Re:The Death and Life of Helicopter Commuting [video]
by Alupis on Wednesday August 30, 2017 @05:53PM
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Just a note on your comparison - aviation engines/motors are not directly comparable to land vehicle engines/motors. They have different expected duty cycles[1][2] and thus, are designed quite differently.
I believe the engines in an Apache are jet turbines, which may also not be directly comparable, but that's only a guess. They are also "war machines", and likely are built to tolerate abuses Tesla cannot imagine and do not design for (my assumption here is that is what adds quite a bit of weight to the Apache engines).
All this is to say the obvious, one could not simply take a Tesla electric motor and install it in an aircraft, expecting good things.
Things may eventually change, and ultimately you may be right - I just don't want to put that much faith, yet, into this idea.
I believe the engines in an Apache are jet turbines, which may also not be directly comparable, but that's only a guess. They are also "war machines", and likely are built to tolerate abuses Tesla cannot imagine and do not design for (my assumption here is that is what adds quite a bit of weight to the Apache engines).
All this is to say the obvious, one could not simply take a Tesla electric motor and install it in an aircraft, expecting good things.
Things may eventually change, and ultimately you may be right - I just don't want to put that much faith, yet, into this idea.
[1] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/11527/what-are-...
[2] https://aviation.stackexchange.com/a/34361/2294