ドイツの燃料電池モーターグライダー　Antares DLR-H2: しなやかな技術研究会

2009/07/15

ドイツの燃料電池モーターグライダー　Antares DLR-H2

　ドイツのGerman Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR)が、燃料電池で駆動するモーターグライダーを開発し、試験飛行を行ったということです。ベースとなったモーターグライダーは、Lange Aviation社のANTARES 20Eで、翼長さは、20m、重量は660kgということです。ヨーロッパでは、これまでも燃料電池で動くモータープレーンが作られ、テストされています。エコな飛行機の試みが盛んです。

-----image(”The Antares DLR-H2 during its technical flight trial in June 2009 at Zweibrucken. The fuel cell is slung under the left wing and the hydrogen tank under the right wing ? with a capacity of either 2 or 4.9 kilograms. The fuel cell system used to power the Antares delivers up to 25 kilowatts of electrical power, and when flying in a straight line, the aircraft only requires about ten kilowatts of power. In this situation, the fuel cell is operating at an efficiency level of approximately 52 percent.　Credit: DLR.”) & text : DLR motor glider Antares takes off in Hamburg ? powered by a fuel cell-----German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR),7 July 2009

" Flying test laboratory will further the development of fuel cells for aerospace applications

Antares DLR-H2, the world's first piloted aircraft capable of taking off using only power from fuel cells, demonstrated this capability at Hamburg Airport. Antares DLR-H2 has been developed by the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR). The Antares flies with zero CO2 emissions and has a much lower noise footprint than other, comparable, motor gliders.
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関連
・Antares DLR-H2 fuel cell aircraft presented at Stuttgart Airport-----German Aerospace Center(DLR),30 September 2008

-----image（”Sketches of the Antares DLR-H2 : On Tuesday 30 September 2008, DLR presented the world’s first self-launching piloted aircraft with fuel cell propulsion at Stuttgart Airport, in the presence of Prime Minister Gunther H. Oettinger of Baden-Wurttemberg: the Antares DLR-H2. Credit: DLR.”） :　上記リリースより