Why We Still Don't Have Electric Planes
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- Опубликовано: 10 мар 2020
- As air travel becomes more harmful to the environment, companies are betting on battery power as a cleaner alternative to jet fuel. Prototypes of electric aircraft have been taking off around the globe, paving the way for a future of cheaper flights, quieter airports, and emissions-free air travel.
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Why We Still Don't Have Electric Planes 
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"because they're heavy" i just saved you 9 minutes.
Bamwich saved my time thank you
Bamwich hahahhahhaahhahah
Thank you, i already knew this just wondered if they had other points, but i guess thats literally the only limiting factor.
Yuri G it’s kinda the only thing that matters when it comes to planes.
Bamwich thx
Let me save you some time, battery energy density isn’t there yet. Too heavy for how much energy you get out of the batteries.
also, it will never reach speed like jet engine can make as well. it will take longer than usually. air travel time will be longer.
Brandon Deemter thank you
@@jaimehernandez4962 Never? Do you have any idea how fast the tech of batteries, engines etc are developing?
@@jaimehernandez4962 it will, that's just the nature of technology
Just use solid state batteries
They are new and invented by japan
Are we gonna look over the fact that inventor of lithium ion battery is named John B.Goodenough.
that's prolly why they do explode sometimes lmao jkjk
Hahaha I was looking for that comment. What a name!
It's a *RARE* day that I actually learn something from RUclips. Thank you, George!
It was actually invented by Akira Yoshino in 1985, John B. Goodenough and Stanley Wittingham only contributed by research from the 70s, which then, wasn't enough to make a Lithium-ion battery prototype from and required more research. Hence why they never made one.
@@user-pn3im5sm7k sad that all inventions have to have someone not getting the credit they deserve.
The problem with batteries has to do with the density of energy that can be stored.
Even the most modern batteries are heavy but carry little energy relative to gasoline or jet fuel tanks.
Yep, battery energy density is poor compared to jet fuel. Also the efficiency of airplanes is already fairly high, so there is not a lot of gains to be made
They have the technology it’s just that they need people poor😂
I think we should switch over to fossil fuels, would save a heck ton of money.
I agree with u BUT, everything that those plans need to be completed do exist in 2022, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT:
EVERY other airline, investors, companies, politicians, and all the others, Philthy Rich people in the world won't allow it to happen or come to life. Bcuz all of them will be losing money big time, so they will fight down the battery idea, make sure every news station an reporter continuously talk about it and convince the public that it's a threat to human life.
NIKOLA TESLA TOWER for example:
It was created an proven fully functional, he just needed the funding witch he didn't receive BCUZ the tower was capable of sending direct current to your home with a special isolated antenna. And it would of been free to the world. A week after he demonstration to the government he died, the government went straight to his home and took every single piece of information even his pocketbook and pocket watch that his wife had for him.
UP TO THIS DAY the tower was never found or talked about. We have the technology, understanding and components to create futuristic Technologies BŰT, the money hunger people of every country won't allow us to fully evaluate bcuz most of the minerals and other materials won't be needed anymore and that's bad for their business.
Not only that, but one of the most important aspects of commercial aircraft is that they burn off significant amounts of their weight as they fly, as the fuel being used up means that the airplane gets more efficient as it flies. This would be completely lacking in an electric plane.
Imagine being on a plane and hear the captain saying that the battery is low
Easy. Passengers have pedals that can charge it. Lol.
@@mobsherhasssn5174 lmao
@@mobsherhasssn5174 hey wait a minute that could work
Use my power bank 😂
@@mobsherhasssn5174 That's for economy class lol.
4:46 why is it so wrong looking at the truck........
Lol WTF i just realized how freaky that truck is
Its cursed
The truck is designed to move planes. It grabs their front wheel.
@@corrected1991y cut the back lol
It's more maneuverable
00:15 "they haven't really taken off".
00:17 "what is keeping them 'grounded'.
That is two puns in a row and they didn't even mention it.
2020 "We used a glider to reduce risk and harm to anyone while testing".
1960 "We taped a seat onto the front of this rocket there is also a cupholder for your whiskey near the ashtray"
We've come a long way in aviation.
