Next year, pilots will fly an aircraft around the world that is powered by four electric motors and 11,000 solar cells on its wings. “E-mobility,” said Ohlmann, “starts now.” ...

Drones have been fitted with solar cells 20 times thinner than a human hair and proven to be able to sustain long-term flight ...

They could store more power than ever before, leading to planes like the Solar Impulse 2. Starting in 2015, the solar-powered aircraft spent 16 months flying around the world, except it flew at an ...

With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane ... resulting in the airplane plummeting once primary power ran out. Fortunately, all of these are fixable issues, while ...

The team at [Bearospace Industries] has been working on the challenge for the while, and their Solar Dragon aircraft recently had a very successful test flight, producing about 50% more power than ...

The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

Jetcruzer has selected ZeroAvia’s 600kW electric propulsion system to power its development aircraft as it targets ...

It still had the same tri-wheel design with airplane-like aerodynamic ... 12 horsepower diesel was thrown out for all-electric power—aided by solar panels that covered the car’s teardrop ...

Feb 17 (Reuters) - The ePlane Company, an Indian electric aircraft startup ... to revolutionize urban travel by developing battery-powered aircraft, which can take off and land vertically ...

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