Posted on September 1st, 2009 by admin
Bristol Spaceplanes has conducted a successful strap down test firing of a hydrogen peroxide demonstrator (HPD). This engine will be part of the Ascender rocket engine which will be propelling space tourists into low earth orbit within the next 1 to3 years. The exhaust from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is steam and oxygen. Now, it’s no [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2009 by admin
The Boomerang unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Bluebird Aero Systems and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (which they are calling an Unmanned Aerial System or UAS) is the first commercial aircraft of this type to be powered by commercial hydrogen fuel cells. In the past I’ve talked about several other non-commercial UAV’s such as the [...]
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Posted on July 8th, 2009 by admin
In October 2008, I had talked about the Antares DLR H2 fuel cell airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell aircraft without a hybrid assist to take flight. In April 2008, I had talked about the manned Boeing fuel cell hybrid airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen hybrid airplane to take flight. [...]
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Posted on April 9th, 2009 by admin
The U. S. Navy is planning to break current records with their hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Ion Tiger, when completed will be able to fly for 24-hours straight and carry a 5-pound payload. In November 2008, I talked about the University of Michigan Endurance UAV which had just set the record for a [...]
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Posted on November 12th, 2008 by admin
University of Michigan students glided into the record books by breaking the old mark for a fuel cell powered unmanned aerial flight. The SolarBubbles student group kept the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aloft for 10 hours, 15 minutes and 4 seconds breaking the previous record of the PUMA, which I have talked about before, that [...]
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Posted on October 1st, 2008 by admin
The world’s first fuel cell only powered airplane has taken off, flown at altitude and then landed in Stuttgart, Germany. This not the first fuel cell airplane to go aloft, however. Back on April 3, 2008, I talked about a Boeing manned single propeller fuel cell airplane taking flight, but this was a hybrid plane [...]
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Posted on June 9th, 2008 by admin
Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany have developed an unmanned mini-helicopter powered by fuel cell. Stumbling blocks in the past to developing mini-choppers has been the weight of the fuel cell stacks. In collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, the researchers moved around this roadblock by using [...]
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Posted on April 3rd, 2008 by admin
Boeing has just shown off the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell airplane to fly. Like modern day Wright Brothers, the aeronautics giant has gone where no man has gone before. Using both lithium-ion battery pack and PEM hydrogen fuel cell developed with the oversight of Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE), this two-seat Dimona motor-glider with [...]
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Posted on March 12th, 2008 by admin
In January 2008, I had talked about how the hydrogen fuel cell Puma unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had set a world record by staying aloft for 7 hours. Last week the AeroVironment Puma has set another world record by flying for a full 9 hours. The Puma is powered by a Protonex Pulse UAV fuel [...]
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Posted on February 8th, 2008 by admin
Large aircraft manufacturer EADS Airbus has decided to research and develop two methods of using hydrogen aboard an airplane. The first method would be to use hydrogen as an additive to kerosene. The hydrogen would be injected into the engine to help it burn more cleanly and enhance performance. The second method would be to [...]
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