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In short. Episode 179, Battery powered plane /

Episode 179 - Battery Powered Plane: In July 2006 a group of students from the Tokyo Institute of Technology had assembled to set an unusual record. They had built an unusual aircraft that weighed just 54 kilograms but with a wingspan of 31 metres it was very fragile. The craft was powered by 160 co...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 2011.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Airplanes > Auxiliary power supply.
Airplanes > Batteries.
Experimental design.
Avions > Source d'énergie auxiliaire.
Plan d'expérience.
Airplanes > Auxiliary power supply
Airplanes > Batteries
Experimental design
documentary film.
Feature films
Documentary films
Short films
Short films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Courts métrages.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Episode 179 - Battery Powered Plane: In July 2006 a group of students from the Tokyo Institute of Technology had assembled to set an unusual record. They had built an unusual aircraft that weighed just 54 kilograms but with a wingspan of 31 metres it was very fragile. The craft was powered by 160 commercially available AA batteries.
Item Description:"A lesson on almost everything".
Title from resource description page (viewed March 11, 2019).
Physical Description:1 online resource (3 minutes)
Playing Time:00:02:31