Posted by axxxr
This is the world's first manned airplane powered by AA BATTERIES.The one-man airplane has a wingspan of 102 feet and is powered by 160 AA Matsushita Oxyride batteries.
It soared as high as 5.2 meters, stayed in the air for 59 seconds and covered a distance of 391 meters (428 yards) at a private airport owned by Honda.
Yahoo News
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Posted by Xugaa
Lol nice...
Must take a lot though.
Ties in quite nicely with my 'plastic commercial planes' news thread yesterday.
Posted by fatreg
41p a metre??
thats £128,000 to get to Paris..
not exactly cheap is it?
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Posted by amnesia
on a side note, matsushita is panasonic in japan
Posted by jcwhite_uk
matsushita is Pansonics parent company. They also own Technics
Posted by WelshTom
well you learn something new everyday!
Posted by quickhippo
160 batteries
christ
hope they didnt use tesco value ones, still a glider dont even really need an engine once its airborne!