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Re:Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology to brea... by ianai on Thursday October 01, 2020 @12:32PM (#24652929)
One option is to have multiple vehicles and switch payloads or batteries.

As others noted, we’ve just started taking a serious interest in renovating rechargeable batteries for this use. Lots more can and will be done once the political will is there.

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Re:Rolls-Royce concludes testing of plane technology to brea... by dredmorbius on Thursday October 01, 2020 @06:01PM (#24656602)
Possible, though greatly increasing capital costs, also complexity and coordination dynamics.
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