A lot of the conversation about electric gliders and airplanes are about how they will never work. Hard to say that about the Duo-Sunseeker. So no conversation.
Eric has been doing some amazing things for years and the Sunseeker is just one more thing well ahead of it's time.
Steve
My last 2000+ hours in hang gliders was in harnesses make by Eric Raymond.
On Monday, August 24, 2020 at 7:08:57 AM UTC-7, kinsell wrote:
Surprising lack of conversation on the revolutionary Sunseker Duo, cover
story of August Soaring. 22 meter two-place glider, covered with solar
cells, able to cruise all day long above the clouds on just solar.
George Bye would be proud.
At 470 kg max gross weight, not a lead sled like some of the other
current products, but lets two svelte people power across the Alps with
ease. Just eat salad.
15 kw motor in the tail delivers a massive 20 hp to get this baby in the
air, then 3 kw of solar cells take over for cruising at 3-5 km all day
long, while also recharging the batteries in flight. Glide ratio of
38:1 delivers LS-4 type performance, albeit at slightly lower speeds.
Read all about it at:
https://www.solar-flight.com/sunseeker-duo/