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Old October 18th 10, 05:31 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mark
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Default Why are turbos rare?

On Oct 18, 8:29*am, Mark wrote:
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.


--
Jim Pennino


Remove .spam.sux to reply.


Polymer exchange membrane fuel cells:http://auto.howstuffworks.com/fuel-e...ve-fuels/fuel-...


More specifically, your hydrogen is easily
obtained by even the poorest of solar panels.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-M9V...eature=related

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Mark