Archives: Hydrogen Aircraft

In October 2008, I had talked about the Antares DLR H2 fuel cell airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell aircraft without a hybrid assist to take flight. In April 2008, I had talked about the manned Boeing fuel cell hybrid airplane being the world’s first manned hydrogen hybrid airplane to take flight. • Read More »

The U. S. Navy is planning to break current records with their hydrogen-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The Ion Tiger, when completed will be able to fly for 24-hours straight and carry a 5-pound payload. In November 2008, I talked about the University of Michigan Endurance UAV which had just set the record for a • Read More »

University of Michigan students glided into the record books by breaking the old mark for a fuel cell powered unmanned aerial flight. The SolarBubbles student group kept the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aloft for 10 hours, 15 minutes and 4 seconds breaking the previous record of the PUMA, which I have talked about before, that • Read More »

The world’s first fuel cell only powered airplane has taken off, flown at altitude and then landed in Stuttgart, Germany. This not the first fuel cell airplane to go aloft, however. Back on April 3, 2008, I talked about a Boeing manned single propeller fuel cell airplane taking flight, but this was a hybrid plane • Read More »

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin, Germany have developed an unmanned mini-helicopter powered by fuel cell. Stumbling blocks in the past to developing mini-choppers has been the weight of the fuel cell stacks. In collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, the researchers moved around this roadblock by using • Read More »

Boeing has just shown off the world’s first manned hydrogen fuel cell airplane to fly. Like modern day Wright Brothers, the aeronautics giant has gone where no man has gone before. Using both lithium-ion battery pack and PEM hydrogen fuel cell developed with the oversight of Boeing Research & Technology Europe (BR&TE), this two-seat Dimona motor-glider with • Read More »

In January 2008, I had talked about how the hydrogen fuel cell Puma unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) had set a world record by staying aloft for 7 hours. Last week the AeroVironment Puma has set another world record by flying for a full 9 hours. The Puma is powered by a Protonex Pulse UAV fuel • Read More »

Large aircraft manufacturer EADS Airbus has decided to research and develop two methods of using hydrogen aboard an airplane. The first method would be to use hydrogen as an additive to kerosene. The hydrogen would be injected into the engine to help it burn more cleanly and enhance performance. The second method would be to • Read More »

In the past, I’ve talked about hydrogen airplanes starting to take flight. In November, I had talked about the Horizon Fuel Cell Pterosoar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) setting a record for flying 78 miles in around 3 hours. Now, another hydrogen fuel cell UAV has set a record and this is the AeroVironment Puma. This • Read More »

Last April 2007, Horizon amazed viewers with their Hyfish UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) that looks like a jet and is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. Now, Horizon has opened up new vistas once again as their Pterosoar has set a new record for distance for micro UAV’s. In Lancaster, California the Pterosoar flew a • Read More »