DocM Posted December 7, 2011 Share Posted December 7, 2011 Elon Musk just did a short interview with TIME Magazine, and while it has a bit of SpaceX and Tesla talk it also has an unrelated item which could be his next venture: a supersonic electric aircraft The pertinent part starts at 01:57 and runs to about 02:50. Linked PDF is a NASA funded IEEE paper on electric ducted fan jets and an image showing the difference between one and a conventional turbofan engine. Basically, it replaces the turbojet with a superconducting electric motor while keeping the high-bypass fan that provides much of a turbofans thrust. Not that Musk would necessarily copy this for a supersonic aircraft, but it shows where the general thinking is heading. http://ewh.ieee.org/...ongoC_2AP01.pdf Manuscript received August 26, 2008.This research supported by the NASA Fundamental Aeronautics Program and the Department of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) division under the URETI on Aeropropulsion and Power. Support also received from Florida State University?s Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1043537-elon-musk-on-electric-jet-transports/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
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