Bbc Solar Panel Plane

A record breaking attempt to fly around the world in a solar powered plane has got under way from abu dhabi.

Bbc solar panel plane.

The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere to avoid commercial air traffic and adverse. Bbc solar and more specialize in industrial commercial federal state and local government custom turnkey projects in water separation technologies solar outdoor led lighting systems and utility scale solar power solutions. Andre borschberg gives the bbc a guided tour of the solar plane the carbon fibre aircraft has a huge wingspan which at 72m is wider than a boeing 747 jet. And yet the vehicle weighs only 2 3.

An independent survey of mr thompson s system showed even after 20 years the income from. The aircraft is very sensitive to the weather conditions but its solar cell and battery. Their plane is wider than a 747 jumbo jet but weighs just 2 3 tonnes which poses some unique challenges. The plane which has 12 000 solar cells is the latest step in the solar impulse project which mr borschberg leads with his business partner and fellow adventurer bertrand piccard.

Image caption the financial services ombudsman said it had received 2 000 complaints about solar panels. The bbc s john sudworth watched solar impulse take off from nanjing on the most difficult phase of its round the world mission swiss pilot andre borschberg has begun his bid to cross the pacific. The team behind the solar impulse project a mission to fly around the world in a plane powered only by the sun has revealed the plane in which the pilots will make their attempt.