How many AA batteries would it take to power an A380?

[plasmahal]

If you're on Twitter, give @RAF_Luton a follow. The guy's hilarious. He purposefully calls aircraft by an incorrect name and he triggers all sorts of morons who can't distinguish between fact and fiction.

I don't go near *******. Fair point though if this is joke.

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

It that breaking any laws of physics though? Could you not distribute the weight over eight planes, connect them in series and then use them to fly the other plane?

The batteries spread across 8 planes would only be enough to power 1 plane. To power up 8 planes would need 8 times the amount (and weight) of batteries.

Oh my, you may have solved it (and broken laws of physics!).

Mods must condemn

 

[Feek]

African or European AA batteries?

 

[Lysander]

The batteries spread across 8 planes would only be enough to power 1 plane. To power up 8 planes would need 8 times the amount (and weight) of batteries.

No, you power those eight planes conventionally.

 

[DXP55]

I see that Mercedes have sorted out the problem - something like 7k+ to run one of their cars - Like the battery change system.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x59fa2s -
if this link doesnt work try googling Merc running on AA batteries

 

[Puzzled]

Pretty sure it would take 8 D Cells and a little watch battery to stop the clock resetting when you change them over.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Is the plane on a conveyor belt?

 

[Blackjack Davy]

Ok i assume you're bored.

Its a non starter because the batteries would weigh more than the plane could lift aka the power to weight ratio is well lets not go there, ok?

If you had a long enough extension lead would the aircraft fly faster than the electricity travelling through the cable

................................ no.

 

[Lysander]

Its a non starter because the batteries would weigh more than the plane could lift aka the power to weight ratio is well lets not go there, ok?

I didn't say the batteries would be on the plane.

 

[Puzzled]

I didn't say the batteries would be on the plane.

Hot air balloon?

 

[Lysander]

Hot air balloon?

It would have to be able to lift 5,000 tonnes of batteries.

 

[bazzabear]

Isn't there a fundamental issue here that you can't power a jet plane with batteries in the first place? It would have to be a prop. Electrical power can't magically create thrust equivalent to a jet - but it could produce rotational movement equivalent to a propeller.

 

[Energize]

Isn't there a fundamental issue here that you can't power a jet plane with batteries in the first place? It would have to be a prop. Electrical power can't magically create thrust equivalent to a jet - but it could produce rotational movement equivalent to a propeller.

Yeah a jet engine requires combustible fuel, you can't power the turbofan engines electrically.

Electricity can only work for short distance propeller aircraft. There is no way to replace jet engines with electrically powered engines, propeller aircraft are slow by comparison and batteries have very low energy density compared to jet fuel.

 

[IceBear]

African or European AA batteries?

AA batteries migrate?

 

[nine_tails]

What does the instruction box say?

 

[Feek]

What does the instruction box say?

"Batteries not included"

 

[Yaayuh!]

"Batteries not included"

 

[Chris Wilson]

Ignore the Greens, fossil fuels rule the earth and the sky

 

[LuckyBenski]

#NOTAC17

If you look closely you can see the fly by wire lines are also doubling as, er, power lines.

 

[Quartz]

The nuclear reactor in a submarine weighs less than an A380’s fuel load…