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gee_totes on Jan 30, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Elon Musk: Boeing 787 battery fundamentally unsafe

Do you know if there's anything unique about the electrical system that would cause a greater load than a comparable aircraft?

I'm thinking high-tech radar, wifi, photon torpedoes, etc.

neurotech1 on Jan 30, 2013 [–]

No bleed air from the engines. Pressurization, hydraulic actuators, air conditioning and accessories are all electrical. That uses 1.45MW on a 787

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