C.<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@joriki" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>joriki</span></a></span> </p><p>Electric aircraft are a long, long way from being <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/practical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>practical</span></a> in general use. The DC-10 Air Tanker, a medium-large waterbomber, has three turbofan engines that produce 45-50,000 pounds of thrust - each.</p><p>The batteries that plane could carry while also taking off with 45 tonnes of water would not give it a whole lot of flying time 😜 </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/DC10" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DC10</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/WaterBomber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterBomber</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/AirTanker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AirTanker</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/fire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fire</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a></p>