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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
...which is intended for later use also in large-scale aircraft
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not sure about motor glider here.
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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
, will cut fuel consumption and emissions by 25%, compared to today’s most efficient aircraft drives, according to Siemens....supplied by a small Wankel engine
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Cut consumption by 25%, in the same breath as "Wankel"? My BS alarm is going off.
Electric airplanes are also a bonehead move, that is the one application that would benefit most from liquid fuel, preferably of the renewable variety. Energy density/energy to weight of electric is atrocious by comparison, and size and weight are bad for airplane efficiency.