With serious market opportunities, through the right technical base, the world needs zero-emission smaller passenger carriers – this is the essence of Pipistrel’s development concept, which has now been reported by the Slovenian manufacturer.
The hybrid-powered Urban Liner could bring a real breakthrough in passenger air transport, which is no better than Soma Varga and two of his fellow students recently winning the NASA Design Challenge, allowing them to present their plan to US space agency engineers in Langley.
After the already successful small electric-powered machines, Pipistrel is starting a new direction of development, and the Slovenian manufacturer plans to launch a hydrogen-powered regional passenger carrier within 10 years.
Two hybrid aircraft factory start-ups that have rejuvenated the same old aircraft. One is American, called Ampaire, which is an acronym that offers electrical attachment in the air. The other is a French company, VoltAero, which developed a hybrid power plant from a Nissan car engine.
Kawasaki is best known for their super-fast engines, although the Japanese company has been interested in a range of industries from gun manufacturing to aircraft engines.
Some of the aircraft of the future will certainly run on hydrogen, so it is vital that it be cheap and easy to produce.







