Electric Airplanes and Drones

A History
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4766-6961-8
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 314 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm, Gewicht: 598 g

Man’s attempts to harness the use of electricity for his dream to fly go back to well before the 19th century. Until the 1990’s, due to battery weight and low energy, electricity could only remain a faithful accessory to piston aircraft, but with the arrival of lightweight construction materials, solar power, improved engines and the LiPo battery, the skies recently opened up to a whole fleet of electric aircraft around the world - from thumbnail insect-styled drones (UAVs) to stratospheric airships. About aviation’s third revolution (following heavier-than-air and turbojet), this book also outlines the diversity of future trends for electric aircraft in the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Desmond, Kevin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Verkehr: Ratgeber, Sachbuch

Über Autor(innen)

Kevin Desmond, a technology historian and biographer, lives near Bordeaux in southern France. Since 1976, he has published 27 books and 300-plus articles on the men and women innovators, often forgotten, behind the progress of transport and related subjects.