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Why assume that the future aircraft fundamental design has to remain same and replace the turbofan engine with an equivalent electric motor?

Current aircrafts have evolved into their current shape from restrictions and capabilities of combustion & jet engines.


Why assume that the future aircraft fundamental design has to remain same and electrify the trusters? Current aircrafts have evolved into their current shape from restrictions and capabilities


The big advantage of using existing airframes is that you dramatically reduce certification costs and commercialization time. If you can "retrofit" an existing airframe with electric propulsion, then you can get to market a lot faster.

You're absolutely right though - changing the airframe design and moving to distributed propulsion can lead to improvements in aerodynamic efficiency, L/D, and fault tolerance.


You may know this, but your motor will likely (should) be certified separately from the aircraft.


I appreciate the advice here. We are actively investigating the FAA Part 33 cert, but a standalone cert for a commercial electric drive hasn't been fully defined yet.


Why aviation?

Why design first (solution looking for problem)?


This is a good question. Aviation has the largest market space for this motor application. The aviation certification time frames are quite laborious, but we are mitigating this by diving into some other markets in the short term.


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All very true. I have to add being lucky, which I also strongly believe will be enhanced if you are positive and smart by putting yourself in situations and through experiences where luck will find you.

Choosing the right macro is easier then spending 3 years on the wrong macro, especially building up an organization depending on the next round of VC, which I did, realized and tried changing industry (from it-startups to commodity trading, yes I'm in China and happened to meet alot of powerful people while fund-raising asking me for iron ore, crude, just because I look like a foreigner, etc.). It got me off my field for a year, very educational though, did not need to raise more VC for my company and sitting on these buyer requests gave me reasons to climb higher in my social network and I ended up in Libya with the sons of the leader doing one deal, made about that amount.

However now I'm back working on what I'm good at, what I can control, tech-startups, I've had the time and money possibility to take as much time off and do what I want, I decided to study and become very good at php/mysql. Commodity trading depends too much on other people (closing is like winning the lottery).

So I guess, you also have to be lucky!


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