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I kid. Helicopters are my first love. I've been enamored with them since a kid living near Ft. Bragg/Pope Air Force base.
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All our vehicles have the GPS in the headunit, i don't use a portable GPS, and almost never use my phone for navigation. I feel I'm more "street aware" than most, but do find myself depending a little heavier on the GPS directions than I used to.
Used to be if I drove anywhere once using a map or written directions, I would never need them again. Not so much any more. I was never good at giving directions though because I have always navigated more by landmarks then by street names.
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Absolutely, that's basically "last year's model" in airplane years. In fact I don't think I've ever flown anything newer than about 10 years old. Even the one I just bought is 15 years old.
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Many of the newest cars do not have GPS and maps as they are out of date when delivered. Phones are directly linked to the head unit. Android auto and apple maps, and things like Waze will display on the head unit. They are current and will even give road conditions, police, wrecks and detours.
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I have a long commute as well (40 miles each way) but for the most part it's country roads with few accidents. When there is one, I know the alternate routes.
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Since this thread is so far OT, I'll post this unrelated story:
Harbour Air successfully flies world’s first electric commercial aircraft (VIDEO) https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2019/12...ircraft-video/ I'd miss the sights, sounds, smells and oil leaks of the standard 450-hp, nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney R-985 Wasp Junior radial engine. |
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It makes some sense for the short haul flights that Harbour Air does, gets the technology into a bigger commercial arena. have to wonder about recharging times. Commercial air flight is all about turn-around time. I couldn't find anything saying how long it takes this to recharge.
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He also said the e fleet will have 30' + 30' reserve endurance that will accommodate most of their 500,000 annual passengers but will be all certification testing at first before converting the entire fleet. He said it'll save operating expense by having a longer TBO than even the turbines. The CEO bio is pretty cool. A visionary as passionate about flight as he is extreme mountain biking. And drove a Toyota truck. https://www.bcbusiness.ca/greg-mcdougall-float-king https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/v...-world-1942948 |
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For a conversion you are going to have to have a plane with a pretty steep fuel capacity to get anything useful out of the conversion. You certainly couldn't do it in a small plane. The reason it works in larger planes is because you can get enough batteries in there to be useful. For example, mine is a two seater that will fly 4 hours with reserve on the 27 gallons on-board. Given that a Tesla Model S battery back weighs 1,200lbs, you aren't going to get much range out of converting mine to battery given the 162 pound weight of the fuel capacity. You might be able to taxi it to the end of the runway. I'm not accounting for the lighter engine, etc you'd get with the conversion, but in the end its all marginal, and not even worth considering for any practical purpose. Eviation says they'll get almost 600NM out of their 3,600kg battery pack in their 9+2 jet. Not sure a 2,500 lb useful load is really an 11 seat aircraft with 227lbs per passenger (including luggage, etc) particularly when you can't adjust fuel to accommodate but they are at least doing it right, designing the plane from the ground up. (And yes I realize my conversion description is oversimplified, but I think its a starting point to show its probably not practical under a certain size)
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Your plane sounds amazingly efficient. Don't keep us guessing (Van's Aircraft)!?
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