Electric vehicles are ABONDONED tech from the 1800s that has not changed a WHIT, being sold to FREAKING IDIOTS to raise taxes and make the stockholders RICH while selling JUNK
Title: "Why we still don't have electric planes"
First 15 seconds of the video: "electric planes have been around since the 1970s"
They probably mean viably commercial electric planes.
Bart Bell • Yeah, but it’s still kind of ironic.
Bart Bell wooooosh
@@Radioactive_Bunny. how is this a woooosh moment
@@Radioactive_Bunny. keanu big chungus wholesome 100 moment
0:00 what could a future with electric planes look like? $25 tickets...
Laughs in Europe
Marco Poletti Laughs in Ryanair
@@josepha72513
laughs in 737 MAX
Marco Poletti what? I don’t get it
@@craggywag5482 So, in Europe, it costs way less than in the states, Asia, Africa or middle east, thats because in Europe theres alot of countries, and most of those countries has ALOT of money, thats why it doesnt cost much for a average citizen to fly around in Europe, one of my friends took a flight from Norway to England for 3 dollars, and that wasnt even on RyanAir, so flying in Europe is not expensive at all
Christoffer Stenslie thanks, Jesus Christ that’s cheap
A smaller problem that I see for bigger aircrafts would be that while regular planes to the descent lighter by many tones of fuel, an electric plane would have the exactly same weight as at takeoff.
Yes and batteries weigh a whole lot more than fuel.
Being heavier on decent isn't an issue, it's taking off that's the issue. This is why in-air refueling is a thing, we can take off with a lighter fuel load and then fill up in the air so we have enough fuel to reach the destination.
@@seconddaymusic8393 that’s what us did while leaving from the taliban country
@@gamersnoob2378 im aware, im an aircraft maintainer for the squadron that was in charge of making that airlift happen.
@Straight white unvaccinated male how would he know
4:40,that pick-up truck Blow my mind!!
"Companies have to prove every inch of their aircraft is safe."
Not if it's Boeing
I mean the plane was safe. They did speed up the training process though, and thats why people died. Basically since the pilots had limited experience with the plane they didn't know how to fix the problem that killed them. Boeing is very safe.
@@kimjunguny And the FOD in the Fuel Tanks were found because they are so safe?😂
If it's a completely new plane, sure you need to prove every inch. Boeing tried too hard to make their new plane not that new, so the approval process failed.
I feel like everyone in this comment section doesn’t know what they’re talking about
Are you talking about the one software error that affect Planes running for too long.
“John B. Goodenough” what a name.
He is Goodenough tho, you can’t lie😂
He is a legend. Responsible for so many modern material developments.
Search him on youtube you won't regret it! He's a literal legend, invented so many modern everyday technology and is still working at 98 years old with his team!! I have huge respect for that man and a lot of people don't even know about him
Lol 😂
John Be Good enough
The first flight was in 1903- On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. The Wrights used this stopwatch to time the Kitty Hawk flights.
I think one solution is to distribute all the battery weight along the chassis in modules (e.g distributing twenty 250w/h batteries across a module that spreads across 1/5 of the airplane chassis and then using 5 of those modules to cover the entire chassis
Planes: dont bring large batteries onboard
Electric planes: WE GOT A GIANT BATTERY BRUH
The pLaNe IS thE BaTteRy BrUh
All commercial aircraft have more than one huge battery on board.
I get where you're coming from, but the difference is that an aircraft like any vehicle is serviced regularly, and have multiple sensors, backup systems and circuitry that can disconnect power or give early warning in case an error is detected, this is not the case with passenger items.
In-fact you can fly large batteries with the correct paperwork, and its easier to do so if the battery is new, tested, and low in charge. Just hard to regulate for commercial flights.
or you just drain the batteries of the phones of the passengers.
@@CasvGl Im pretty sure that would grant you about half a second of extra flight time
Elon musk after watching this video
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
aiwa500 please Elon were counting on you !
He said in a interview that we currently don't need electric planes what we need is electric cars
Yep my thoughts exactly.
he also said in an interview that tesla electric plane is feasible, but it requires a change in battery density, tesla is already working on "million mile battery" in Fremont factory, I expect tesla plane in 10 years max
@@mockingspongebob773 more funding for tesla!
