Most everyone is missing the point of UH2. They are creating a proof-of-concept for an application of their primary mission, which is hydrogen logistics. Even if every plane had one of these cells for each engine, there's no infrastructure to supply it.
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Now that they've proved this out, it's gonna be a pivot towards HOW TO SUPPLY THE H2 in a manner to support the GIGANTIC number of retrofits that OEM's/operators are going to make. But no OEM/operator is going to make that retrofit until there's a reliable supply that supports their ops, so the comments worrying about the efficiency comparison are missing the forest for the trees.
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Reply to Universal Hydrogen Successfully Completes First Flight of Hydrogen Regional Airliner by tooch_my_gooch
Most everyone is missing the point of UH2. They are creating a proof-of-concept for an application of their primary mission, which is hydrogen logistics. Even if every plane had one of these cells for each engine, there's no infrastructure to supply it.
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Now that they've proved this out, it's gonna be a pivot towards HOW TO SUPPLY THE H2 in a manner to support the GIGANTIC number of retrofits that OEM's/operators are going to make. But no OEM/operator is going to make that retrofit until there's a reliable supply that supports their ops, so the comments worrying about the efficiency comparison are missing the forest for the trees.