Musk electric jet
The Musk electric jet is a jet-powered electric aircraft concept by technology business magnate and serial entrepreneur Elon Musk.
Specific design concepts for a vertical-takeoff-and-landing supersonic electric jet were first made public by Musk in 2014. The concept includes a large percentage of the aircraft by weight being made up of high-capacity batteries and significantly decreasing the amount of aircraft structure devoted to control surfaces, depending to a greater extent on "gimbaling the electric fan" for control of aircraft attitude.[1]
History
Musk had publicly mentioned the supersonic electric jet idea as early as 2012.[2][3] Initial public discussion of the design concepts behind the design was in 2014 at the MIT AeroAstro Centennial Symposium.[1] Musk has brainstormed requirements with Sergey Brin and Larry Page.[4]
Musk continued to publicly opine on the idea in 2015[5] and, in early 2016, told students at a design competition that he had been "thinking about the vertical takeoff and landing electric jet a bit more ... I think I have something that might be close."[6] "I’m quite tempted to do something about it."[7]
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