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RTW Solar Impulse 2
Surely the most remarkable adventure in this century is the RTW-Flight of swiss made Solar Impulse 2, operating without a single drop of Kerosine or Gas.
The 2.300 kg Solar Impulse 2 is propelled by 4 x 17.5 hp electric-motors powered by the endless energy of the sun, collected during daytime by 17.248 Solar-Cells and stored in Lithium Accu-Packs for the night. The RTW-Flight is divided into 12 independent flight-segments with planned endurance-time between one and five days lasting flights. Two of the 12 segments have already been performed without any problems, 10 more flights must be done. The complete RTW-journey lasts until July - August, depending on wether-conditions during spring and summer 2015 at the northern hemisphere. UL-Segelflug.de has just started a new blog-series about the outstanding solar-project. The "Kickstart-Blog", describing the adventure in details can be read via the following link: http://www.ul-segelflug.de/blog/rtw-...impulse-2.html Estimate departure for next flight-operation is March 18th, ETD 00:30 UTC / ETA 14:00 UTC. All flights can be monitored via Flight-Tracker and/or Live-TV and all flights will be accompanied by blogs at UL-Segelflug.de/blog/rtw-solar-impulse-2.html. Best regards from Germany Klaus |
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