km. I think that's what they hope to achieve.
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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by dragonwriter on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:43PM (#14168770)
> It's also impressive that it can each 300KM already.

That's a target, not what they've demonstrated.

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Re:Lilium – Electric vertical take-⁠off and landing jet by jacquesm on Friday April 21, 2017 @03:39PM (#14168721)
You're joking, right?
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