Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800

Re:Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800 by trollied on Friday April 23, 2021 @12:25PM (#26916337)

Given its 500 nautical mile range & specs, what ballpark battery capacity will this thing be carrying?

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Re:Bye Aerospace Unveils 8-Seat All-Electric EFlyer 800 by blendo on Friday April 23, 2021 @04:01PM (#26918584)

As a wild guess: 2 hrs (500 nm at 250 kts)

500 kW (2x250 kW motors)

So 500 kW for 2 hours, or 1 MWh. Perhaps battery density is 250 Wh/kg, so around 4000 kg for batteries alone.

Perhaps serial hybrid would makes more sense?

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