Solar Impulse Airplane Makes Public Debut In Paris

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Solar Impulse Airplane Makes Public Debut In Paris 26

Posted by timothy on Thursday June 30, 2011 @06:31PM from the how-does-it-lift-all-those-horses dept.

dsmendes writes "The Solar Impulse airplane made its debut at the Paris Air Show with a 20 minute public voyage powered by nothing but solar cells, with 12,000 cells on the wings powering 4 10-horsepower motors."

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Re:Oh, it's manned (Score:4, Informative)

by Cochonou ( 576531 ) writes: on Friday July 01, 2011 @02:26AM (#36630986) Homepage

This is what this plane is doing. It charges its batteries during the day, while flying, and discharges them during the night. It has already flown during a complete day-night cycle.

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