The other thing being totally overlooked is recharge time. You can refuel a aircraft relatively fast, but even a small battery takes hours to charge. That is a lot of time on the tarmac. Even if you did something like a swappable battery bank - charge offline while the other one flies - you increase cost on battery by three; one at takeoff, one at landing, and one in flight.
Not to mention you have to now transport all those heavy used batteries back and forth to processing facilities, that's going to put more trips on those trucks hauling the batteries and those trucks will have to recharge their battery packs more often as well.
Now we're only talking about 1 truck service to 1 airport, we haven't even factored in literally everything else. So where are we going to get all that electricity? Because it takes A LOT of solar and wind farms to generate what we use TODAY, and even then they're not enough without hydro/nuclear/coal/gas to pick up the slack.
What energy production are we going to ride a nation that'll be using 80%+ EV society on to?
Nevermind our aging energy infrastructure in the US, we don't even know how we'll power an EV future.
cost is not a limiting factor
I got distracted by that bangin track that started right after the intro
4:46 aircraft engineers take note of this pickup... that’s what you call weight reduction.
nutella1204 4:46****
Rhys Gittoes thanks man😂😂😂
Actually it has its weight shifted :P those are modified for towing planes. They have a big hook in front attached.
It's more of an optical illusion. It's just reconfigured for maneuverability
This pickup truck was designed by aircraft engineers for weight reduction.
CHANGE MY MIND
4:46 WHAT IS THAT? Where is its back?
Lol
I looked at it for a good 5 minutes and still couldn't figure it out
Jonathan Bowen it is half to conserve energy and to reduce weight.
Where are the wings??
@@ijakubamadej Those are modified for towing planes. They have a big hook in front attached.
1:09 those are some badass special affects
Usually in an emergency and if the plane is overloaded normal planes will dump out extra fuel, what are you gonna do with an electric areophane? Dump out the batteries?
There's prolly gon be reduction of the electricity where they can adjust the volts of it travelling thru
Ya ejecting highly flamable litium batts would could cause fires. They will adopt nuclear heat exchange power, it was in works in 1950's with GE. See Car life 1954 July edition.
Me: *forgets to charge my phone* i can go without it i guess
Me: *forgets to charge my plane* FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
just use it as a glider then
Fack!
@@somthingarage wtf bruh? A gLider is far more different and lighter than a massive ass plane with more massive batteries👺
@@x23esports22 that's the joke
@@woaa8117 well shit now I feel like I'm the dumbass
4:46 That truck looks so ridiculous lmao 😂😂😂
Glad you noticed how is it driving?
Vanessa Paz its in reverse lol
@@Chazahc18 she means it only has two wheels how is it driving. Now answering to that, I would assume the weight of the metal in the front weighs it down to be able to be a two wheeler
Hahahhahah
It did look weird. I had to roll the video back a few seconds to get another look. Glad I wasn't the only one who saw it.
You get range anxiety driving to the shops, like hell can you fly to another country
0:03 “$25 tickets”
Ryanair: “Am I a joke to you?”
*even though electric planes have exist for years they haven't really taken off*
Ha funi joke ;)
Ali Khamis 😂
Joe mama Me if Gay 😂
Ali Khamis *funny
*punny
why are theygrounded?
4:46 "I DONT NEED SLEEP, I NEED ANSWERS!!"
I believe it’s because center of mass is more in the front
That the real technological breakthrough
I think that the other 2 wheels are in the front of that metal bar. the wheels you see are actually the rear wheels of this utility car.
4:45...where is the other half of the car 😂😂
How to get around heavy batteries:
1. Use solar panel.
2. Make it the primary income of energy.
3. Use a single double A battery as power storage.
4. Profit.
6:01 Guy: we are very confident testing the plane in flight early 2020. Corona: oh hell nah you won't
lol
Haha
Actually this is better
Corona: oh yes count me in!
I wont go on it till one of them crashes then they will fix it
testing isnt problematic they are probably testing right now
I would love a follow-up to this, talking about what's happened and what hasn't wrt electric flight
hey….it is bellow zero up there…you have to chose you Fly or get warm. what would you chose?
6:58 yes! "we are using the wrong tools for the job" fast trains for shorter trips not electric planes. (at least in areas with very high concentration of people)
Right, just like in California 😱😂🤣
@@frank_av8tor well, don't know about USA, but trains are still better for short and medium inter-city travel,and even for longer distances ffs. Just look at Japan, China and Europe.
