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Solar Electric Powered Aircraft
As a follow up to the SunSeeker aircraft information originally posted to this message thread, here is information on NASA's solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...der/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/h...athfinder.html September 2005: In this 40 second video, NASA's solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus undergoes Turbulence Measurement Flight Tests. http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...M-0023-11.html ================================================== ===================== On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:56:35 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote in :: Could this be the future? Sunseeker http://solar-flight.com/ The Solair 2 http://www.solair.de/timer.htm is a second generation solar electric powered aircraft. Here are the specification (in German): http://www.solair.de/frame.htm English language information is he http://www.delago.de/solair/EHome.htm Builders other projects: http://solar-flight.com/davespics/dedication.htm Zephyr 3, a solar-powered propeller-driven vehicle, is set to fly to 132,000 feet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3016082.stm Sanswire Networks stratellite: http://www.economist.com/science/tq/...ory_id=3423026 AeroVironment's Helios: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Pho...ios/index.html http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Education/E...aii/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/r...st/helios.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...ews/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...002/02-24.html A history of solar powered aircraft is he http://www.solarflugzeuge.de/ |
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Solar Electric Powered Aircraft
Hi,
interesting video's (all the links worked for me!) but it begs the question, what has happened since? Malcolm... "Larry Dighera" wrote in message ... As a follow up to the SunSeeker aircraft information originally posted to this message thread, here is information on NASA's solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...der/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/h...athfinder.html September 2005: In this 40 second video, NASA's solar-powered Pathfinder-Plus undergoes Turbulence Measurement Flight Tests. http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Mov...M-0023-11.html ================================================== ===================== On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:56:35 GMT, Larry Dighera wrote in :: Could this be the future? Sunseeker http://solar-flight.com/ The Solair 2 http://www.solair.de/timer.htm is a second generation solar electric powered aircraft. Here are the specification (in German): http://www.solair.de/frame.htm English language information is he http://www.delago.de/solair/EHome.htm Builders other projects: http://solar-flight.com/davespics/dedication.htm Zephyr 3, a solar-powered propeller-driven vehicle, is set to fly to 132,000 feet http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3016082.stm Sanswire Networks stratellite: http://www.economist.com/science/tq/...ory_id=3423026 AeroVironment's Helios: http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Pho...ios/index.html http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Education/E...aii/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/r...st/helios.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...ews/index.html http://www.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/n...002/02-24.html A history of solar powered aircraft is he http://www.solarflugzeuge.de/ |
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