Article gives you the idea that it would be taking pax to Rottnest Island (a popular tourist destination) but it's only registered as a 'recreational' so the only ppl going to Rottnest would be pilots themselves or a non-paying pax.
Payload is 200kg so that is basically two people and one suitcase.
30 minutes reserve might be enough for short hops but I've just finished reading various articles written over the years by Richard Collins (who writes a lot about safety) and he states that he always had a hard rule of a one hour reserve.
Still, the operating costs are crazy cheap. If they made a plane that had 3 hours range (2 hrs flying, 1 hr reserve) at 100+ knots with more payload, I'd be interested.
Not really, also while Tesla does work on batteries it’s more Panasonic which makes he batteries for Tesla, LG chem and the likes that actually work on that.
It doesn’t work like that there are more “denser” batteries than what Tesla uses, their density isn’t that impressive while they benefit from it its not something they are driving.
They are reducing the cost of Wh/Kg maybe but they are not necessarily increasing the Wh/Kg ratio Tesla isn’t pushing for super high density.
The cost isn’t the issue here it’s the weight a Tesla battery pack is heavy as fuck and Tesla really hasn’t worked that much on reducing its actual weight because there are easier paths to make a car lighter.
Drones use LiPos because at these scales LiIon isn’t viable.
Payload is 200kg so that is basically two people and one suitcase.
30 minutes reserve might be enough for short hops but I've just finished reading various articles written over the years by Richard Collins (who writes a lot about safety) and he states that he always had a hard rule of a one hour reserve.
Still, the operating costs are crazy cheap. If they made a plane that had 3 hours range (2 hrs flying, 1 hr reserve) at 100+ knots with more payload, I'd be interested.