Comments on: Solar Impulse Completes World’s First Solar-Powered Intercontinental Flight! http://inhabitat.com/solar-impulse-has-completed-the-worlds-first-solar-powered-intercontinental-flight/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Sat, 25 May 2013 19:09:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Rijal http://inhabitat.com/solar-impulse-has-completed-the-worlds-first-solar-powered-intercontinental-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-427084 Rijal Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:18:22 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=395507#comment-427084 Mark,Wiring connection blcoks, can be covered up well with some grades of hot glue, and this can then be removed, if needed, with lighter fuel (petrol). An electric drill with a chuck key placed in it can act as a vibrator, to even out the silicon potting compound. Mark,Wiring connection blcoks, can be covered up well with some grades of hot glue, and this can then be removed, if needed, with lighter fuel (petrol). An electric drill with a chuck key placed in it can act as a vibrator, to even out the silicon potting compound.

]]> By: moto electric http://inhabitat.com/solar-impulse-has-completed-the-worlds-first-solar-powered-intercontinental-flight/comment-page-1/#comment-384555 moto electric Thu, 07 Jun 2012 12:59:21 +0000 http://inhabitat.com/?p=395507#comment-384555 Congratulations To Solar Impulse! This just proves that we CAN find other viable fuel sources for all forms of transportation. Here's another possibility -- electric flight.... The German aircraft company E-Volo has recently successfully completed the first manned flight of an electric “multicopter”. Like its cousins the helicopter and quadracopter, the aircraft gets its lift from a set of electric motor-driven propellers – in this case sixteen of them! Until recently, all of the craft’s flights have been unmanned. But in late October, 2011, E-Volo accomplished its first manned flight in southwest Germany, lasting about a minute and a half. Thomas Senkel, the designer/builder of the multicopter, piloted the aircraft from a center-mounted seat, utilizing a handheld wireless control unit. The test flight covered a relatively small amount of area, but proved that the technology is a viable alternative to gasoline powered flight. While it may be some time before a commercial version is available, Senkel estimates that it will be practical for flights of 10 to 30 minutes, depending on payload and battery capacity. To read more and link to a video of this unusual flight, visit http://www.zeitnews.org/transportation/first-ever-manned-flight-of-an-electric-multicopter-takes-place-in-germany.html Congratulations To Solar Impulse! This just proves that we CAN find other viable fuel sources for all forms of transportation.

Here’s another possibility — electric flight….

The German aircraft company E-Volo has recently successfully completed the first manned flight of an electric “multicopter”. Like its cousins the helicopter and quadracopter, the aircraft gets its lift from a set of electric motor-driven propellers – in this case sixteen of them!

Until recently, all of the craft’s flights have been unmanned. But in late October, 2011, E-Volo accomplished its first manned flight in southwest Germany, lasting about a minute and a half. Thomas Senkel, the designer/builder of the multicopter, piloted the aircraft from a center-mounted seat, utilizing a handheld wireless control unit. The test flight covered a relatively small amount of area, but proved that the technology is a viable alternative to gasoline powered flight.

While it may be some time before a commercial version is available, Senkel estimates that it will be practical for flights of 10 to 30 minutes, depending on payload and battery capacity. To read more and link to a video of this unusual flight, visit http://www.zeitnews.org/transportation/first-ever-manned-flight-of-an-electric-multicopter-takes-place-in-germany.html

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