@Entrepreneur ynhbg hyper loop is hyper shit. doesnt work never will be bye and have fun
This becomes a problem if you're travelling from London to Copenhagen or Amsterdam... where there is a large body of water in between
@@jonathantan2469 well there is already tunnel under chanel there but yes of course over seas train is a bit less useful but there are still huge masses of population that are not separated by sea.
4:46
what in the living world is this car
yeah, caught my eye too
Its used to move the plane, you can see the platform attached on the front of it which most defenitely has wheels on the other side. Even then it looks so strange from that angle
We're doing 2 wheeled cars now? 🤣
Cursed just Cursed
The likes are at 69. Nice.
How about dual propulsion plains? Engine to take off, and battery to cruise certain speeds, and or able to at will switch between propulsion ..? I’m just curiosity asking.
Solution for the battery problem: just use Hydrogen engines or Hydrogen based fuel cells.
or keep developing the batter to get more efficient and safer, it is possible, we went from the old batteries to the new ones, look at phones 3X as thick cus of the battery and lasted 1/2 the time now our phones are so daym thin but last 12+ hours
I think that Hydrogen is the combustion fuel of the future. It is true that battery Tecnology will improve greatly, but Hydrogen is already avadable and is not far away from convencional combustion fuels.
"25$ tickets"
Laughs in european
To be fair, europe is tiny. Thus travel is cheaper.
In singapore a flight to malaysia cost u 500 dollars in econmy
@@Artyomthewalrus
USA land area: 9.1 million km²
Europe land area: 10.2 million km²
@@@reezlaw
Canada 9.98million km2
The same size as canada, slightly bigger than america. And a population twice that of both countries combined. Flying between two neighboring countries is usually less than two neighboring states. Flying from the capital of manitoba to the capital of ontario, two neighboring provinces is the same as flying from the capital of france to the capital of romania, which have 3 countries in between them. The only continent smaller than europe is australia, which has one country.
@@Artyomthewalrus First of all, I wasn't talking about Canada. But even if I was, who cares about the capital of this or that. You said Europe is tiny, it isn't. How many nations you cross to fly from Paris to Bucharest is utterly irrelevant.
Imagine having hundreds of little electric airplanes flying around for the short trips. It'll be a ATC nightmare.
By that time they'll have probably figured out how to completely automate ATC.
@@aminboumerdassi2334 That'll be a huge engineering challenge.
Certifying that many uber pilots would be impossible. I bet uber is looking at an autopilot option for their service. If all of the short trip planes are automated it would be no problem cause the machines would just talk to each other. There would have to be a universal autopilot language created though.
@@ProfessorHobo and someone hacks into the system and deletes all the important instruction set just for fun
0:43 "store more power"
1:53 "hold power"
The "special effects" are so cute in this video. Fits her voice too
Real challenge: how many times can you make the same take off joke
Gamernate Moore sooo annoying
I'm surprised to see that this comment hasn't taken off yet.
you mean where the plane taxis on a long cord and at takeoff the cord comes out of the plug? i love that!
4:46 I’m so confused by the truck
Sahil Tiwari same
@@beans3808 Those are modified for towing planes. They have a big hook in front attached.
Tousif Zaman thank you so much, i don’t know why i was so confused, but i really wanted to know
@@beans3808 haha its fine, it is confusing at first look lol! Bigger airports who serves big planes has dedicated tow vehicles. But for kitty aircrafts those mods are enough.
The half of the truck is trapped in the diffrent dimension
AND battery replacement is also a big hurdle. As time passes, the range of the plane goes down due to the battery becoming less likely to charge . So takes longer to charge and less range over time.
Replacement can be easy, but costly and time consuming for big companies that have to rotate. In addition , each state has thier own laws for battery recycling (if they have any for vehicles specifically).
I mean I can't unsee the half a pick up doohickey at 4:46.. soo many questions
4:46 had to rewind to make sure I saw that truck correctly
Wait
wait what
Wth
HOW IS IT MOVING
Title: *"Why We Still Don't Have Electric Planes"*
RC Plane Pilots: *_Am i a joke to you?_*
RC planes can't lift people...
