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Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by CrazyCatDog on Sunday November 15, 2020 @11:23AM (#25102323)
Totally agree. My use case: 3 seconds max (launch), 3 seconds in-flight would be out of sight— total power on time between charges is well below one minute. I’m tempted to guess that this would be the most efficient way of converting electricity in wing suit applications as well.
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Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by jononor on Sunday November 15, 2020 @04:10PM (#25104868)
That is more supercapacitor territory than batteries, especially if you do not require long-term energy storage (can accept relatively high self-discharge). The energy recovery systems in Formula 1 racing (KERS) are examples.
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Re:Electrified wingsuit from BMW reaches 186MPH on first flight by Robotbeat on Sunday November 15, 2020 @06:03PM (#25105828)
What’s interesting is that in many cases, LiPos can equal the specific power of supercapacitors!
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