I personally believe that Honourable Minister Mr K.N Nehru an elected member of Trichy Constituency has great potentials to turn Trichy into a well planned city. Give him your say and he will do it for your city.

Apparently, it is not the recirculation of air that causes the spread of disease in aircraft. Rather it is more likely the direct transmission of disease between persons even up to several rows apart, either through air transmission or mutual contacts. Reasons for trasnsmission by the air route include the following.:The diversity of sources and lack of immunity to the various pathogen exposures encountered in aircraft with the intermixing of persons from different population centers and continents is uniquely high for air travel in comparison with other venues such as theaters or classrooms where the occupants come from one geographic region. The filtered air supply rate to aircraft passengers is low (e.g.1/6th that provided to office workers). The low relative humidty typical of aircraft air favors the transmission of certain pathogens including the influenza A virus. The tight quarters in aircraft creates higher dose for any expsoure time due to the relatively small air buffering zoneper passenger versus less cramped quarters (e.g. a classroom typically has a 10 times larger air buffering zone per person than a commerical aircraft passenger).

The Wright Flyer was more or less a useless aeroplane, but not a bad start.

And a chart showing the efficiency curve with respect to weight of cargo would be great. Unfortunately, in these systems, the variance of the passenger can make a big difference to performance… at least, I would presume. (with/without parachute, 120lb vs 180lb pilot, etc = efficiency variance)

The ElectraFlyer C, an electric ultralight plane available now if you want to plonk down 21000 $ max, bang it all up together, and take it on a relatively silent 2 hour flight….

“ykjay,”
A problem with the ‘quick swap’ option would likely be weight. This is an ultralight and it only carries one passenger. Batteries are heavy, and distance on planes is always limited by weight. You never know if the thing could even take off with extra weight from batteries, or if it has space to carry them for that matter.

the batteries are $4500 and last for 100 cycles. Put that in your “not in my back yard” equation and SMOKE IT..

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again -

“The electric mile will ALWAYS be more expensive to the environment and your wallet than the petroleum mile.”

Case Closed.

again.

Of course, as a real airplane, it means you need a pilot certificate of some sort to fly it. But it’s small and slow enough that the simple Sport Pilot certificate would do. If you can really get one of these for $20K, or even $30K, I predict it’s going to be a big hit.

It remains to be seen whether that’s the actual price though. The batteries alone are going to be expensive, probably five figures.

There have been lots of “revolutionary” aircraft announced. Most never fly, never mind make it to the marketplace. I’m not holding by breath, but if ElectraFlyer can prove the concept, this sounds like a wonderful plane and I won’t be able to wait to fly one.

Lately my aircraft has been burning 15 gallons per hour of 100LL Avgas to do around 150 kts / 172 mph. This would be a great lower-cost option for people who want to fly for fun without breaking the bank.