Flying On Hydrogen

[drwayne]

Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have conducted successful test flights of a hydrogen-powered unmanned aircraft believed to be the largest to fly on a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell using compressed hydrogen.<br /><br /><br />The Georgia Tech team removes the hydrogen tank from the fuel cell aircraft to refill it for flight. Shown are Thomas Bradley, David Parekh, Parker Parrish and Adam Broughton. (Georgia Tech Photo: Gary Meek)<br /><br />The fuel-cell system that powers the 22-foot wingspan aircraft generates only 500 watts. “That raises a lot of eyebrows,” said Adam Broughton, a research engineer who is working on the project in Georgia Tech’s Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL). “Five hundred watts is plenty of power for a light bulb, but not for the propulsion system of an aircraft this size.” In fact, 500 watts represents about 1/100th the power of a hybrid car like a Toyota Prius<br /><br />Rest of the article:<br /><br />http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/08/060828211801.htm<br /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p>"1) Give no quarter; 2) Take no prisoners; 3) Sink everything."  Admiral Jackie Fisher</p> </div>

 

[owenander]

I'm sure if they did it they would have a video?