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Airbus, GE, Safran and CFM announce new hydrogen propulsion A380 demonstrator
Airbus, GE, Safran and CFM announced earlier today that they’d be making use of a retired Airbus A380 to test new hydrogen propulsion technologies. (www.aviationweekly.org) More...
Fascinating project but I can't help but wonder if there's government money coming into this exercise to make it worthwhile financially or politically, because from a commercial standpoint hydrogen fuel isn't feasible. It's low energy density, the cost of electricity to produce it, the fact that its made from fossil fuel in large quantities...it just doesn't make a lot of sense, at least for the foreseeable future.
Safer than a Lithium-ion battery on the Felicty Ace car carrier ......
A useless project. Hydrogen is low in energy per gallon. You'll have to use the entire fuselage as a fuel tank to put enough energy into the aircraft to get enough range to matter. I understand the attraction, but the application doesn't seem logical.
Butless chemtrails in the Air make me feel like I can come out of my safe place. This makes me all warm and tingly.
On a serious note, the research would be interesting and why not make good use of an A380? I still think it's sort of a pipe dream. Hydrogen did not work out well with public transportation or when the US Army toyed with the idea in Humvees and the duece and a half replacement.
On a serious note, the research would be interesting and why not make good use of an A380? I still think it's sort of a pipe dream. Hydrogen did not work out well with public transportation or when the US Army toyed with the idea in Humvees and the duece and a half replacement.
Yep. If the geniuses at Lockheed couldn't figure it out with Project Suntan before they redirected toward the A-12/SR-71, then I don't see the current crop doing better. The Skunkworks dropped if for the same reasons I noted. They couldn't build a flying thermos bottle big enough to get sufficient range.
