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    From kinsell@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 23 08:55:05 2023
    Word is coming out that the Clean Sky 2 program, "the largest research programme for aviation ever launched in Europe", suffered the loss of
    its scaled down A320 on May 11. Shockingly, the loss is attributed to
    its lithium-ion batteries. Wonder how big a cloud of black toxic smoke
    was released by this Clean Sky program? No cell phone video has yet
    emerged of the event, for some strange reason.

    https://www.asdnews.com/news/aviation/2023/05/11/ground-test-batteries-scaled-model-electric-aircraft-failed

    Clean Sky 2 is also known for developing an environmentally friendly
    fire suppression system for aircraft, which may not be a match for a
    lithium fire.

    Sure glad glider pilots don't fly with lithium-ion, sounds like they
    might be somewhat dangerous.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
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  • From Ramy@21:1/5 to kinsell on Tue May 23 10:06:49 2023
    Hmm, while a reasonable guess, I could not find reference to the lithium batteries as attributing to the fire in the article you referenced.

    I am sure glad that aircraft and battery manufactures are doing such tests and discover failures before delivering to customers.

    Ramy

    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 7:55:11 AM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:
    Word is coming out that the Clean Sky 2 program, "the largest research programme for aviation ever launched in Europe", suffered the loss of
    its scaled down A320 on May 11. Shockingly, the loss is attributed to
    its lithium-ion batteries. Wonder how big a cloud of black toxic smoke
    was released by this Clean Sky program? No cell phone video has yet
    emerged of the event, for some strange reason.

    https://www.asdnews.com/news/aviation/2023/05/11/ground-test-batteries-scaled-model-electric-aircraft-failed

    Clean Sky 2 is also known for developing an environmentally friendly
    fire suppression system for aircraft, which may not be a match for a
    lithium fire.

    Sure glad glider pilots don't fly with lithium-ion, sounds like they
    might be somewhat dangerous.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From kinsell@21:1/5 to Ramy on Tue May 23 13:45:19 2023
    Well the headline said Ground Test Batteries of Scaled Model Electric
    Aircraft Failed, so that seemed to implicate the batteries. It would be
    nice to know more about the incident, Aviation Week has a story behind a paywall, but very little has come out. In stark contrast to coverage of
    the first flight, etc.


    On 5/23/23 11:06 AM, Ramy wrote:
    Hmm, while a reasonable guess, I could not find reference to the lithium batteries as attributing to the fire in the article you referenced.

    I am sure glad that aircraft and battery manufactures are doing such tests and discover failures before delivering to customers.

    Ramy

    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 7:55:11 AM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:
    Word is coming out that the Clean Sky 2 program, "the largest research
    programme for aviation ever launched in Europe", suffered the loss of
    its scaled down A320 on May 11. Shockingly, the loss is attributed to
    its lithium-ion batteries. Wonder how big a cloud of black toxic smoke
    was released by this Clean Sky program? No cell phone video has yet
    emerged of the event, for some strange reason.

    https://www.asdnews.com/news/aviation/2023/05/11/ground-test-batteries-scaled-model-electric-aircraft-failed

    Clean Sky 2 is also known for developing an environmentally friendly
    fire suppression system for aircraft, which may not be a match for a
    lithium fire.

    Sure glad glider pilots don't fly with lithium-ion, sounds like they
    might be somewhat dangerous.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From Ramy@21:1/5 to kinsell on Tue May 23 16:21:39 2023
    You are right. I overlooked the headline itself…
    Still it happened during testing when things are more likely to fail. Glad they do those sorts of testing, and catch the failures.

    Ramy

    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 12:45:26 PM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:
    Well the headline said Ground Test Batteries of Scaled Model Electric Aircraft Failed, so that seemed to implicate the batteries. It would be
    nice to know more about the incident, Aviation Week has a story behind a paywall, but very little has come out. In stark contrast to coverage of
    the first flight, etc.
    On 5/23/23 11:06 AM, Ramy wrote:
    Hmm, while a reasonable guess, I could not find reference to the lithium batteries as attributing to the fire in the article you referenced.

    I am sure glad that aircraft and battery manufactures are doing such tests and discover failures before delivering to customers.

    Ramy

    On Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 7:55:11 AM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:
    Word is coming out that the Clean Sky 2 program, "the largest research
    programme for aviation ever launched in Europe", suffered the loss of
    its scaled down A320 on May 11. Shockingly, the loss is attributed to
    its lithium-ion batteries. Wonder how big a cloud of black toxic smoke
    was released by this Clean Sky program? No cell phone video has yet
    emerged of the event, for some strange reason.

    https://www.asdnews.com/news/aviation/2023/05/11/ground-test-batteries-scaled-model-electric-aircraft-failed

    Clean Sky 2 is also known for developing an environmentally friendly
    fire suppression system for aircraft, which may not be a match for a
    lithium fire.

    Sure glad glider pilots don't fly with lithium-ion, sounds like they
    might be somewhat dangerous.

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)