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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 month agoLike 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.
Shurimal@kbin.social 1 month ago
They're not jets. They're ducted fans. Different things. "Electric jet" makes as much sense as "electric V8 engine".
Naich@lemmings.world 1 month 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.
Naich@lemmings.world 1 month ago
sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-fossil…
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Hell yeah! They got electric V8’s now?! Bout time!