Steam powered plane?

Some questions are easier than others, and the other day came from a man from the Midwest who asked if there had been any innovation in steam-powered aircraft since 1935. Yes, that's a tough question even for an online think tank.

Steam powered plane? I know NASA and the USAF Research Laboratories build nuclear planes so they can fly indefinitely without fuel, so I imagined nuclear power would produce steam to power the planes, which would be in the 1960s or early 1970s.

They knew that we were going to build a steam-powered airplane with new materials. Carbon nanotube construction will make this possible. There are also full-size fuel cell planes on Boeing to small UAVs with NASA. The fuel cell gives off a lot of heat during the conversion process. I wonder if you can use that power too? combo.

Of course, the water on a plane weighs 8.2 pounds per gallon. Could you use Indian research and make water out of the air relatively easily in an airplane, condense it from the low pressure area around the wings and fuselage, collect it and then extract the water without having to carry it very far? But if the ambient temperature is too low (2 degrees per thousand feet), then the more you have to heat it, the more energy is needed?

If you go too high, the water will turn into ice and therefore difficult to collect. Maybe you can use an accordion to break ice or heat up steam. Of course, I hope this article was interesting and thought provoking. The goal is simple; to assist you in your quest to be the best in 2007. Thank you for reading my many articles on various topics of interest to you.

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