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From: Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net>
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Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:q0ubhd0vuu@drn.newsguy.com:
> In article <XnsA9CFBDFD2BAB7noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell
> Holman says...
>>
>>Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
>>news:q0tiit02pls@drn.newsguy.com:
>>
>>> https://jalopnik.com/rolls-royce-hired-formula-e-engineers-to-build-a
>>> -r eally-1831527917
>>>
>>> Rolls Royce leads a group of UK Government funded projects under the
>>> project, the Spirit of Innovation, they aim to exceed 300 miles per
>>> hour, and sustain speed for at least forty minutes, enough to cross
>>>
>>> Rolls Royce was at the absolute forefront of airplane propeller
>>> driven technology in 1931 with the Supermarine S.6B, which won the
>>> Schneider Trophy for top speed that year with a max speed of 343
>>> miles per hour. That plane kicked off a series of innovations for
>>> Rolls Royce and gave the company the notoriety it needed to become
>>> the leader in British flight.
>>>
>>> The current electric plane record is held by Siemens, which put up a
>>> plane to 210 miles per hour in 2017. ACCEL team manager Matheu Parr
>>> wants to blow that speed out of the water, and is using the
>>> Innovation.
>>>
>>> battery voltage, temperature, and overall health of the powertrain,
>>> which is responsible for powering the propellers and generating
>>> the know-how to not only pioneer the field of electric-powered,
>>>
>>> This all-electric plane is set to fly sometime in 2020, and the
>>> specifications look absolutely wild. For maximum frontal area
>>> efficiency, the battery pack has to be small and compact, merging
>>> 6000 lithium cells with an advanced cooling system to help keep the
>>> batteries stable. With three stacked YASA 750R electric motors, the
>>> plane will have around 500 horsepower available to spin the modern
>>> design propeller.
>>>
>>> In order to make this project a reality, the highest tier
>>> aerodynamics engineers from all over the UK were hired, primarily
>>> some from within the motorsport community. This is truly an all-in
>>> mission for the British industrial complex.
>>>
>>
>>
>> If it performs as well as my
>>electric car it has a real future.
>>
>
> If it performs as well as my electric Black and Decker mower...it
> won't. Finally tossed it and went back to gas.
Yep, I tried electric mowers too. St Augustine
grass is just too tough for them to handle, sad to
say.
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