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Electric airplanes and drones : a history / Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Ivo Boscarol.
Van Pelt Library TL685.35 .D47 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Desmond, Kevin, 1950- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric airplanes--History.
- Electric airplanes.
- Drone aircraft--History.
- Drone aircraft.
- Hybrid airplanes.
- History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 306 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s. 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Origins
- If it flies, it must be electric!
- Electricity goes to war
- The aeromodelers
- "Here comes the sun"
- The lithium advantage
- "H" is for hybrid, hydrogen, helium
- Towards commercialization
- UAVs (generation gas)
- UAV (aka drones) go electric
- Dronomania!
- Flying cars
- Into the future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781476669618
- 1476669619
- OCLC:
- 1016937270
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