@@bruhdude963 they're still electric planes
Yes, yes you are a joke 😉
@notlikeu lol
Yes but they don't scale up to heavy lifting long distance people carriers. Even large RC craft are better off with gas and not lipo.
if the battery is so heavy put it in the middle of the plane, so it has a balance in the front and back or instead of using 1 big one do 2 front and back
The main seaplane operator on Canada's west coast (Harbour Air) begins operating its first electric plane this year and plans for a fully electric fleet ready to transport passengers in 2023.
4:46 lets talk about that truck 😂
The Truck is on a Wheelchair 😂😂😂
"Tests early 2020" I guess thats not possible right now
😂😂
Perfect time now when there is no competition for the airspace.
@@JohanEinevik there are still flying lots of planes
That’s the point
Toaster actually the eviation test plane that was here in the USA specifically in Prescott Arizona burned to the ground a few months back. The ground power unit it was hooked up to caught fire and then caught the plane on fire too. I drive by their building everyday and haven’t seen anything from them in months
How would u charge? It'll take hours to filter it back compared to half an hour
We would have to regenerate that electricity while takeoff in order to maintain speed, and after taking off too, it s very difficult to create a mechanism that produces enough energy to keep the plane flying and also adds weight too.
Tech insider: The future; 25 dollar tickets
Ryanair: Am I a joke to you?
@Yazan Al-Saif but it says flying regional has become expensive even in Europe
I've seen 9€ flights by RyanAir, took an 18€ flight from germany to spain myself.
The train to the airport costs more than the flight itself. Low budget airlines are insane
Waiting for elon to come out with a badass electric plane
Check out Beta Tech, making moves 👍🏻
I dont think we will see big commerical airliners using batteries ever. Hydrogen is the way to go
Even battery EVs are not the future. Hydrogen is the true future. With abundant solar, wind and nuclear energy, we can generate electricity to separate hydrogen from water. That same hydrogen is oxidised in fuel cells to move cars and planes. Finally we'll a get a perfect cycle.
@@Chopper153 also hydrogen can be used by fusion reactors.
I dont think that personal hydrogen cars can compete with ev. EV's are better and easier for everyday people. Big stuff like trains, busses, airlines and military should use hydrogen
Factx
How about a battery has enough battery to above the clouds and also solar panels for the rest of the flight?
I got an idea why can u put light weigh power full solar pannel on outer covering of plane
Idea no 2- the machine which is in starting of plane and rotating i dont know that name when it is rotating u can do it as wind power like that in that only so energy will conseverd and when it is rotating we can conserve energy not with wind power method with another eg in some advance cars when we drive we will get electricity like that when it is rotating we can use same method , we can do plane 24/7. I think thank u. Give any idea if u know or modification
The plane made from scratch looks clean
@@rashleonard4069 damn
Yeah it looks
Smoky
Hot
Nobody really knows what the fire started.. the Company Said it might have been caused by ground equipment.. we should wait for the investigation
@@rashleonard4069 wow, could be charging issues. Like most smartphones battery failure.
“Hey tony I have an idea for an electric jet”. Elon Musk on Iron Man 2
seriously tho, Elon need to get on this project too. if anyone can make electric planes a reality sooner rather than later, it's Elon Musk.
Tesla planes!
Electric planes is already a realty. Elon musk might take it to commercial level. Might.
Is it me or is half the truck missing @4:46 😅😂
they make sense for short range propeller driven Ekranoplan
1:45
My first thought: Is she drunk?
She actin toasted 😭
Me too bud 😂
Lmao🤣
probably italian
@@iokuawa4446 she's Colombian by birth, but living in Florida. took me 3 and a half seconds of research.
0:42 Lazy parents naming their child:
Dad: How about John?
Mom: That's Goodenough
The Kid: John Goodenough
XD
They gave their child a new last name huh?
@@michaelesposito2629 He's just different
How long would the wire be? I suspect long haul is out of the question. Also you must make sure no one will pull the plug out mid-flight. A man will have to protect the plug in some sort of house where the wires are plugged in. A new meaning to ‘standby ‘ LOL
These guys: this is so hard
Elon musk: hold my tesla dealership
Now I'm just gonna wait until we could invent an electric rocket...
stop
shut up.
@@IntelTV That wasn't very "Intel"ligent of you.
@@centauria9122 How so?
