Comments on: Tesla Founder Elon Musk Dreams Of Electric Airplanes

By: electrical circuit test

electrical circuit test — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:11:34 +0000

for some reason I don’t think he will be around when those get invented

By: electrical circuit test

electrical circuit test — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:08:19 +0000

They should first focus on making electric flying packs that allow people to actually fly
-Jack

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The Far Edge » Blog Archive » Does America Need to Make Things? — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:07:11 +0000

[...] jet for a 10-hour-plus international flight, I can’t stop thinking about Musk’s idea for an electric plane that’s supersonic and lands vertically. I don’t even know if that’s feasible, but I’m ready [...]

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Wed, 27 May 2009 04:20:06 +0000

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By: Tim England

Tim England — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:03:26 +0000

If EESTOR is real we might see a lot of smaller (1 to 4 seater) aircraft within the next 5 years!

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Tue, 26 May 2009 11:32:51 +0000

[...] Elon Musk Reveals Desire to Build a Supersonic Electric Plane Scolese Suggests NASA Scaling Back Lunar Plans [...]

By: Ales

Ales — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:31:50 +0000

Well, we have electric planes – check Pipi Strel (Slovenian company) that produces ultra light planes.

http://www.pipi...el.si/planes/35

check out video

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Architectural Technologist - The Zayed Future Energy Prize @ Konstrukshon Weblog — Fri, 08 May 2009 07:52:23 +0000

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By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:45:19 +0000

let one lighting stike hit the plane and the batteries will become fully charged in a matter of seconds!

By: It's no flying Tesla, but Elon Musk wants electric planes » Hybrid News

It's no flying Tesla, but Elon Musk wants electric planes » Hybrid News — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:33:52 +0000

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By: SB

SB — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:37:34 +0000

He is riding the phony green hype wave because it is the greatest con yet conceived. Musk is no different than a phony Nigerian online scam artist, Al Gore is their leader. VC firms are gullible and equally accountable.

By: Claudio Bruno

Claudio Bruno — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:50:09 +0000

The idea does not look too bad if one gives up batteries and uses a nuclear isomer (Hf 183) to produce electricity. Shielding would beb lighter and more compact than with conventional NTR. A longish way, perhaps, but still feasible.

By: Claudio Bruno

Claudio Bruno — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:46:58 +0000

Hope the more conventional engine you are mentioning is not too combustible…

By: Sav

Sav — Wed, 06 May 2009 04:02:21 +0000

Here’s a link to a youtube video of a 1-person electric airplane, just FYI. If the link doesn’t work search electraflyer-c oshkosh 08.

http://www.yout...h?v=fWoLsJz8J5U

It’s going to be a while before you see an electric 747, though. That will be the day.

By: Schmoo

Schmoo — Wed, 06 May 2009 00:41:07 +0000

‘Fast’ is something we need to get over, as soon as possible.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:30:45 +0000

Floundering ever since? Guess that is why spacex is taking over space shuttle resupply to the ISS? lol.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:01:59 +0000

Going after fusion would be a lot more interesting, and possibly a bit more realistic than an electric airplane. Jet engines have a pretty fantastic power to weight ratio, and are very good at making airplanes go very fast. Funding viable alternative fusion concepts (while avoiding the pseudo-scientific alternatives) would make a lot of sense. Fusion has so much potential, but all of our eggs are in one big expensive, difficult-to-see-a-pay-off basket.

By: J.C. MacClore

J.C. MacClore — Tue, 05 May 2009 22:29:32 +0000

We need electrons. Solar is one way to get them. I agree with you, that the future is solar–or fusion.

By: SolarplaneZ

SolarplaneZ — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:27:54 +0000

Sorry guys, you’re getting it all wrong.
What does it take for everyone to see that we should make everything solar, not electrical?
yes, solar TVs, solar iPhones, solar web servers, and then solar cars and solar airplanes.
We need to re-engineer everything from scratch, a monumental task, true, but the only long term solution to our energy worries.
We are currently at an intermediate phase, going from coal->electricity to solar->electricity and from fuel->electricity. We’re wasting too much money and energy during this phase. We must think solar.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:53:08 +0000

Yeah – X.com was a failure after PayPal acquired it. He was fired from Paypal. It is not like he came up with the idea.

By: kevinkris

kevinkris — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:33:43 +0000

Direct PDF for Shec Labs:
http://www.shec...shec_poster.pdf

By: The Artful Dodger

The Artful Dodger — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:30:08 +0000

I’d rather see him spend his money on palladium research, but hey, it’s his dime.