Solar/Electric plane

[Nobuo]

very sad news. :?

I bet also they were maybe overcharging them, at relatively high temperatures, charging to 100% SOC would be not exactly healthy for the Li-Po batteries.
Are there any info about max cell voltage they were charging?

 

[The fingers]

At least they're not trying to set a speed record. Maybe they'll have spare parts waiting for them at their next stops.

 

[LockH]

Despite the hard work of the Solar Impulse team to repair the batteries which overheated in the record breaking oceanic flight from Nagoya to Hawaii, the solar powered airplane of Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg will stay in Hawaii until early spring 2016.

http://www.solarimpulse.com/leg-8-from-Nagoya-to-Hawaii

 

[LockH]

Solar-powered plane lands in California after Pacific crossing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/solar-powered-plane-lands-california-pacific-crossing-071159698.html

...will stop in New York before a transatlantic flight to Europe. From there the pilots plan to make their way back to the point of departure in Abu Dhabi.

 

[Ykick]

Solar-powered plane lands in California after Pacific crossing
https://www.yahoo.com/news/solar-powered-plane-lands-california-pacific-crossing-071159698.html

...will stop in New York before a transatlantic flight to Europe. From there the pilots plan to make their way back to the point of departure in Abu Dhabi.

'Sounds like they got the battery issues solved.

Celebrate the arrival of solar flight NYC, hit Broadway!

I resemble that remark, haha...

If I was a solo pilot flying an experimental solar plane across the Pacific, I'd want to be named 'Yikes' too. Will there be a crowd waiting in NYC?

Gonna try to see it when comes through NY...

 

[The fingers]

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/c...Monday-Following-Extended-Stay-377761671.html
The Solar Impulse 2 will be leaving the Bay Area Monday morning following an extended stay in the Bay Area due to weather concerns.
The solar plane, which is in the midst of a trip around the world, will take off from Moffett field for a 16-hour flight headed to Phoenix, Arizona.
Crewmember Elke Neumann said crosswinds in Phoenix had been too high for the plane's expansive 236-ft wingspan to bear, giving the team cause to stay in the Bay Area a little longer than they had planned. The team was planning on taking off on Friday.
All told, the plane and its crew spent a week in the Bay Area after making a 3-day flight from Hawaii across the pacific. The pilot, Andre Borschberg, spent a whopping 62 hours straight inside the small cockpit during the journey.
Solar Impulse 2 will make three more stops in the U.S. before crossing the Atlantic Ocean to Europe or Northern Africa.

 

[LockH]

10 min ago
Close moment
Si2, in the commands of André Borschberg, has already completed 87% of the journey (1068km) to Phoenix!

http://www.solarimpulse.com/leg-10-from-San_Francisco-to-Phoenix

 

[LockH]

Got four hours to watch?
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[LockH]

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[LockH]

After a flight of 1570 km, ‪#‎Si2‬ successfully landed in Tulsa, ‪Oklahoma‬.
http://blog.solarimpulse.com/post/144282955430/bertrand-landed-oklahoma-tulsa

goal now is to reach New York as soon as possible in order to have enough time to find a clear weather window to cross the Atlantic.

8)

 

[LockH]

E-Mail rec'd just now (From "Google+" Mon May 16 05:42:35 2016):

BREAKING NEWS: Bertrand Piccard will fly tomorrow from Phoenix to Tulsa Oklahoma! Takeoff time: 10AM UTC

 

[LockH]

Three hours ago email:

BREAKING: André Borschberg will takeoff from Tulsa, May 21st at 09:00 UTC, 04:00 LT to Dayton ‪Ohio‬

 

[The fingers]

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/solar-impulse-2-airplane-sun-lands-new-york-city/
Night landing video is cool. 8) Wonder if any UFO sightings reported? :lol:
http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q...=-1&sk=&cvid=E831B972BA3D48DF8D1DA50E2517E426

 

[LockH]

hehe... I posted elsewhere, may remind some about the Zeppelin "airship" flying around NYC back in 1937:

... but SHE had 36 passengers and 61 crewmen and was powered by five 550 horsepower (410 kW) gas/propane engines. :wink:

 

[LockH]

"Solar plane completes first fuel-free flight around the world"
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...free-flight-around-the-world/article31111422/