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Rolls-Royce, Airbus, Siemens tease electric flight engine project

Charlie Clark Silver badge

Sceptical too - and from a safety point of view, the single generator = single point of failure.

You can easily have too of them and you also have battery backup. It won't get a licence for test flights without really convincing back up plans.

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