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Originally Posted by redpoint5
That would be perfect. It provides redundancy too so if there's an issue with the currently installed battery, you can swap it out relatively quickly.
One question I've always had is why prop planes don't have shrouds? As I understand it, shrouds increase efficiency.
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The other beauty in having electric aircraft is that electric motors are much less prone to sudden unexpected failure than an ICE. With how seldom we see catastrophic engine failure in aircraft as is, with electric I think it would be near zero.
The fact that we don't see more failures is a testament to the engineering and maintenance of aircraft, as ICE are incredibly complex, picky, and delicate machines when it comes right down to it.