The Guardian is reporting;
The world's first fully electric commercial aircraft has taken its inaugural test flight, taking off from the Canadian city of Vancouver and flying for 15 minutes.
"This proves that commercial aviation in all-electric form can work," said Roei Ganzarski, chief executive of Australian engineering firm magniX.
The company designed the plane's motor and worked in partnership with Harbour Air, which ferries half a million passengers a year between Vancouver, Whistler ski resort and nearby islands and coastal communities.
The recycled 62-year-old de Havilland Beaver seaplane is designed for short hops of 160 km or less, which represents the majority of Harbour Air flights. They're looking to save millions on costly maintenance and downtime. Harbour Air hopes to convert most of their airplanes after certification.
(Score: 3, Touché) by c0lo on Thursday December 12 2019, @10:38PM (3 children)
Burn those hydrocarbons and condense the water. (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Friday December 13 2019, @02:09AM (2 children)
Yielding water and CO2. Think we could make it into soda water? Really fizzy stuff? To put into the cans involved in another discussion on this site?
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday December 13 2019, @02:35AM (1 child)
Depending on the initial composition, you may end with a strongly carbonated soft drink (if you burn methane), or a liquefied carbon dioxide with traces of water (e.g. if you burn Hexa-peri-hexabenzocoronene [wikipedia.org]).
Just don't try to burn graphene or buckyballs, you'll die of dehydration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday December 14 2019, @10:46PM
As I said, really fizzy stuff.