Electric-powered airplanes could be recharged midflight
4,342 views · Published 17 August 2012 · 0:48 · Indexed 21 October 2026
Channel: News Direct · 2012 · News & Politics
Aviation startup Flight of the Century and its founder, Chip Yates, aim to cross the Atlantic in an electric-powered airplane that could be recharged mid-flight. Electric batteries are heavy and weigh on fuel-efficiency performance. Flight of the Century aims to reduce an electric plane's weight by reducing the batteries kept on board. Instead, power is supplied by batteries stored in an unmanned aerial vehicle. As batteries are depleted, the UAV detaches from its mother craft and is replaced by another UAV. Flight of the Century envision land- and ocean-based refuelling stations around the world that could be used to recharge electric-powered airplanes.
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