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NASA’s first manned X-plane in 2 decades is 100% electric

NASA’s X-57 Maxwell aircraft is its first all-electric X-plane. Developing the X-57 is NASA’s way of keeping pace with the growing market for electric aircraft and the regulatory challenges they present.

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NASA’s X-57 Maxwell aircraft is its first all-electric X-plane. Developing the X-57 is NASA’s way of keeping pace with the growing market for electric aircraft and the regulatory challenges they present.

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  1. Jesse O

    November 9, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    Do you think electric planes are the future of flight? Let us know down below!

    • 525Lines

      November 10, 2019 at 2:47 am

      I’m still convinced people sized pneumatic tubes are the future. THUMP!

    • Mark Rejhon

      November 10, 2019 at 6:20 am

      @Space Monkey Electric mobility (Tesla cars, battery trains, etc) have built-in battery heaters powered from itself, which help greatly with this, in addition to a bit of lightweight insulation. Electric heating gobbles a few percent of range, but solves the problem for the flight duration.

    • Space Monkey

      November 10, 2019 at 7:19 am

      @Mark Rejhon lets see on the long run and their fire accident safety.

      Thats why Tesla is under investigation for fire breakout.

    • Kino

      November 10, 2019 at 12:57 pm

      Can we just skip to teleportation?

    • Atomic Boy

      November 10, 2019 at 9:29 pm

      Yes I have about 5 or 10 in the basement.

  2. Zaezae

    November 10, 2019 at 5:52 am

    Where my boy elon

  3. Mayank Thakur

    November 10, 2019 at 6:19 am

    As long as propellers doesn’t make thousand bee noice., It’s perfect

  4. Peter

    November 10, 2019 at 7:05 am

    How many billions did NASA need to build this plane? Shame

    • eric planting

      November 10, 2019 at 9:26 am

      100 dollars for the graphic, 200k for the plane mockup, 3 million for the simulator, then 2 billion for other expenses

  5. Albus Regnum

    November 10, 2019 at 7:55 am

    Need better batteries need to invest heavy into battery research.

  6. eric planting

    November 10, 2019 at 9:20 am

    200 mile range?

  7. Mangosmooth

    November 10, 2019 at 9:43 am

    Never. What we need is coal burning aircraft.

  8. Watch Memail

    November 10, 2019 at 9:44 am

    chishh i hate it

  9. David Neuman

    November 10, 2019 at 11:31 am

    Electric appears to be the future way. For Planes, Trains, and Ships, I believe fuel cell technology with hydrogen may be a transportation long-distance solution that could be potentially manufactured at their ports to run these electric motors or generators.

    • Fly Beep

      November 10, 2019 at 4:23 pm

      Trains? Wait…..you guys don’t have electric trains? Here in Europe, ALL trains are electric.

  10. ATCr

    November 10, 2019 at 12:19 pm

    I think hybrid long range aircraft may be viable sooner.

  11. crib cat

    November 10, 2019 at 12:26 pm

    It’s great that NASA is doing something besides watching Russia ferry our astronauts to the ISS , but building planes is not cost effective when done by the government and allied contractors. At least we’ll be paying 8 times more than needed. I guess the bean counters at NASA went to the AOC school of finance… “Spend all you want, we’ll print more”. And just like Orange Obama says,” The economy is Booming… let’s lower interest rates” Another over budget albatross to hang on our wall of failure.

  12. Sandeep

    November 10, 2019 at 3:04 pm

    Is it VTOl?

  13. TheEseJandro

    November 10, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    NASAs reason for doing this is weird…

  14. Dinraal

    November 10, 2019 at 5:28 pm

    *crewed

  15. ethancanin

    November 10, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    We should have no surprises…

  16. Steve Dawson

    November 10, 2019 at 7:03 pm

    The Government is going slow things down. I have been waiting for the electric Black Fly to be released it was going to be released in 2019 but the Government is holding up the release. It’s BS

  17. dave houston

    November 10, 2019 at 7:53 pm

    A long way off

  18. Gary E

    November 10, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    Love the idea of an all electric plane. Just have to find a battery or power supply to make it feasible for more than hour. Maybe a long extension cord, or a big rubber band for a hybrid electric!

  19. Christopher Montoya

    November 10, 2019 at 9:29 pm

    Rather excited for the future. I’m looking forward to this kind of technology to come into its own.

  20. xpeterson

    November 10, 2019 at 10:32 pm

    Why do the small engines fold up for cruise flight? I would imagine it would take minimal energy to keep them spinning in cruise, and I was under the impression that higher efficiency can be obtained by moving a larger mass of air more slowly rather than a smaller mass more rapidly.

    As it stands, it seems (from the perspective of a YouTube commentator at chairing it up) that any efficiency gains from the higher aspect ratio wing will be lost to the multiple drag pods the engines become when they’re not in use. I heard that the storage pods on the long ez take 5 knots off the top speed alone

  21. Shihab Mohammed

    November 11, 2019 at 1:19 am

    WTF

  22. Brandon Fenske

    November 11, 2019 at 1:58 am

    Its gonna be interesting to see what the future holds in this area of avionics

  23. CZARNYEU

    November 11, 2019 at 1:59 am

    Good Idea. Regards from Europe

  24. lightotw

    November 11, 2019 at 2:14 am

    Hydrogen fuel cell instead of batteries. Use the space in the wings rather than fill them with Styrofoam, just like all other planes which store their fuel there.

  25. rosana nana

    November 11, 2019 at 2:45 am

    primeiro avião X tripulado em duas décadas é 100% elétrico É o futuro do Mundo

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