Archive for the ‘Solar Powered Vehicles’ Category
Solar Impulse – Unveiling Webcast 2/4
The first manned flight around the world in a solar-powered airplane that is Solar Impulse´s groundbreaking project which is about to stretch the limits of todays possibilities. Innovative technology, smart resource management and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of its success. Deutsche Bank is proud to be Main Partner of Solar Impulse.
Duration : 0:9:39
Solar Impulse – Unveiling Webcast 1/4
The first manned flight around the world in a solar-powered airplane that is Solar Impulse´s groundbreaking project which is about to stretch the limits of todays possibilities. Innovative technology, smart resource management and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of its success. Deutsche Bank is proud to be Main Partner of Solar Impulse.
Duration : 0:9:41
Solar Impulse – Unveiling Webcast 1/4
The first manned flight around the world in a solar-powered airplane that is Solar Impulse´s groundbreaking project which is about to stretch the limits of todays possibilities. Innovative technology, smart resource management and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of its success. Deutsche Bank is proud to be Main Partner of Solar Impulse.
Duration : 0:9:41
Solar Impulse – Unveiling Webcast 1/4
The first manned flight around the world in a solar-powered airplane that is Solar Impulse´s groundbreaking project which is about to stretch the limits of todays possibilities. Innovative technology, smart resource management and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of its success. Deutsche Bank is proud to be Main Partner of Solar Impulse.
Duration : 0:9:41
Solar Impulse – Unveiling Webcast 1/4
The first manned flight around the world in a solar-powered airplane that is Solar Impulse´s groundbreaking project which is about to stretch the limits of todays possibilities. Innovative technology, smart resource management and a pioneering spirit are the cornerstones of its success. Deutsche Bank is proud to be Main Partner of Solar Impulse.
Duration : 0:9:41
Helios aircraft in flight
The Helios Prototype is an enlarged version of the Centurion flying wing, which flew a series of test flights at Dryden in late
1998. The craft has a wingspan of 247 feet, 41 feet greater than the Centurion, 2 1/2 times that of its solar-powered Pathfinder flying wing, and longer than either the Boeing 747 jetliner or Lockheed C-5 transport aircraft. It is one of several remotely-
piloted aircraft, also known as uninhabited aerial vehicles or UAV’s, being developed as technology demonstrators by several small airframe manufacturers under NASA’s Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology (ERAST) project.
Developed by AeroVironment, Inc., of Monrovia, Calif., this unique craft is intended to demonstrate two key missions: the ability to reach and sustain horizontal flight at 100,000 feet altitude on a single-day flight, and to maintain flight above 50,000 feet altitude for at least four days, both on electrical power derived from non-polluting solar energy. During later flights, AeroVironment’s flight test team will evaluate new motor-control software which may allow the pitch of the aircraft – the nose-up or nose-down attitude in relation to the horizon – to be controlled entirely by the motors. If successful, productions versions of
the Helios could eliminate the elevators on the wing’s trailing edge now used for pitch control, saving weight and increasing the area of the wing available for installation of solar cells.
Duration : 0:0:41
Aviation Firsts: NASA’s Solar Powered Helios
http://www.WatchMojo.com video on Aviation Firsts: In 2001 NASA’s solar powered Helios aircraft first flew over Hawaii.
Duration : 0:0:16
homemade solar powered desktop plane
just for fun, i took one of those solar garden light circuit, soldered in some AAA NiCad’s and a two way switch to select “charge” or “run” mode, bent up some coat hanger, and threw everything on top of a vcr head. then i made a plane out of misc parts, and balanced everything.
yes, it runs by itself, but it takes a couple hours to charge up.
Duration : 0:1:3
Solar Sailor – Solar Powered Ferries
Hong Kong waters will soon be home to four new solar-powered hybrid ferries being built by a local shipyard using a design and expertise provided by an Australian company called Solar Sailor. The vessels are being purchased by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as part of a HK$350 million (US$45 million) drive to make the city more environmentally conscious, but are also seen as a way to help the world chart a course toward a future where green technology makes good business sense.
Duration : 0:4:12
Solar Sailor – Solar Powered Ferries
Hong Kong waters will soon be home to four new solar-powered hybrid ferries being built by a local shipyard using a design and expertise provided by an Australian company called Solar Sailor. The vessels are being purchased by the Hong Kong Jockey Club as part of a HK$350 million (US$45 million) drive to make the city more environmentally conscious, but are also seen as a way to help the world chart a course toward a future where green technology makes good business sense.
Duration : 0:4:12