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Electric airplanes and drones : a history / Kevin Desmond ; foreword by Ivo Boscarol.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Incorporated, Publishers, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781476633411
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • TL685 .E443 2018
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
If it flies, it must be electric! -- Electricity goes to war -- The aeromodelers -- "Here comes the sun" -- The lithium advantage -- "H" is for hybrid, hydrogen, helium -- Towards commercialization -- UAVs (generation gas) -- UAV (aka drones) go electric -- Dronomania! -- Flying cars -- Into the future.
Subject: "Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners"--
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction TL685.35 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available on1054128651

Includes bibliographies and index.

Origins -- If it flies, it must be electric! -- Electricity goes to war -- The aeromodelers -- "Here comes the sun" -- The lithium advantage -- "H" is for hybrid, hydrogen, helium -- Towards commercialization -- UAVs (generation gas) -- UAV (aka drones) go electric -- Dronomania! -- Flying cars -- Into the future.

"Attempts at electric powered flight date to well before the 19th century. Battery weight and low energy output made it impractical until the 1990s. The author describes the diverse designs of modern electric flying machines--from tiny insect-styled drones to stratospheric airships--and explores developing trends, including flying cars and passenger airliners"--

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