Like electric model airplanes and drones, but larger. Battery density is yet not good enough to electrify long-haul jumbo jets, but we’re beginning to see the electrification of small short-range aircraft.
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foofiepie@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Electric jets? Is that a thing? How do they work?
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Shurimal@kbin.social 4 months ago
They're not jets. They're ducted fans. Different things. "Electric jet" makes as much sense as "electric V8 engine".
Naich@lemmings.world 4 months ago
There is work going on making actual electric jets. They use plasma to expand the compressed gas in the same way conventional jets use fuel. Very early days though.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Hell yeah! They got electric V8’s now?! Bout time!
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Jet is just marketing speak here. It’s a bunch of ducted fans.
Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 months ago
If it’s not generating compression to power itself it’s not a jet engine, it’s just sparkling ducted fans.