A group of students from Tokyo Institute of Technology managed to build an airplane that is powered by 160 AA batteries. They are claiming it is the first manned plane powered by conventional dry-cell batteries. The project was co-sponsored by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., who of course makes the batteries. I will have to check into these new batteries – we go through quite a few in my household since just about every toy my son has needs one.
That Thing'll Never Fly…but It Did!
July 17, 2006 By Leave a Comment