Heart Aerospace flew the X1 for 27 minutes this week. 25,000 pounds, 106-foot wingspan, over a megawatt of power. The l…
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Heart Aerospace flew the X1 for 27 minutes this week. 25,000 pounds, 106-foot wingspan, over a megawatt of power. The largest battery-electric aircraft ever flown. The electricity cost about $5. Here’s the honest part though. That flight was pure battery, but the aircraft they’re actually selling — the ES-30 — is a hybrid. Batteries alone get you 125 miles. You need the generator to reach 500. So they didn’t prove batteries can fly the commercial mission. They proved batteries can lift the…
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