Actually there is a electric jet engine in theory. Look it up.
Its not to far fetched. Look up project Breakthrough Star Shot
So no one is talking about the fact that eviation's prototype has caught fire.
The Eviation Alice has always been “aspirational” but otherwise unrealistic. I’m sure their foreign investors are re-thinking their investment, and anticipate that Alice will never fly, at least in its present form with wingtip power plants.
@@bryanlallen Agree, that aircraft won't make it past the V1 cut test procedures, without an unrecoverable Vmc roll.
Did not know that.
Hahaha, just like the Liliumjet, another electrical aircraft, I really hope we find a propper alternative for those fuckin' batteries
@@bryanlallen Why did they even bother with wing tip engines? A two engine plane must be able to fly to certain parameters with one engine out, and having the engines on the wingtips means there will be a huge yawing force if an engine goes. So to counter this you need a massive vertical stabaliser, which is going to be heavy.
Though interestingly, having the engines on the wingtips actually does make the wing structure lighter.
Couldn't you just install, like a solar panel on the wings and roof? Or even better, everywhere, of course, to help the battery last longer.
(Idk If it exists, but Is there like a flexible solar panel?)
So if the batteries are literally placed everywhere in the plane, how much would it cost to replace all of the batteries from labor alone? not to mention downtime.
As far as I'm concerned, certification is not an issue, specially in the US. I mean, just ask Boeing.
Shots fired!
Burnt the right way..
Dispatch, we’ve got a active shooter situation, we need backup
I mean the plane was safe. They did speed up the training process though, and thats why people died. Basically since the pilots had limited experience with the plane they didn't know how to fix the problem that killed them. Boeing is very safe.
@@kimjunguny Bruh, Boeing sold that plane saying it was just another variant of the 737 family, that it could be flown by any pilot that already knew how to fly a 737 with little formation. Doing that put the lives of many in risk, and it cost 346 people their life. Now I don't know upto what point pilots know how their Boeing plane flies and if they actually know all the systems that are onboard.
2:30 Rocket scientists: “Hey I’ve seen this one!”
As someone who is an aerospace engineer I can tell you these planes are farther off then you think
Humour my ignorant arse and tell me how far we are off nuclear powered travel ? You probably don't know but ah well lol
@@paulanthony5274 In my opinion it cannot be done through fission as it produces nuclear waste which is harmful for the environment. Jet engines can be powered through nuclear fission but since it is harmful for the environment, it is not done. As for fusion, no technology has been invented to utilize the energy from nuclear fusion. Some rockets with nuclear fission as their source of energy have already been developed since nuclear waste in space is not harmful. But those rockets utilize some other safer energy sources when inside the atmosphere and those fission powered engines are activated only after it is far enough from the earth.
Exactly.
If people want to have Renewable and Environmentally-Safe Air travel the solution is Hydrogen. Use solar panels to split sea water into pure Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Excess. Transport the Hydrogen Fuel with electric cars. Use modern-hybrid engine, so that the aircraft will have H2O emission, and a decent range. Sure it is weaker than a standard engine, and less efficient than battery, but the upside is that it works and is appropriate tool for this task.
It may not be appropriate for all types of aircraft, like the super-large planes and military applications... but it can certainly replace the majority (80%) of planes out there and make a significant reduction to our emissions and reduce our reliance on a non-renewable fuel source.
And yes, I know how ironic it sounds to recommend Hydrogen when we saw what happened with the Hindenburg Disaster.
only 16y old tesla fanboys would think this is anywhere close lol
@@ekinteko We (the company I work for) are currently working on electric aircraft and hydrogen engines in parallel.
This would be a perfect application for commuting across high traffic areas like San Francisco Bay Area, los Angeles, New York, ect... they can make a bunch of trips transporting passengers across the busy commute and cut a 1 hour commute into 15 min
all they have to do is invent the planes- wanna hold your breath??
@@tommurphy4307 I wouldn't say reinvent the plane. Just the powerplant. Like tesla did in 5ish years.
