• FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    What is “hydrogen-electric”? Or is that just a convenient way to call a liquid hydrogen fuelled vehicle an “eVTOL” so you don’t need a new tag on your blog-news site lol

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      6 months ago

      So the marketing material has arrays of electric ducted fan engines and a ton of batteries next to a hydrogen tank. I couldn’t find how the hydrogen is being used to charge the batteries.

  • rbesfe@lemmy.ca
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    6 months ago

    Hydrogen energy density seems good on paper, but the storage and fuel cell systems add a lot of weight. That’s why all the other electric flight companies are using batteries, they simply perform better.