Re:Launch HN: Stralis (YC W23) – Hydrogen electric aircraft ...
by genman on Monday November 20, 2023 @08:38PM
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I have read that battery based aircraft would start to make sense if batteries were 2-3 times less heavy - do you think that this wouldn't be feasible for some type of aircraft?
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Re:Launch HN: Stralis (YC W23) – Hydrogen electric aircraft ...
by stuart8ol on Monday November 20, 2023 @09:15PM
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Yeah even with today's batteries there is a business case for battery electric flight. Trainers, short hops across water and intracity + eVTOLs of course all make sense to tackle with battery. This is because the efficiency is good, the cost can be potentially very low and the infrastructure is manageable. But as a solution to decarbonising a large proportion of aviation - it doesn't work. We want to find a solution to serve the enormous number of passengers that fly up to 3000 km. If we can tackle that, we can cut more than 50% of aviation emissions.