The battery of the plane is fully charge through 12.000 photovoltaic solar cell from daylight sun which is the usage of photovoltaic is common nowadays.
Powered by twin 20hp engine. By day, the aircraft's cells will generate a peak output 40 hp, part of which will recharge the 880 pounds of advanced lithium-ion batteries. The rest of the power will be fed to the twin brushless, sensorless DC motors, built for maximum efficiency by Etel of Switzerland (which also built the electric motors for the Huygens probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan).
The plane doesn't have landing gear on the wing so it needs help from people to balance the wing at touch down.
The battery of the plane is fully charge through 12.000 photovoltaic solar cell from daylight sun which is the usage of photovoltaic is common nowadays.
Powered by twin 20hp engine. By day, the aircraft's cells will generate a peak output 40 hp, part of which will recharge the 880 pounds of advanced lithium-ion batteries. The rest of the power will be fed to the twin brushless, sensorless DC motors, built for maximum efficiency by Etel of Switzerland (which also built the electric motors for the Huygens probe that landed on Saturn's moon Titan).
The plane doesn't have landing gear on the wing so it needs help from people to balance the wing at touch down.
see video when the plane took off
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X_vluYuRZo
video for wing construction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAITgjez4IQ&feature=related