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Electric airplanes and drones : a history /

"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 explore...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Desmond, Kevin, 1950- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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