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by ramesh31 1027 days ago
> Would this be something that might make electric aircrafts practical?

Electric will never replace jet fuel. It simply can't compete for long haul heavy airliner flights. But we only need ~1000wh/kg (cheaply, mass produceably) for general aviation to go electric. A 50% increase from current average LiPo specific energies gets us about half way there.