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Mit: primo volo dell'aereo alimentato dal vento ionico

Mini velivolo ecologico e silenzioso che può permettere nuovi sviluppi

Il mini-aereo sviluppato dal Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mit) ha effettuato il suo primo volo in ambiente coperto, alzandosi da terra di circa mezzo metro e percorrendo una distanza di circa 60 metri. A giudicare da questi dati non sembra un gran traguardo ma questo mini velivolo è completamente alimentato dal vento ionico ovvero un flusso ad altissima velocità di ioni, che lo rende silenzioso e...

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Stati Uniti, 11/22/2018 13:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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