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Electric Airplanes and Drones

Paperback • 2018 • 1. edition

Electric Airplanes and Drones

By Kevin Desmond

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About the book

Man's attempts to harness the use of electricity for his dream to fly go back to well before the 19th century. Until the 1990's, due to battery weight and low energy, electricity could only remain a faithful accessory to piston aircraft, but with the arrival of lightweight construction materials, solar power, improved engines and the LiPo battery, the skies recently opened up to a whole fleet of electric aircraft around the world - from thumbnail insect-styled drones (UAVs) to stratospheric airs...Show more

Aircraft and aviation

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ISBN

9781476669618

Publisher

McFarland & Co Inc

Published year

2018

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Electric Airplanes and Drones

Format

Paperback

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