Innovators Plan for Nonstop 9-day Trip Around Earth in Hydrogen Plane
The goal for Climate Impulse is to take off unassisted, fly some 40,000 kilometers (about 25,000 miles) around Earth along ...
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RC airplane
Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s ...
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solar airplane
Although not the first to try and build a DIY solar-powered remote control airplane, [ProjectAir]’s recent attempt is the most significant one in recent memory. It follows [rctestflight]’s ...
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Odysseus: a Z-shaped solar aircraft, built for DARPA
DARPA, the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, has set a seemingly impossible task, known as the Vulture program, by calling for an aircraft ... and double-sided solar panels are ...
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The solar-powered aircraft flying high in the atmosphere
The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...
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Fears glare from solar panels could pose risk to overhead aircraft dismissed as energy scheme approved
Plans to fit solar panels to a building close to Airport have been agreed providing there is no risk to pilots flying ...
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BAE systems' solar aircraft completes pivotal 24-hour flight
The company has successfully completed a crucial test of the aircraft. Recent trials conducted at Spaceport America in New Mexico, USA, demonstrated that the solar-powered aircraft can remain ...
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Although no one can say with certainty what planes of the future will look like, one thing that is clear is that they will be better for the environment.
The top of the wings, the fuselage and the tailplane have over 17,000 flexible solar cells embedded in them that charge the batteries to power the plane. If all goes well, the aircraft should ...
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Aircraft Fuel: Examining 5 Different Types
A number of companies (including Solar Flight and Airbus) are working to develop aircraft that can fly on solar energy. Airbus is developing solar cell technology to fly unmanned aerial vehicles ...
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Solar power to the rescue
Recently, the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Mr. Festus Keyamo, said the Federal Government plans to ...
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Solar Impulse 2 pilots recount their soaring moments
the Solar Impulse 2 (SI2), is the largest solar airplane ever built. It is also the first to ever fly around the world in 558 hours, covering 43,041 kilometres, and making 17 stops along the way.
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Solar Airplane
WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. It is the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant transformation. The WIRED conversation illuminates how technology is ...