Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 5, Issue s1, 109(2007)
Application of the laser energy transmission technology to drive a small airplane
A small flying object (kite plane) was successfully driven by using the laser energy transmission technology. A demonstration test was done in a large baseball dome stadium. A long-time flight of a kite plane flying at an altitude of 50 m and with a circulating radius of 10 m has been accomplished. It has been shown that the technology is applicable to practical use such as a reconnaissance flight in natural disasters.
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Nobuki Kawashima, Kazuya Takeda, Kyoichi Yabe, "Application of the laser energy transmission technology to drive a small airplane," Chin. Opt. Lett. 5, 109 (2007)