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electric vehicle industry, and the latest results on the racetracks and
road courses that are used to demonstrate these advances to the public.
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e-flight expo - 02-05 April 2009 part of AERO 2009
 Highlights of the e-flight-expo
Three
hydrogen fuel cell airplanes will be exhibited on the AERO with the
French ultralight fuel cell trike flying during the daily air shows.
This hydrogen trike made by Helite is a
world première: the light weight manned aircraft is solely
powered by a fuel cell without battery support.High efficient
electric engines.
The
brushless electric engines of the German Engineer Dr. Werner Eck have
become market leaders. They are used world wide in manned electric
aircraft from light sport fixed wings, motorgliders to paraplanes and
powered hanggliders.Sunseeker is a solar
powered motor glider designed and built by Eric Raymond, USA. So far the
Californian pilot has accumulatd more than
500 hours on
solar-flight. Above the clouds Sunseeker
produces enough electric power for straight and level flight while
recharging the batteries fort he next take-off.Green Village Airfield: A
concept by Calin Gologan, Germany,
to realize the zero emission flight with an electric light sport
aircraft powered by electricity ecologically generated on the air field.Hybrid-Power
aircraft. A renowned
German Company has patented the world’s first Hybrid-Propulsion for
prop driven aircraft. 50 HP electrical power
can temporarily be added to the 120 HP of the reciprocal engine when
needed for take-off and climb. Interesting
detail: The electric engine serves as generator.
http://www.e-flight-expo.de/en/home.html
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| Electric Dreams Prevail at
the CAFE Aircraft Symposium
By David Ullman
The
third CAFE Electric Aircraft Symposium was held at the Hiller Aviation
Museum in San Carlos, California, on April 24. An estimated 100
attendees heard 15 presentations during the full day. Talks started
with climate science and then focused on battery, controller and motor
technology, ending with presentations about various aircraft designs,
real and imagined. Unfortunately, no electric airplanes were brought to
the event.
A high point of the day was the
announcement of the Aviation Green
Prize--a flight competition for a 100-mpg aircraft. This $1.65 million
prize is co-sponsored by the CAFE Foundation and NASA. The goal is to
develop an aircraft before July 2011 that can cover 200 statute miles
at greater than 100 mph with better than 100 mpg. Details and rules can
be found here.
The score for each aircraft is a function of miles per hour, number of
passengers carried, and MPGe--the equivalent miles per gallon relative
to 87-octane regular unleaded auto gasoline. The rules allow any type
of aircraft, but members of the audience were all thinking electric or
hybrid.
http://www.kitplanes.com/news/news/8782-1.phtml
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Rules for Next NASA Flight Competition
Public Comment Period Begins
May 4, 2009
The
CAFE Foundation has opened the official site for informed public
comments on the rules for the NASA Centennial Challenge in Aeronautics,
the “Aviation Green Prize”. These rules are summarized in Appendix A of the draft document [pdf 1.9 MB].
The CAFE Foundation invites
public comment on the rules document at the CAFE Blog.
http://cafefoundation.org/v2/main_home.php
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