Monday August 25th, 2008. 2:37 pm by frog
LONDON (AP) — The manufacturer of an ultra-lightweight plane says the aircraft has broken the world record for longest-lasting unmanned flight.
Next week I hear the manufacturer will also be taking on the unwomaned flight record.
More details here.
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August 25th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
I suppose you wanted an unpersoned flight
Watch out though Frog. In Orwell’s 1984, an unperson was, well, . . . . .
August 26th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Check out this development: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEStor
EEStor is a company based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States that has developed a type of capacitor for electricity storage, which EEStor calls ‘Electrical Energy Storage Units’ (EESU).[1] The EEStor EESU is an integral part of the much anticipated ZENNergy drive-train.
For a 52 kWh unit, an initial production price of $3,200, falling to $2,100 with mass production is projected.[10] This is half the price per stored watt-hour as lead-acid batteries, and potentially cheap enough to use to store grid power at off-peak times for on-peak use, and to buffer the output from intermittent power sources such as wind farms. A full charge should give the capacitor sufficient energy to drive a small car 300 miles (480 km).
August 26th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
Only a record in atmosphere I think!