I like how they didn't mention lobbies that are indefinitely making this a war of attrition
Ohhh my i forgot about politics thats not going to be easy to overcome
BOOOOOO POLITICS BOOOOOO
Largest all electric plane !!
onwaymechanic.in/2020/05/30/worlds-largest-all-electric-plane-takes-a-revolutionary-flight-over-washington-e-caravan-magnix-aero-tech/
No only thing that holds this back is batteries being heavy af and no where close to efficient as combustion. It takes more natural gas to power a battery half the power as a combustion engine. Battery powered cars and big battery objects are worst for the environment than combustion. We need new energy sources but it’s clear you know nothing about energy and are just listening to democrats that lie more than republicans when it comes to energy.
@@tannercox4537 Solar Power fixes the natural gas problem.
4:46 Truck rendering at 56% 🤭
*screams in confusion*
That's an actual vehicle
@@robospider99 what's it called. It's defying physics
the wheels are on the front of the metal thing
whats with the truck with no back wheels at the 4:47 mark?
Why cant the wings and fuselage of electric planes and airliners be covered in solar film and the motors be powered by both solar and batteries so that the amps per hour being drawn on the batteries are cut in half giving it twice the range?
Narrator: They still haven’t taken off
Me : Aha see what you did there
If you want to reduce carbon emissions, then invest in something that has already proven to be perfectly efficient in almost the whole world except the US: Electric High speed rail
Or hyperloop!
Wrong See... China...Not enough riders
It takes me 5 hours from LAX to BWI.
How long is train?
Stephen Maniloff Because their economy is a farce and no one can AFFORD to ride them.
The gas industry shut down many rail systems that weren't using gas or diesel. We used to have electric trains.
you need some sort of huge solor system that can charge all the time. and a fail safe fuel system
Lots of major problems that need to overcome. Power density per kilogram is way to low currently and currenr lithium battery technology loses significant efficiency in cold temperatures and when you fly at altitude, there are very cold temperatures. Up at 30K feet where commercial airliners fly the temps are far below zero Fahrenheit. Lithium batteries lose a huge amount of specific power at those temps, if they can even function at all.
4:45 Did anyone notice something missing
James Liston the wheel?
Rear license plate?
The wings?
What????? Two wheeler truck
The wings, oh dear.
Everyone else: CORONAVIRUS
Tech insider: Why don’t we have electric planes?
Has anyone think of what going to happen when we run out of lithium? That’s also mined by diesel equipment.
I like how people are complaining that we can't make a 100% jump to electric power when the Prius exists.
Isn't a lot of the fuel wasted during takeoff? Compared to the rest of the flight, taking off uses the largest amount of fuel per distance traveled.
So, if there is some sort of way to hybridize turbo props, you can switch to hybrid power for takeoff.
And the propellers can potentially spin an alternator that allows for the hybrid battery to recharge mid-flight.
If the system works out, turbo props could be the future.
"Will be testing the plane in flight in early 2020" covid-19: "YEET"
“What’s keeping them grounded”
Me: well, WiFi, and power to keep inside the house because of the coronavirus.
Yeah the uber project for home pickup will never happen....imagine how loud a drone is compared to its size
What if you have a part for solar panels and it takes the energy from them to fly and to get that much just let it have a specific day to fly to get enought energy for the flight to a person's destination
"Oops I forgot the charger at home"
Graphene is the answer
“Shoot, I forgot to add the backup engine...”
Use gas for takeoff and battery for mid flight
Where does the power for these electric plans come from?
4:45 What's up with the truck that's mussing a half?
It's simple: Hit the plane with lightning to recharge it, duh.
Clever!! 😂 😂. Why didn't i think about it? Here's a like 👍🏼 to you!
Jose Guevarra big brain
Big PP
*Want a scholarship?*
Wait thats....genius
The solar cell converts sunlight into electricity, ... or as AeroVironment likes to say, the plane is powered by it's shadow.
"powered by it's shadow" wow that sounds deep
Solars panels cap around 40% efficiency. Not enough to power a plane.
@@francestod.tandocjr4092 he knew that- it was a swipe at aerovironment- haha
Cant we just charge the planes mid flight with solar power? I know it would only be possible for flight during day hours, but thats just s calculation in the equation of wether or not it can make the specific flight path?
Actually, we do have electric airplanes - but only for circuit-based flight training where they are much cheaper to operate than traditional piston-powered flight training aircraft. The Pipistrel is an example of this.
Lol whoever wrote this had those puns in the beginning loaded up their whole life