Electric airplanes and drones
Subtitle: a history
By: Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Ivo Boscarol
Contributors: Boscarol, Ivo, writer of foreword
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9781476669618
Subjects: Drone aircraft; Electric airplanes; History
Description: "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"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins; title: If it flies, it must be electric!; title: Electricity goes to war; title: The aeromodelers; title: "Here comes the sun"; title: The lithium advantage; title: "H" is for hybrid, hydrogen, helium; title: Towards commercialization; title: UAVs (generation gas); title: UAV (aka drones) go electric; title: Dronomania!; title: Flying cars; title: Into the future.