Spirit of Innovation exceeded 387mph

[Stan]

Rolls Royce all electric aircraft.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-d ... e-59359263

[Stan]

It’s not as aesthetically pleasing as a spitfire.

[Paul_F]

Still haven't worked out what Rolls are contributing to it. It's a YASA/Evolito (now owned by Mercedes) motor, off-the-shelf airframe modified by a company in Gloucestershire, and from memory someone else is doing the battery pack.

[Stinsy]

Still haven't worked out what Rolls are contributing to it. It's a YASA/Evolito (now owned by Mercedes) motor, off-the-shelf airframe modified by a company in Gloucestershire, and from memory someone else is doing the battery pack.

Someone had to write the press release!

It'll be a distraction exercise to brand the company/industry that make hugely-polluting jet engines as "green".