EADS VoltAir electric airliner concept - Paris 2011

[1991araaron]

HELL YEAH

*wipes tears*

[jamesdstudent]

That was comical!

The only benefit of a counter rotating prop is that eliminates torque on the airframe. And with planes that have 2 or more engines, this problem is gone. Why aren't they re-charging the batteries with transducers that could form the final layer of the structure?

I love to dream, don't get me wrong. But that was embarrassing; for whoever thought of it...

[LoversRock64]

@jamesdstudent Contra-rotating propellers have been found to be between 6% and 16% more efficient than normal propellers. also transducers arent always that efficient, and may add unnecessary weight to the aircraft, especially if the batteries can be easily changed once the aicraft reaches its destination

[sumamura]

take baby steps .... first let us have battery operated cars .... i mean city cars .... at affordable price which people are willing to buy ........

pollution from cars is probably 1000 times more than what jets r producing .......

[johnson1095]

I LOVE IT

I hope it works :)

[Xouldriva]

Music please!! =)

[LuckyApplehead]

Pfff...

I thought of that 6 years ago...

[TheSteve1505]

@TEHTYMEKITTEH1

There are two batteries, there can be redundancy,

electric motors are capable of generating enough POWER, already demonstrated,

there is no failure, bubbles indicate liquid nitrogen cooling; el. current is in the wire!

[jvreymondon]

Official EADS channel has much more vids! Channel is called EADStv

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

WOWEE MOVING ELECTRONS THROUGH A COLD PIPE TO A SMALL MOTOR, YEAH THERES NO FAILURE HERE AT ALL

[robhoneycutt]

@TEHTYMEKITTEH1 The other big advantage in electric aircraft is they are much LESS complex than current aircraft. Less maintenance. Fewer things that can break.

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

Wont ever work. Electric motors are not capable of generating enough thrust. But OF COURSE YOU GREEN ENVIRONMENTAL WHACK JOBS KNEW THIS RIGHT??

[bored1980]

@TEHTYMEKITTEH1 Nope, electric motors can generate plenty of thrust. Google electric jet turbines for example. The problem with this is that the battery technology isn't there yet. It's almost there, and it will be there soon, but just not at this moment.

[robhoneycutt]

@TEHTYMEKITTEH1 Actually, electric motors produce plenty of thrust. They also generate that trust more efficiently than internal combustion. The challenge is the energy density of batteries. We use jet fuel today because it packs a great deal of potential energy for the weight. But batteries are improving very quickly.

[TEHTYMEKITTEH1]

And what happens when the batteries die?

[johnson1095]

@TEHTYMEKITTEH1

they get swapped out for a newly charged battery, or at least thats what i've heard.

Like "Better Place"

[babaauto]

Nice! we need more people thinking like this.

[Ailike3]

Well I hope we can work faster and adnave and instaed of 20 it'll be 10 years!!

[F22RaptorSquadron]

@Ailike3

It would take something like.. I dunno.. a repeat of WWII to cut development time of something of this scale in half

[CLEVELTECH]

wow.

[roidroid]

20 years? yikes.

There's a few generations of battery improvements in 20 years

[PCgamer1010]

For the wires to be superconducting they would have to be extremely cold, right? I doubt that it would work for long flights. But, it is a very interesting concept.

[timw1959]

It should be built now!And have a back up generater in case of any battery failure!