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minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months 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-up1·2 months agoThere’s also the fact that they are too explosive to conform to flight safety standards.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months 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