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kek__is__love t1_j597x4l wrote

Reply to comment by Words_Are_Hrad in Successful test flight of Hydrogen-Electric Airplane could be key to zero-carbon flying. Aim for commercial 700 mile flight with 40-80 seater aircraft by 2027. by DisasterousGiraffe

Either way it needs a bulky container and the shape of the standard wings isn't plausible neither for pressurised nor for liquid hydrogen. And storing it in the main fuselage is reducing cargo capacity.

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kek__is__love t1_j56rjb3 wrote

Reply to Successful test flight of Hydrogen-Electric Airplane could be key to zero-carbon flying. Aim for commercial 700 mile flight with 40-80 seater aircraft by 2027. by DisasterousGiraffe

To make a viable hydrogen powered airliner you need to basically rethink the concept of an airplane. Conventional kerosene powered planes store most of their fuel in the wings and it's not possible for hydrogen. Instead you need to build a wing-shaped (similar to B-2 bomber, but magnitudes bigger and for passengers) plane.

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