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Electric airplanes


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    • Hybrid electric airplanes
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  • Earlier Established Forms

    • Hybrid electric airplanes
  • Sources

    • found: Work cat.: 2018028578: Sapet, K. Futuristic electric airplanes, 2018
    • found: Schulte, Michael R., M.S.E. Iterative design of the Aeroship through flight testing, 2008:intro. (The Aeroship is a combination of current aerodyne and aerostat technology that have been merged) p. 1 (The [Aeroship] design incorporates lift from an aerostat component coupled with the lift of an aerodyne component to produce the required lift for flight)
    • found: Internet search, Jan. 14, 2009("Electric airplanes" = 225,000 results. Some refer to radio-controlled model aircraft; some refer to full-size aircraft ("Hybrid airplanes" = 50 results))
    • found: Wired.com article, April 2008 "Electric airplanes take flight"("Electric aircraft trace their history to 1884 and the La France, a dirigible powered by chromium-chloride batteries and 7.5 horsepower motor ... 96 years later the solar-electric Gossamer Penguin made its first flight on Aug. 7, 1980)
    • found: Wikipedia, Jan. 14, 2009(Electric aircraft is an aircraft that runs on electric motors rather than internal combustion engines, with electricity coming from fuel cells, ultracapacitors, power beaming, and/or batteries)
    • found: Hybrid vehicles website, Jan. 14, 2009("When those in the 'hybrid aircraft' industry use this term, they are referring to a form of hybrid that combines the aerodynamic lift of the body hull shape combined with the lighter-than-air properties of the buoyancy derived from a helium-filled outer shell")
  • LC Classification

    • TL683.3
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  • Change Notes

    • 2018-06-29: new
    • 2018-09-11: revised
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