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was the bike part of the take off process or was that one of the pilot's mum with his cheese and pickle sandwiches he'dleft at home?Bianchi Infinito CV
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The narrator sounds suprised that it won't be travelling overnight!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:
Why is that?
It's a solar powered plane for f@cks sake.0 -
It does carry a lithium-ion power pack and is supposed to be able to go through the night under ideal conditions. It's limited more by crew fatigue than anything else.0
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What they really need is something like a streamlined balloon type object that they could fill with a lighter than air gas so that it would float. It would be quite big, but that would give them loads of space to put the solar panels to drive the engines. When the sun went down, they could just hang in the air until the next day.
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Capt Slog wrote:What they really need is something like a streamlined balloon type object that they could fill with a lighter than air gas so that it would float. It would be quite big, but that would give them loads of space to put the solar panels to drive the engines. When the sun went down, they could just hang in the air until the next day.0
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Ryanair are flying them but only to destinations around the equator that are 50+ miles from where you want to go.0
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I live in a totally solar powered house, I switch the landing lights on at nightmy isetta is a 300cc bike0
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I suppose if you travelled west at the right speed, then you'd never need to fly at night.
If you wanted to get back home, you'd just have to keep going.0 -
I presume that they left early in the morning to maximise the daylight charging before night.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0
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Things like this really intrique me. I work mainly within the environmental sector, and solar is a big part of that. If they can manage to make it commercially viable to fly planes like these, and sort of some of the kinks, then we are in for some huge carbon reductions!
Can't wait to see what the future brings.0 -
LakesLuddite wrote:I suppose if you travelled west at the right speed, then you'd never need to fly at night
I guess the "ideal conditions" for flying all night include a last gasp dive toward the rising sun to catch some rays before you can pull up again?0