Electric Airplanes and Drones

A History

Kevin Desmond (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

314 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6961-8 (ISBN)

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Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s, when the advent of lightweight materials, more efficient solar power, improved engines and the Li-Po (lithium polymer) battery opened the skies to a wide variety of electric aircraft.

The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners.

Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 33 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Ivo Boscarol

Preface

OneOrigins

TwoIf It Flies, It Must Be Electric!

ThreeElectricity Goes to War

FourThe Aeromodelers

Five“Here Comes the Sun”

SixThe Lithium Advantage

Seven“H” Is for Hybrid, Hydrogen, Helium

EightTowards Commercialization

NineUAVs (Generation Gas)

TenUAVs (aka Drones) Go Electric

ElevenDronomania!

TwelveFlying Cars

ThirteenInto the Future

Appendix A. The Birth of Drone Racing

Appendix B. The Adventure of Solar Impulse

Appendix C. Speed and Altitude Records

Appendix D. Timeline of Notable Electric Aircraft Flights

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.10.2018
Zusatzinfo	88 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	549 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Luftfahrt / Raumfahrt
ISBN-10	1-4766-6961-9 / 1476669619
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6961-8 / 9781476669618
Zustand	Neuware