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Old October 18th 10, 01:29 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mark
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Default Why are turbos rare?

On Oct 17, 9:36*pm, wrote:
Mark wrote:
Because electric airplanes are soon to
replace the fossil fueled redneck planes.


If by soon you mean maybe in 50 years or so.

http://energysavinggadgets.net/world...-airplane/2009...


Oh, wow, a single place airplane that can fly for all of 2 hours.

Whoopee.

Electric planes will replace internal combustion
airplanes.


Not in the lifetime of anyone old enough to read this.

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Jim Pennino

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Polymer exchange membrane fuel cells:
http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-e...fuel-cell2.htm

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Mark