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Electric airplanes? So cool. I want one.
Watch Lilium's successful test flight of the world's first electric VTOL jet
Lilium has successfully tested its all-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) jet for the first time, and you can watch the inaugural test flight above. The basic concept of a VTOL is that it has the benefits of a helicopter in terms of taking off without requiring a huge runway, but once airborne, it can still achieve the higher top speeds of a fixed wing aircraft like a jet.
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I don't know what is more startling the design realisation, which is a massive achievement, or the braying of the naysayers... It'll never fly ... what if it falls on babies etc ... FFS ! Its sure to have issues (noise is one) and expose a heap of new ones ... its a disruptive technology .. so I'll try to stay positive .