Quote Originally Posted by cyrille View Post
But power needs to be increased by the order of X60 for it to get an airliner off the ground. You’ll be dead waaay before a commercial electric airliner will be able to haul you from Rotherham, or whatever pit you’re based in, to your brown boys in the sun.
There is a lot of talent in this forum, and I am sure you are very talented in your field of expertise, and perhaps many others, but in this one you are way out of your depth.
In your lifetime, all airplanes will be powered with electric motors. The problem at this point is range, and the weight of the batteries. This will not always be a problem.
As I explained in an earlier post that you chose to ignore, all energy in this planet is solar. The only difference is how it is collected , stored, and used.
Photovoltaic cells is one way solar energy can be collected, but is not the only one,
Batteries is one way energy can be stored , but it is also not the only one, and batteries are to heavy for airplanes, but as we said, there are other mediums,some lighter than air.
The most likely, some sort of fuel cell , perhaps hydrogen .
The current means of aircraft propulsion is unsustainable. It is not only it's proportion of CO2 generated by it (2%) but where it is deposited . It is only a matter of time before it is replaced. Research in the issue is being conducted as we talk,