Solar Impulse: Around the World in a Solar Plane from high flying romance Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 55 min 76 sec ✓ Published: 05-Jun-2013
Description: Solar Impulse is the first airplane that can fly day and night without fuel. This revolutionary carbon-fiber plane has the wingspan of a Boeing 747 and the weight of a small car. The 12,000 solar cells built into the wing provide four 10-HP electric motors with renewable energy. By day the solar cells recharge the plane’s 881-pound lithium batteries, which allow the plane to fly at night.nnOn June 3, 2013, Claude L. Michel and Francine Palmer of Solvay discussed this innovative solar-powered a
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