A fuel cell powered airplane has been designed and constructed at the Georgia Insitute of Technology to develop an understanding of the design and implementation challenges of fuel cell-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A custom 448W net output proton exchange membrane fuel cell powerplant has been constructed and tested. A demonstrator aircraft was designed and built to accommodate this powerplant and the fuel cell powered aircraft has performed seven test flights to date. Test data show that the aircraft performance validates the models used for design and optimization and that the fuel cell aircraft is capable of longer endurance, higher performance test flights.
Test Results for a Fuel Cell-Powered Demonstration Aircraft
Sae Technical Papers
Power Systems Conference ; 2006
2006-11-07
Conference paper
English
FUEL CELL PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS FOR FUEL CELL POWERED AIRCRAFT
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