One interesting thing I noticed is that the blades all seem to automatically angle forward when they stopped which likely minimizes drag a decent amount.
Perhaps, but factually correct. Not polluting is a bit much, since it uses power generated by fossil fuels and the like, and the high tech construction uses lots of paleontological resources. But the thing does not emit while operating.I hate it when dipshits build something like this and call it emissions free. It’s absurd and insulting.
Only when not powered by unicorn farts.Do electric motors generate ozone?
Ozone would not be a carbon emissionAmusingly, I remember the following from a Dyson press release:
"Being brushless, X020 has no polluting carbon emissions"
But yeah, no brushes=no arcing=no ozone.
It may be factually correct but it is an intentional misrepresentation of the whole truth. That makes it a lie to me.Perhaps, but factually correct. Not polluting is a bit much, since it uses power generated by fossil fuels and the like, and the high tech construction uses lots of paleontological resources. But the thing does not emit while operating.
I suppose the nice thing about an electric is that it can use power generated from renewables just as easily as from fossil fuels. I've never thought the electric technology had reached a critical level to be truly useful for aviation, and I've yet to see anything to change my mind.
Sort of like "OJ is innocent" lolIt may be factually correct but it is an intentional misrepresentation of the whole truth. That makes it a lie to me.
Yes. ExactlySort of like "OJ is innocent" lol
I feel it does not quite meet the bar to be intentionally misleading, since what they say is indeed true. Moreover, the fossil fuels burned in making the darn thing would be burned making any kind of aircraft, since all are energy intensive. It take a lot to make the materials and bonding agents of modern materials, and more to smelt aluminum out of bauxite ore.It may be factually correct but it is an intentional misrepresentation of the whole truth. That makes it a lie to me.
Your position has merit I just can’t quite give the folks we are talking about that much credit.I feel it does not quite meet the bar to be intentionally misleading, since what they say is indeed true. Moreover, the fossil fuels burned in making the darn thing would be burned making any kind of aircraft, since all are energy intensive. It take a lot to make the materials and bonding agents of modern materials, and more to smelt aluminum out of bauxite ore.
“Clean Electric Vehicle”. LMAO!It may be factually correct but it is an intentional misrepresentation of the whole truth. That makes it a lie to me.
Birds love them toofields of solar panels and windmills are so much more natural and use the land so much more efficiently
Or nuclear.So to be polution free,wouldn’t it have to be re charged by a solar generator,and not fossil fueled electric power.
Yeah, no pollutants come out of a nuclear plant.Or nuclear.
Fair point. But I thought we were talking about atmospheric emissions.Yeah, no pollutants come out of a nuclear plant.
Our current reactors are 1960’s tech. If you really want affordable clean energy it’s nuclear.Yeah, no pollutants come out of a nuclear plant.
I don't think there's any new tech that eliminates the requirement to store spent rods for decades if not centuries.Our current reactors are 1960’s tech. If you really want affordable clean energy it’s nuclear.
Yes there is. Breeder reactors. We just never went that way.I don't think there's any new tech that eliminates the requirement to store spent rods for decades if not centuries.
No. It reduces the problem, but doesn't eliminate it.Yes there is. Breeder reactors. We just never went that way.
Perhaps, but factually correct.
An electric vehicle can use energy from renewable sources.No, it emits before it leaves the ground. They just moved the tailpipe to the local coal fired plant.
Marketing wank.
Look at the bright side. All the people worried about drones killing people will finally be right. It looks like a death trap to meHmmmm, a giant drone. Just when we thought the small ones were going to be a problem!
An electric vehicle can use energy from renewable sources.
Certainly nuclear. Possibly wind, depending on how long the windmills last.Dug up and assembled by non-renewable sources and insanely inefficient. As far as I know, nobody’s claimed a renewable that’s energy neutral yet from raw materials to production.
Certainly nuclear. Possibly wind, depending on how long the windmills last.