Hi Everybody,
http://www.solarimpulse.com/en/airplane/hb-sia/
Guess he's up now . . .
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Hey Pete - thanks for that link. The Animation - that zooms around the
plane - and the Targets that pop up info on the parts - is very
interesting indeed!!!
-K-
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Hi Everybody,
http://www.solarimpulse.com/en/airplane/hb-sia/
Guess he's up now . . .
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Pete
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If the sun goes in do they have to lean out and shine torches on the
wings?
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On 06/05/2012 01:33 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
> If the sun goes in do they have to lean out and shine torches on the
> wings?
Hi Alan,
They took off in the dark. They must have some batteries. The guy sleeps
part of the time, must have some sort of autopilot, too.
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... This phase being the most critical, the main constraint is the one
imposed by the batteries. Still heavy, they require a drastic reduction of
the weight of the rest of the plane, so as to optimize the whole energy
chain and to maximize the aerodynamic performance provided by using a high
aspect ratio wing with a low-speed profile. With an energy density of
240Wh/kg, the lithium polymer accumulators weigh 400kg, or more than ¼ of
the total mass of the plane.
Batteries it does have.
Michael Oke, II
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On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 10:51 AM, Pete Theisen <petetheisen@verizon.net>wrote:
> On 06/05/2012 01:33 PM, Alan Bourke wrote:
> > If the sun goes in do they have to lean out and shine torches on the
> > wings?
>
> Hi Alan,
>
> They took off in the dark. They must have some batteries. The guy sleeps
> part of the time, must have some sort of autopilot, too.
> --
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>
> Pete
> http://elect-pete-theisen.com/
>
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They are flying above the clouds. In any case the clouds don't block UV
which should be supplying most of the energy.
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> If the sun goes in do they have to lean out and shine torches on the
> wings?
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>
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On 05/06/12 10:39, Kurt Wendt wrote:
> Hey Pete - thanks for that link. The Animation - that zooms around the
> plane - and the Targets that pop up info on the parts - is very
> interesting indeed!!!
>
> -K-
>
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> Hi Everybody,
> http://www.solarimpulse.com/en/airplane/hb-sia/
>
> Guess he's up now . . .
So what's the big deal. We've had solar boats (that's sailboats for you
hillbillies) for millenia.
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