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“This is a system that will enable the sub-thousand dollar ticket from San Francisco to Tokyo in 3.5 hours.” - Astro Mechanica‘s Timestamps: 0:00 - Welcome to Hard Reset 1:18 - Astro Mechanica HQ 2:46 - An affordable, electric plane 3:16 - The tech powering AM 4:25 - A... show more
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@AstroMechanica @k2pilot This is some very wicked tech. Amazed i had never heard of it. Researching your investors. Feel like doing a gig a TED?

@AstroMechanica @k2pilot This was an awesome watch. Blend of amazing engines, synthetic methane (also the starship rocket fuel "methalox", & a great energy carrier "battery"), that's Mars compatible. Then ends with a great message about space/time compression via airspeed economics & "the other" bias.

@AstroMechanica @k2pilot Impressive machine.

I am so confused about what they are trying to do. He wants to replace the turbine shaft with an electric generator and then power the compressors using the generator. So, where does the efficiency come from? Is this engine going to be a low-bypassed turbofan? If so, does the fan also get its own electric motor? If it's a low-bypass turbofan, the efficiency gains at subsonic speeds would be so low that the added weight of the electric motors might actually make this engine less efficient overall. I am very confused, but the founder is definitely a good storyteller.

@AstroMechanica @k2pilot Very creative

@AstroMechanica @k2pilot Wow, an electric plane that can travel from San Francisco to Tokyo in just 3.5 hours? That sounds amazing! 🤩 Can't wait to see this technology in action! ✈️⚡️

@AstroMechanica @k2pilot Amazingly Out Of The Box Idea 🚀#AstroMechanica

