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Airbus shows E-Fan, its electric plane due in 2017

提交时间：9 年以前

FARNBOROUGH, England -- Although battery weight may keep electric planes from becoming mainstream in the near future, Airbus believes its E-Fan 2.0 will find a real market: pilot training. It hopes to begin selling the E-Fan 2.0 in late 2017 for pilot training. That's only one fraction of the plane market. A later planned E-Fan 4.0 with space for four passengers, however, will be aimed at the general-aviation market. (www.cnet.com) 更多...

Torsten Hoff

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shreerangkaulgi 9 年以前 1

Today we have an electric plane that flew round the world. Electric planes are a certainty. We should not judge future by today's visibility.

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Bruce Boaze 9 年以前 1

I'm not particularly a "fan" of Airbus, but I like this fan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_vOVOTglt4

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sparkie624 9 年以前 1

My concern is not the Fan, but the Batteries... Not this RC plane that is using same battery technology as the Airbus Fan.. http://youtu.be/k9mcNvOGKtI

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Armel Le Cadre 9 年以前 1

《When the Wright brothers started flying it was considered a joke too》. It's why they came in France, to find people more friendly ready to follow them.

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ken young 9 年以前 1

If i were king of Airbus for a day, my first message to designers would be "find away to charge the batteries in flight"....

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Andy Cornwell 9 年以前 1

I suspect learning to fly in a 1000lb aircraft will make some real stick 'n rudder pilots, at least.

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beilstwh 9 年以前 4

actually if it worked like a hybrid it would be efficient. Use fuel to run a generator to recharge the batteries/run the engines. For example diesel/electric train engines are much more efficient then straight diesel engines.

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Ian Guy 9 年以前 5

Such negativity; embrace the innovation. Who's to say the next gen could have PV cells on the control surfaces to increase the range.

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sparkie624 9 年以前 -6

This is going to be a Joke

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WALLACE24 9 年以前 -2

Ditto.

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Wolfgang Prigge 9 年以前 5

When the Wright brothers started flying it was considered a joke too.

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joel wiley 9 年以前 -1

By whom?

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Jeremy Kudlick 9 年以前 4

The birds.

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joel wiley 9 年以前 4

LOL
They didn't much like Tippi Hedren either, according to Hitchcock

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beilstwh 9 年以前 1

I don't blame the birds. You every see Tippi act. wooden.

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joel wiley 9 年以前 1

She might have acted more spryly if Hitchcock had used woodpeckers instead of crows.

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Torsten Hoff 9 年以前 5

Flight schools won't make money unless they can keep their aircraft utilized, they can't wait hours for the batteries to recharge. Airbus will have to offer swapable battery packs or a charging system that will keep charging times similar to what it required to refuel a conventional aircraft.

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joel wiley 9 年以前 4

You don't believe the rumors about the secret AB development of the AEC (Aerodynamic Extension Cord)?
8-)

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