![]() |
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
![]() "Vaughn Simon" wrote in message ... wrote in message ups.com... The demonstrator aircraft is a Dimona motor glider, built by Diamond Aircraft Industries of Austria, which also performed major structural modifications to the aircraft. With a wing span of 16.3 meters (53.5 feet), the airplane will be able to cruise at approximately 100 kilometers per hour (62 miles per hour) using fuel cell-provided power. More info and picture www.aerogazette.com The glider uses lithium batteries plus the fuel cell to get sufficient power for launching. According to the Boeing diagram http://boeingmedia.com/imageDetail.c...90&clr=release it has a crazy-tiny hydrogen (fuel) tank. First, it appears to use compressed hydrogen rather than liquid hydrogen, but even liquid hydrogen would need significantly more volume than an equivalent amount of gasoline. Definitely just a technology demonstration stunt, not a practical aircraft. Vaughn That may be true, but it is the coolest v1.0 technology I've seen in a while. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
![]() |
||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Fuel Cell Demonstrator Airplane | Larry Dighera | Piloting | 3 | March 28th 07 02:51 PM |
Exposed Electrical Wires in Boeing 737 Fuel Tanks! | Larry Dighera | Piloting | 0 | July 17th 06 06:13 PM |
Bush Prepares for Possible GPS Shutdown | Chris Gumm | Piloting | 74 | December 20th 04 04:48 PM |
Bastogne: The AAC Prepares | ArtKramr | Military Aviation | 6 | December 22nd 03 02:58 PM |
Boeing to fly fuel-cell GA plane... | DeltaDeltaDelta | Piloting | 6 | July 15th 03 07:25 PM |