FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoFirst test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricityarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square187linkfedilinkarrow-up1604arrow-down117 cross-posted to: aviation@lemmy.worldavgeeks@sh.itjust.works
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minus-squareMereo@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month ago The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity. That aviation feat comes at a time when jet fuel prices have skyrocketed because of the US war with Iran.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 month agoAt what airspeed?
minus-squareW98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 month agoFast enough to take off and then not fall out of the sky.
minus-squarexthexder@l.sw0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoIt’s not a question of where he grips it! It’s a simple question of weight ratios. A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut!
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down5·1 month agoDid you reply to the wrong comment because you’re quoting time, not distance?
At what airspeed?
Fast enough to take off and then not fall out of the sky.
It could grip it by the husk.
It’s not a question of where he grips it! It’s a simple question of weight ratios. A five ounce bird could not carry a 1 pound coconut!
Did you reply to the wrong comment because you’re quoting time, not distance?