Questions tagged [electric-aircraft]
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Do electric hot air balloons exist?
With many things going electric these days, I wonder, is there an electric hot air balloon? One that doesn't use propane tanks to heat the balloon air.
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Why do Electric Aircraft Seem to Eschew Photovoltaics?
I work in climate policy so I'm always excited for things that could help me feel less guilty about being into aviation such as biojet and the progress being made in electric propulsion.
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Is there any electric aircraft certified by the FAA?
I see this EASA publication about the Pipistrel Velis Electro being certified on 2020(almost 4 years now). Is there any electric aircraft certified by the FAA? and if not is there any reason why not ...
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Have two similarly sized aircraft ever hard-docked with each other while in flight?
This question is looking for a precedent in aviation related to the futuristic idea of maintaining a permanent fleet of solar-powered aircraft in the upper atmosphere on the sunny side of Venus (which ...
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Could the static charge build up during flight be sufficient to power aircraft systems?
Aircraft build up a static charge during flight which is currently discharged through static dischargers:
I recently read the abstract and summary of this paper:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/...
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Why ionocrafts (ionic propelld aircrafts) don't use electromagnetism to improve performance?
Well, ionocrafts use ion wind in order to propel itself in the air, but that needs a lot of surface area in order to work.
And since ionised gases can be magnetically manipulated, I was wondering if ...
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Are there any aircrafts that use the same "ballooning effect" of spiders to fly?
For those that aren't aware, the "ballooning" effect that spiders use to glide (not necessarily fly) explaining in a simple way, some small invertebrates throw a bunch of long strings (in ...
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Why don’t ionocrafts (ionic propelled aircrafts) use ducted ionic thrusters instead of open air thrusters?
The most famous example of inonocraft is the aircraft with no-moving parts propulsion made by the MIT.
A problem of ionic thrusters is that they only generate a gram of thrust for every watt, which ...
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To what extent is it viable to launch manned gliders vertically using unmanned drones rather than tow planes?
An electric, vertical takeoff drone lifts a manned glider 5 km in the air. The glider is then released from the drone, and glides 50 km to carry its passengers across a lake. The drone meanwhile ...
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Use of Fuses in modern Aircraft Systems
Are Fuses allowed in the control electronics of an airplane?
Are Fuses allowed in the electronic power paths which supply actuators?
Thank you in advance.
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Why does the EA-18G not have a gold-lined canopy like the Prowlers have?
I noticed on the Growlers that they have a clear canopy compared to the gold lined canopy of a Prowler, Which protects pilots from radiation. If the Growler doesn't have a Gold lined canopy that does ...
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Do EA-6B Electronic Countermeasure Officers focus on one task at a time?
I was wondering do the 3 Electronic Countermeasure Officers on the EA-6B all focus on doing the same task at once? Or does each of the ECO have a specific task assigned to them on the mission that ...
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Instead of battery why we don't use some perpetual energy source? Atomic Energy? [duplicate]
Right now the biggest issue of the electric plane is carrying a large battery to store energy proportional to its consumption for long-range, to increase range we use a larger battery. Even solar ...
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Who is the manufacturer of the power inverter used by Ampaire electric aircraft?
Please see the picture within this article.
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Will the electric motor work well in ultralight aircraft?
I'm trying to replace the 20hp gasoline engine in my ultralight aircraft (trike) to 10kw BLDC motor, asking to know if the 10kw BLDC motor will work
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