Paris Air Show’s Slowest Plane Could Have Biggest Impact

[longknife]

Photo: Honeywell

LE BOURGET, France — While it didn’t steal the show in Paris this week, a ho-hum Airbus A320 that never went faster than an easy jog could subtly change the airline industry.

The airplane was equipped with a new electric taxiing system, a joint venture from U.S.-based Honeywell and French firm Safran, making a super-efficient commute from the terminal to the tarmac and back.

Well, what'll they come up with next? Electric motors to taxi aircraft. Read more @ Paris Air Show's Slowest Plane Could Have Biggest Impact | Autopia | Wired.com

 

[ScienceRocks]

Get a electric plane going 500 mph and call me in the morning!

 

[longknife]

Get a electric plane going 500 mph and call me in the morning!

The point is - in case you didn't get it - is the huge amount of fuel being saved by not needing the engines to taxi to and from the runway!!!

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Get a electric plane going 500 mph and call me in the morning!

The point is - in case you didn't get it - is the huge amount of fuel being saved by not needing the engines to taxi to and from the runway!!!

The point is that those electric motors will be powered by the jet engines. The only real difference is that they will be providing electricity instead of thrust.