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Lilium: the world's first 250mph, 300 mile range, electric vertical take off and landing jet



 
 
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Old December 10th 16, 12:40 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Vaughn Simon[_2_]
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Default Lilium: the world's first 250mph, 300 mile range, electricvertical take off and landing jet

On 12/9/2016 5:27 PM, Larry Dighera wrote:
Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet


Even if it were the world's first VTOL electric "jet" (which is isn't)
you can't make that claim until the plane has actually been built and
flown. (No evidence of that in the links)

As for the 250 MPH speed and 300 mile range claims, given today's
technology I call "bull****". At best, you MIGHT be able to build a
plane that would be sufficiently optimized to give you one of the above,
definitely not both.

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Old December 10th 16, 07:56 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Larry Dighera
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Default Lilium: the world's first 250mph, 300 mile range, electric vertical take off and landing jet

On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 19:40:30 -0500, Vaughn Simon wrote:

On 12/9/2016 5:27 PM, Larry Dighera wrote:
Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet


Even if it were the world's first VTOL electric "jet" (which is isn't)
you can't make that claim until the plane has actually been built and
flown. (No evidence of that in the links)

As for the 250 MPH speed and 300 mile range claims, given today's
technology I call "bull****". At best, you MIGHT be able to build a
plane that would be sufficiently optimized to give you one of the above,
definitely not both.



Given the GOPesque puffery, the Lilium's marketing is consistent with the
mendacity of Trump. :-)
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Old December 10th 16, 10:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Lilium: the world's first 250mph, 300 mile range, electric vertical take off and landing jet

Larry Dighera wrote:
On Fri, 9 Dec 2016 19:40:30 -0500, Vaughn Simon wrote:

On 12/9/2016 5:27 PM, Larry Dighera wrote:
Lilium: the world's first electric vertical take off and landing jet


Even if it were the world's first VTOL electric "jet" (which is isn't)
you can't make that claim until the plane has actually been built and
flown. (No evidence of that in the links)

As for the 250 MPH speed and 300 mile range claims, given today's
technology I call "bull****". At best, you MIGHT be able to build a
plane that would be sufficiently optimized to give you one of the above,
definitely not both.



Given the GOPesque puffery, the Lilium's marketing is consistent with the
mendacity of Trump. :-)


My take was it was written by someone that does not know much about aviation.

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