lithium battery development

[Nat Penton]

David, Altair was putting out the same hype in 1996. I know, I was a loosing 
stockholder. I still have a copy of their promo and it's almost identical. I 
suppose all things will come to pass, though, if you wait long enough.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Wartel" <d.wartel at comcast.net>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 6:09 AM
Subject: lithium battery development


> Tom Simes posted this link under the FAI Weight Thread, but just in case 
> some didn't check it out, I've posted it again. This is really remarkable 
> information for those interested in electrics:
>
> http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=546&ResLibraryID=8234&GoTopage=1&Category=24
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Simes" <nsrca at shinymetalass.com>
> To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 7:08 PM
> Subject: Re: FAI Weight Thread
>
>
>> On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 15:54:17 -0800
>> "Doug Cronkhite" <seefo at san.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I agree with what was said earlier that electrics suffer from a
>>> definition problem more than anything else. I personally like changing
>>> the weight limit for F3A to a 'wet' limit but with a change such that
>>> no existing airframe combinations suddenly become illegal. That would
>>> be counter-productive at best, and outright stupid at worst.
>>
>> Ironically, if the weight limit is changed to a 'wet' limit, I would
>> imagine that the next evolution in battery technology will push the top
>> tier pilots into electrics to remain competitive - thus obsoleting the
>> current slimer crop anyway.  Energy density and charge/discharge rates
>> in batteries are evolving much faster than those of methanol ;-)
>>
>> Just by way of illustration (if true deals with charge rates as opposed
>> to power density, but the evolution point remains):
>>
>> http://www.b2i.us/profiles/investor/ResLibrary.asp?BzID=546&ResLibraryID=8234&GoTopage=1&Category=24
>>
>> -- 
>> Tom - slimer pilot who flies like jello on a plate anyway...
>>
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