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jawshoeaw t1_jasas4x wrote

Reply to comment by tantricengineer in Universal Hydrogen Successfully Completes First Flight of Hydrogen Regional Airliner by tooch_my_gooch

in an aircraft I'm guessing explosive decompression is the bigger problem, seeing as visualizing a fire on your wing really isn't changing your plan in the short term lol

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tantricengineer t1_jat4mfi wrote

I don't expect these tanks to blow up in flight. I expect them to blow up when most commercial aircraft accidents happen: on the ground / takeoff / landing.

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jawshoeaw t1_jat9lnt wrote

Ohhh gotcha. But sadly that’s rarely survivable with current fuels. I could see some edge case where there’s a survivable landing but here’s the actual advantage of hydrogen, the high pressure vessels are necessarily quite strong and might do better in a crash even if the broke open compared to avgas

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