The Japanese students of Tokyo Institute of Technology in collaboration with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. have successfully designed and flown a airplane which was powers by the dry cell batteries.
The plane was in air for about 59 sec and covered the distance of 391 meters and rose to the altitude of 5 meters during the flight.
The plane was powered by 160 AA-size Panasonic Oxyride dry cell batteries which amounted to total power in terms of watts to 800 watts.
The plane’s weight is just 54-kilos and was flown by a 53 kilo student.
This can be termed as a next big step in personal flying options which are becoming available in the market but don’t know whether it will ever reach the mass production stage.
Via: Trendhunter
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It’s a big big plane and they fly so high.