Will they manage to pull it off?
Airbus has announced that it's strapping an experimental hydrogen fuel cell engine to a modified A380 superjumbo jet, an exciting new foray into the concept of powering commercial passenger aircraft with hydrogen alone.
"In terms of aerodynamics, the A380 is a very stable aircraft," said Mathias Andriamisaina, head of ZEROe demonstrators and tests at Airbus, in aAirbus already showed off previous concepts of aircraft that could make use of both hydrogen fuel cells and traditional combustion engines. The company, however, believes aircraft could still achieve flight with hydrogen alone.
Then there's the fact that the production of hydrogen has proven challenging, costly, and potentially environmentally harmful as well.
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