Electric RC aircraft are not known for long ... numbers out of the water with a 10 hour 45 minute flight with an RC plane on battery power. Condensed video after the break. Flight stats right ...

The folks at Flitetest decided to add some extra power to an electric DH.100 Vampire RC plane by adding a butane afterburner. After some testing, and a bit of fire, they were able to make it fly.

Remember that cool RC plane you got for your 13th birthday? The same one that went nose-first into your neighbor's wall on ...

Advanced air mobility (AAM) operator UrbanLink has just signed a new purchase agreement to bring even more electric aircraft to the Southeastern United States. Its latest purchase includes 27 all ...

TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. The big picture: Multiple startups are racing to get electric planes into the skies, but some are closer to achieving this than others.

Your short flights could soon be battery powered Both Air Canada and United Airlines have orders for hybrid-electric airplanes. It's one way the aviation industry is trying to curb its emissions.

But consider that the aircraft burned no fuel and emitted zero emissions. Instead, the plane used an all-electric motor powered by a single battery. Called the e-Genius and built by engineers at ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: What could a future with electric planes look like? $25 tickets, quieter airports, or even shorter runways. Companies have been betting on battery ...

The aviation industry is looking to make flying greener. One idea that’s picking up speed: hybrid airplanes. Electric planes ...

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After all, getting today’s city-hopping turboprop planes off the ground using electric power alone would require around 8 MW of power. But what Airbus has done is a promising start – and reliable HTS ...

Scientists have invented an ultra-strong and lightweight battery made from carbon fibre that they claim is energy-dense enough to power electric planes. Billed as the world’s strongest battery ...