I’ve talked several times in the past about using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) as clean, zero emissions fuel for all kinds of vehicles including cars, jetpacks, planes, trains and even spacecraft. A little earlier this year another vehicle came onto the scene which is a hydrogen peroxide powered personal helicopter. The Avimech Dragonfly DF1 weighs just • Read More »
Archives: Hydrogen Aircraft
Global Observer UAV and Hydrogen Power May Replace Satellites
September 10, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.On August 16, 2010 I had talked about the Global Observer UAV which was built by AeroVironment and being tested at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The Global Observer UAV is a hybrid unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is powered by both batteries and liquid hydrogen via a small internal combustion engine. The purpose • Read More »
Boeing, Boeing Gone! Phantom Eye to the Sky
July 13, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Boeing, Boeing Gone! Phantom Eye to the Sky | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.In March 2010 I had talked about the Phantom Eye HALE (high altitude long endurance) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Boeing that was getting ready to take to the skies. Now, Boeing has unveiled its hydrogen-powered aircraft. Due to a rapid prototyping method this behemoth of a UAV with its 150-foot wingspan will demonstrate • Read More »
Algae Airships Futuristic Look at Hydrogen Nature Technology
May 14, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 2 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.Architect Vincent Callebaut likes to dream about the future. And when he does so he thinks about green architectural and technological solutions that will deal with global warming, greenhouse gases and the rise of ocean and sea levels. This Hydrogenase Project is based upon the futuristic thinking that one day there will be bio-hydrogen airships • Read More »
Boeing Phantom Eye and Ray UAVs Using Liquid Hydrogen Propellant
March 9, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 9 Comments | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.In April 2008, I talked about Boeing putting the first manned fuel cell powered aircraft into flight. And there have been many times in the past 4 years (yes, the blog is that old), that I’ve talked about hydrogen powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A new liquid hydrogen-powered UAV which is also a high altitude • Read More »
Seymourpowell Aircruise Hydrogen Powered Airship Concept Unveiled
February 3, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Seymourpowell Aircruise Hydrogen Powered Airship Concept Unveiled | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft.This is a little futuristic and still in the concept phase but I’d like to talk about it since it ranks high on my “coolness” gauge. A British design company called Seymourpowell was commissioned by Samsung Construction and Trading (C&T) to come up with a futuristic design for hydrogen powered air travel. The Seymourpowell Aircruise • Read More »
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Airplane in European Union Ready for Takeoff
January 13, 2010 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The Italians and European Union are preparing a light 2-seat airplane for takeoff powered by hydrogen fuel cell and lithium ion batteries. I’ve talked about manned hydrogen fuel cell airplanes before, with and without the aid of lithium ion batteries. The Rapid 200-FC hydrogen fuel cell manned airplane has an electric 40 kW propeller and • Read More »
Small RC UTC Mini Fuel Cell Helicopter Takes Flight
November 30, 2009 | By | Comments Off on Small RC UTC Mini Fuel Cell Helicopter Takes Flight | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.This is being reported as the world’s first mini RC fuel cell helicopter to take flight, but that is debatable since in June 2008 I had previously talked about the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany creating an unmanned remote control mini helicopter powered by fuel cell. But, nonetheless, the United • Read More »
Spaceplane Using Hydrogen Peroxide Executes Successful Tests
September 1, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | 1 Comment | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.Bristol Spaceplanes has conducted a successful strap down test firing of a hydrogen peroxide demonstrator (HPD). This engine will be part of the Ascender rocket engine which will be propelling space tourists into low earth orbit within the next 1 to3 years. The exhaust from hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) is steam and oxygen. Now, it’s no • Read More »
Boomerang FCV Is World’s First Commercial Long Distance UAV
August 10, 2009 | By Hydro Kevin Kantola | Comments Off on Boomerang FCV Is World’s First Commercial Long Distance UAV | Filed in: Hydrogen Aircraft, Hydrogen Vehicles.The Boomerang unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Bluebird Aero Systems and Horizon Fuel Cell Technologies (which they are calling an Unmanned Aerial System or UAS) is the first commercial aircraft of this type to be powered by commercial hydrogen fuel cells. In the past I’ve talked about several other non-commercial UAV’s such as the • Read More »