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The Skeptics Guide #910 - Dec 17 2022

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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Is It Flying Right Now?

The plane will have a 30 minute turnaround time on its maximum altitude, 20,000 feet. It basically ticks all the boxes that the propeller planes right now on these routes are filling. The battery technology is going to get better and you could slap some organic solar cells on top of those wings. They're not that efficient but if we get the efficiency up to those like above 20%, it could add 40 50 kilometers to the range.

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