Hydrogen Cars, Vehicles and Infrastructure
Info about hydrogen planes, UAV and other aircraft.
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 […]
Continue ReadingOn 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 […]
Continue ReadingIn 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 […]
Continue ReadingArchitect 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 […]
Continue ReadingIn 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 […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
Continue ReadingThis 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 […]
Continue ReadingBristol 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe 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 […]
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