threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Lilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Floridaelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down15
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-linkLilium (LILM) receives firm order from UrbanLink to put 20 eVTOL jets into service in Floridaelectrek.cothreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square25fedilink
minus-squareShurimal@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 年前They’re not jets. They’re ducted fans. Different things. “Electric jet” makes as much sense as “electric V8 engine”.
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前There is work going on making actual electric jets. They use plasma to expand the compressed gas in the same way conventional jets use fuel. Very early days though.
minus-squareNaich@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-fossil-fuel-free-jet-engine-prototype
minus-squareBurn_The_Right@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 年前Hell yeah! They got electric V8’s now?! Bout time!
They’re not jets. They’re ducted fans. Different things. “Electric jet” makes as much sense as “electric V8 engine”.
There is work going on making actual electric jets. They use plasma to expand the compressed gas in the same way conventional jets use fuel. Very early days though.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-created-a-fossil-fuel-free-jet-engine-prototype
Hell yeah! They got electric V8’s now?! Bout time!