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FoxtrotDeltaTango@FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works
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First test flight of largest all-electric aircraft used just $5 of electricity

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/08/first-test-flight-of-largest-all-electric-aircraft-used-just-5-of-electricity/
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ORbituary@orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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This article is idiotic.

$5 cost. 25,000 pounds. BUT OVER WHAT FUCKING DISTANCE?

$5 gets me 23 miles in my Delica. It gets me 100 miles on my motorcycle. It gets me 30 miles in my Porsche 914. But the article says nothing about distance.

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fizzle@fizzle@quokk.au
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Literally the first sentence:

The first flight of the largest battery-electric aircraft to take to the skies lasted nearly half an hour while costing just $5 of electricity.

Can your Porsche 914 fly for half an hour on $5 of fuel ?

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jnod4@jnod4@lemmy.ca
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Off a cliff yeah

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Regrettable_incident@Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world
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It would have to be a very high cliff.

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partofthevoice@partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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Or have a really strong updraft

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partofthevoice@partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
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Or go through the center of gravity so it eventually turns back around

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