| Some questions are easier than others and the other | | | | Of course with aircraft water weighs 8.2 lbs per |
| evening one came in from a Midwestern Gentleman | | | | gallon of course. You could use the India studies and |
| who asked have there been any innovations in steam | | | | make water out of the air, in an aircraft fairly easy, |
| powered aircraft since 1935? Yes, that is a difficult | | | | condensation from low pressure areas around the |
| question even for an Online Think Tank. | | | | wings and fuselage, collect it and then you have |
| Steam Driven Aircraft? Well I know that NASA and | | | | water without having to carry it very far? But if the |
| the USAF Research Lab was building a nuclear aircraft | | | | ambient temperature is too low (2 degrees per |
| so it could fly unlimited time spans without fuel, so I | | | | thousand feet) then the more you have to heat it up |
| imagine that the nuclear power would have created | | | | the more energy required? |
| steam to propel the plane, that would have been in | | | | If you go too high the water would be ice and thus |
| the 1960s or early 1970s. | | | | pretty much un-collectable. Maybe you could use |
| You know with new materials will make steam driven | | | | harmonic to break the ice or help heat the steam. I |
| aircraft feasible. Carbon Nano-Tube construction | | | | certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has |
| would allow for it. Also there have been fuel cell | | | | propelled thought. The goal is simple; to help you in |
| aircraft full size at Boeing down to a small little UAV | | | | your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for |
| with NASA. Fuel Cells put out a lot of heat in the | | | | reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which |
| conversion process right. Wonder if you could use | | | | interest you. |
| that power too? Combo. | | | | |