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AeroDelft Students Prepare for Hydrogen Aircraft Flight Testing
During the "Cleaner Skies" event at Valkenburg Airport in the Netherlands, the Delft University of Technology's AeroDelft team gave an update on their plans to develop hydrogen-powered aircraft.
AeroDelft Phoenix FS
The AeroDelft team of aerospace engineering students is using a kit-built Sling 4 composite airplane as the basis for its planned hydrogen-powered manned aircraft. (Image: AeroDelft)

The AeroDelft student innovation team at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands is preparing to fly its Phoenix PT hydrogen aircraft. Initially, the unmanned aircraft prototype will be powered by electric batteries, but subsequently, the aerospace engineering students intend to convert it to gaseous hydrogen and later to liquid hydrogen.

During a briefing on July 31, the AeroDelft team also announced plans to develop a piloted, hydrogen-powered aircraft called the Phoenix FS. The students will build this around a four-seat Sling 4 kit-built aircraft that they took delivery of last week.