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Solar Powered UAV as Senior Design Project for UNLV, designed by myself (Louis Dube) and Corey Ohnstad

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This is the first test of the Solar Soar solar sail plane. The solar panels are not wired to charge the battery yet. This flight was to test the performance of the airplane. There was ballast added to the airplane to put the center of gravity at the quarter chord.

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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.

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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.

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http://www.WatchMojo.com video on Aviation Firsts: In 2001 NASA’s solar powered Helios aircraft first flew over Hawaii.

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Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard has been dreaming for years of becoming the first pilot to circumnavigate the earth using solar energy alone. The dream has come one step nearer to reality with the unveiling of the Solar Impulse, the prototype of a plane that has taken six years to design and build. (Julie Hunt, SF1, swissinfo.ch)

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Shangri-La Construction has completed Hangar 25, the world’s first solar powered airplane hangar. It is the first hangar to achieve Platinum certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System.

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http://www.ted.com For the dawn of a new decade, adventurer Bertrand Piccard offers us a challenge: Find motivation in what seems impossible. He shares his own plans to do what many say can’t be done — to fly around the world, day and night, in a solar-powered aircraft.

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate. Watch a highlight reel of the Top 10 TEDTalks at http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/top10

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CNN’s Cal Perry takes a look at the world’s first solar-powered plane and explains its loose connection to “Star Trek.”

Would you like to know more?
http://www.solarimpulse.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand_Piccard

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Check out “Bertrand Piccard’s Solar-Powered Flight Around the World” see: http://greenupgrader.com/6195/around-world-solar-airplane/ or http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/front/Adventurer_demands_more_green_action.html?siteSect=105&sid=9953579&cKey=1226336174000&ty=st
Hunt Aviation promotional video on a passenger/cargo plane that uses physics and alternative energy for flight.
See solar airplane on youtube at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oNHD41MLMk

For those interested in further discussion on “Air Powered Vehicles” visit: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/airpoweredvehicles

see: http://cyclesantamonica.blogspot.com

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