The achievement is already being called one of the biggest in the aviation industry over the past ten years.
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Universal Hydrogen has conducted the first flight of a large aircraft powered by an electric motor powered by hydrogen fuel cells.
We are talking about the 40-seat passenger ship ATR-72, on which one of the two gas turbine engines was replaced with an electric motor, which is powered by hydrogen cells of the so-called megawatt class – meaning power output.
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The second engine was kept the same for safety reasons, but its use was kept to a minimum.
The car spent 15 minutes in the air, reaching a height of 1 km above sea level. If you still do not understand how an airplane can fly on electricity, there is a detailed video on this topic.
In the meantime, the flying car has set a flight distance record.
Source: YouTube / Global Update
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