This was unveiled at the Paris Air Show as "radical and unpractical." Possibly why EADS is giving itself until 2050 to bring it to fruition. Superconductivity seems to be a part of the design - currently only used on Maglev Trains in Japan and Shanghai - some considerable technological advances are required to make such a hybrid mostly electric/minimized fuel engine.
This was unveiled at the Paris Air Show as "radical and unpractical." Possibly why EADS is giving itself until 2050 to bring it to fruition. Superconductivity seems to be a part of the design - currently only used on Maglev Trains in Japan and Shanghai - some considerable technological advances are required to make such a hybrid mostly electric/minimized fuel engine.
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