DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9bfw6l/electric_aircraft) has announced the addition of the "Electric Aircraft 2012-2022" report to their offering.
The First And Only Report To Analyse All Forms Of Electric Flying Vehicle From Robot Insects To New Solar Airships, Light Aircraft And Airliners And Give Timelines To 2022
Key Questions Answered:
What is the best selling electric aeroplane and what is the biggest development contract landed for electric aircraft?
Why are microturbine range extenders so interesting and will there be a big retrofit market for electric drives in light aircraft?
Where are fuel cells for aircraft headed and which types of traction battery are favoured and why?
How do smart skin and multiple energy harvesting fit in?
Which are the organisations to watch?
Who Should Buy This Report:
This report is essential reading for chief executives, sales and marketing and business planning vice presidents and those in government, finical institution, consultants etc to understand electric aircraft and where they are headed.
Key Topics Covered:
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
- Introduction to electric aircraft
- Range extenders
- Energy harvesting
- Traction batteries
- Fuel cells
- Comparisons
- Supercapacitors
- Traction motors
- Need for more benchmarking
- Market projections 2011-2022
2. INTRODUCTION
- Definitions and scope
- Needs
- Encouragement
- Impediments
- VESPAS Europe
- Benchmarking best practice with land and seagoing EVs
- Standards and rules
- Airport EVs show the way
3. TECHNOLOGIES
- Powertrains
- Pure electric vs hybrid
- Convergence
- Options
- Range extenders
- Airliner superconducting motor with range extender
- Motors
- Batteries
- Fuel cells
- Supercapacitors, supercabatteries
- What is a capacitor?
- Supercabattery
- Energy harvesting
- Other energy harvesting
- Regenerative soaring
- Power beaming
- Hybrid powertrains in action
- Multifuel and monoblock engines
- Bye Energy USA, France
- Lotus UK
- Microturbines - Bladon Jets, Capstone, ETV Motors, Atria
- Hybrid aircraft projects
- Rethinking the structural design
4. SMALL UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES AND OTHER EXOTICA
- SUAV
- Aurora Skate UAV wins border protection award
- Aerovironment small AUVs
- Rotomotion
- Robot insects
- Reconnaissance bugs and bats
- Nano air vehicle
- Lite Machines Corporation USA
- Large electrical UAVs
- Phantom Works USA plane-car
- Flying motorcycle Samson Motorworks
- Japanese solar sail to Venus
5. ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT IN ACTION
- Alatus Ukraine
- Alisport Silent Club Italy
- APAME France
- Diamond Aircraft, Siemens, EADS
- EADS Germany, France
- Electravia France
- Electric Aircraft Corporation USA
- Falx USA
- Flightstar USA
- Lange Aviation Germany
- Pipistrel Slovenia
- Renault France
- Russian Government
- Sikorsky USA
- SkySpark
- Sonex USA
- Sunrise USA
- Tokyo Institute of Technology Japan
- Tokyo University Japan
- Windward Performance USA
- University of Cambridge UK
- Yuneec International China
- Potential for electric airliners
- Airliner electric nose wheel for taxiing
- APU powered electric nose wheel
- Fuel cell powered electric nose wheel
6. 15 YEAR TIMELINE AND MARKET NUMBERS
- Forecast sales 2011-2021
- Energy efficient aircraft - the next 15 years
- Swarming, self-healing networks of UAVs
For more information, including table of contents, please visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/9bfw6l/electric_aircraft