There's no doubt in my mind about the future of electric flight going mainstream as Boeing and Cambridge University have shown the practicality of hybrid/electric power systems. They have just shown their practical test flight. When the big players throw money at development concepts things seem to happen quicker. Again my hat's off to Mark in his continuing work to make electric flight affordable and practical for us poor boys with kit and homebuilt airplanes.
I got this latest info from AOPA on-line in my mailbox. Gotta love the information flow these days.
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Electric Flight And Boeing
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edoerr2224
Re: Electric Flight And Boeing
I believe in 1998 , Boeing built and electric 737 with a hydrogen driven generator on board and 4 electric driven jets. It was never test flown ( or it wasn't released ) . I used 50% of convention fuel . It is what got me started in solar / electric flight research Ed
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edoerr2224
Re: Electric Flight And Boeing
The Ge / Boeing contract. changed to the Boeing hydrogen fuel cell concept and now it is called Boeing SUGAR volt plane that saves 70% fuel.