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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 month agoThey are without significant improvements in battery technology. Lithium Ion simply doesn’t have the energy density to be able to lift its own weight.
minus-squarecrapwittyname@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoThere’s also the fact that they are too explosive to conform to flight safety standards.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWell I mean so it is kerosene technically
They are without significant improvements in battery technology. Lithium Ion simply doesn’t have the energy density to be able to lift its own weight.
There’s also the fact that they are too explosive to conform to flight safety standards.
Well I mean so it is kerosene technically