Hydrogen/fuel cell powered Horten flying wing

[ron van sommeren]

Hydrogen powered Horten flying wing + diy outrunner at Aspach

Videos & tech/development info Wasserstofftechnologie und Engergiespeicher - Hochschule RheinMain
Motor: 10mm outrunner kit from Trollmodellbau
Fuel: iquid hydrogen (99,9%) in two plastic bottles at 10 bar pressure
Stack consists of 12 cells ( http://www.heliocentris.com/ )
Stack weight: 1,1kg
Max power: 65Watt, 6Volt, 11Ampère
Wingspan: 2m
Weight: 650gr (empty of course)
Plastic bottles (tested at 20bar) will be replaced by aluminium bottles (tested at ?? bar)

[ron van sommeren]

It can fly for 6 minutes, it is said somewhere in the videos. At 1,1kg the fuel cell is pretty heavy, it can be made much lighter.

Full scale developments:
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By the way, the pictures are not mine, they were made by Paul-Henri Tirtiaux & Patrick Bossin from Belgium. Unfortunately, I could not visit the Aspach electric event, my back is giving me troubles (that's what you get when you're over 2 meters (6'7") and over 44 :twisted: ), I could not drive the 450km. Next year ...