Solar Panel Plane Around The World

During daylight the solar panels charged the plane s batteries which make up a quarter of the craft s 2 3 tonne weight.

Solar panel plane around the world.

The privately financed project is led by swiss engineer and businessman andré borschberg and swiss psychiatrist and balloonist bertrand piccard who co piloted breitling orbiter 3 the first balloon to circle the world non stop. In order to have enough solar panels to power its propellers the plane would have to be massive but at the same time extremely light. The aircraft called solar impulse 2 took off from abu dhabi heading east to muscat in oman. Across the round the world flight the team overcame technical human and operational challenges that had never been faced before.

With their solar aircraft a flying laboratory full of clean technologies they flew 40 000 km to promote the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency on the ground for a better quality of life. Bertrand piccard and andré borschberg c. Sunpower is proud to be the official solar technology supplier to solarstratos an airplane that will be able to fly as high as 80 000 feet without a drop of. Solar impulse 2 descends to land in muscat on march 9 2015.

Some dreams are so fantastic it takes an unprecedented bid for adventure and glory to see them blossom to fruition. A record breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar powered plane has completed its first leg. Two pilots attempting the first flight around the world in a solar powered plane began the maiden leg of their voyage. Solar impulse is a swiss long range experimental solar powered aircraft project and also the name of the project s two operational aircraft.

The pilot also climbed to 29 000 feet during the day and glided down.