Scam
From the Wired site article "Lilium adds that its plane is the first electric aircraft able to fly with both VTOL and jet-powered methods and, in terms of power, Lilium compared its jet's performance to that of a supercar, but with the energy only needed for 15 to 20 seconds to provide thrust. During flight mode, less than a tenth of the power is needed, dropping its energy consumption down to be comparable to that of an electric car."
Not even sure what they are trying to say; That horizontal flight needs 10% of the power that lifitng requires? Or what?
Looking at the video, there is insufficient wing surface or fan area to lift five people plus it's own weight, even if every cubic millimetre of the fuselage is battery, the energy density of the whole thing would be unlikely to move 5 people 1 kilometre let alone 300.
Also curious as to the envisaged operational height particularly considering the use of a parachute inlieu of gliding, climbing up a gravity well even if it's a few hundred metres is expensive in energy terms.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
