Aerodynamism is the main line of thought for designers who strive to create intense machines. A lot goes into the thought process especially when deciding the shape of the machine to be created as it is the shape that determines how quickly the machine will cut through the air.

A few people prefer being observant than investing their time on the thought process and believe me it pays for a Swiss Designer got the aerodynamism clue from the Tuna , which is the fastest swimming fish under water .

It was a dream Koni Schafroth saw back in 2002 and it gained realistic proportion as a battery powered Smart fish( Airplane) emulating the shape of the tuna as the experts at Lausanne’s EPFL Technical University ]observed that it was potentially faster and more potent than a conventional aircraft when they tested it in the wind tunnel .

Whilst Schafroth and his team Smart fish had other plans; in five years of its evolvement the Smart fish has changed into a Hyfish, which is a hydrogen fuel propelled aircraft, an outcome of his collaboration with Institute for Technical Thermodynamics of the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Stuttgart.

The resultant of the collaboration was that the Hyfish took flight for the first time at the beginning of this month and now the company plans to develop a 20-seater aircraft based on a similar concept, which according to them would be more economical and eco-friendly.

At a time when the cars are not getting enough motivation to go green, if an airplane based on such a concept is produced it will be a sardonic clout on the faces of the automakers, who give more than one phony reasons for the move on of green projects.

Courtesy :Gizmag67302