First Electric Planes Fly Over English Channel

gjacobse

Airbus flew its electric plane across the English Channel for the first time Friday — hours after an independent French pilot made a similar voyage, beating the aeronautics giant in this symbolically important step toward making electronic flight viable in the long term.

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Dashrender

They call this a jet, but is it really? Doesn't a jet require a combustion chamber?

gjacobse

It does mention it as a 'jet,' however it is a ducted fan.

However jet can mean a number of different things, a slab of steal can be cut with a water jet.

Jet is normally a Jet of air vs propeller based as far as I know. Not necessarily a Jet engine.

hubtechagain

jet1
jet/Submit
noun
noun: jet; plural noun: jets
1.
a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening.
"a high-pressure shower with pulsating jets"

hubtechagain

man, i'm a jet after a good burrito.

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender said:

They call this a jet, but is it really? Doesn't a jet require a combustion chamber?

Yes, to be a jet you have to have jet propulsion.

scottalanmiller

@hubtechagain said:

jet1
jet/Submit
noun
noun: jet; plural noun: jets
1.
a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening.
"a high-pressure shower with pulsating jets"

Interesting, so servers are "jets" then, I guess.

dafyre

@scottalanmiller said:

@hubtechagain said:

jet/Submit
noun
noun: jet; plural noun: jets

a rapid stream of liquid or gas forced out of a small opening.
"a high-pressure shower with pulsating jets"

Interesting, so servers are "jets" then, I guess.

Yes. Ithink they qualify. Especially when you first turn them on, that is their takeoff speed. 8-)
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Dashrender

@g.jacobse said:

It does mention it as a 'jet,' however it is a ducted fan.

However jet can mean a number of different things, a slab of steal can be cut with a water jet.

Sure those other 'jets' are fine because there is context. In this context though, these planes aren't 'jets,' they are ducted fan planes.

I wonder what the sound differences are between these vs jets vs turbo props, etc?