Comments on: Solar Powered Plane Could Fly for Five Years Straight

By: Charling

Charling — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 06:57:55 +0000

I am interested in solar powered helicopter. Would appreciate the relevant information and articles you could send to me.

Thank you,
Charles

By: sama3033

sama3033 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:57:39 +0000

Why not use this for something constructive? Do we really need a more advanced predator drone to spy on us or fling rockets hither and yon? Why not use it to tow carbon scrubbers through the atmosphere for five years? A fleet of them might do the planet some good

By: Myint Aung

Myint Aung — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 06:23:28 +0000

most better for the human bing craft in the world

By: DocWu

DocWu — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:54:08 +0000

I can see this being useful as an alternative to communications satellites. Low speed wouldn’t be a disadvantage. The idea is to stay aloft for long periods of time, not cover distances. Speed takes more energy.

By: Ben H

Ben H — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:22:27 +0000

But to be useful in military applications, you’d have to already control the airspace.
And build it with larger surfaces to get the lift you’d need to support the equipment.
140 miles an hour might sound speedy to us mere land dwellers, but for an aircraft, its down right sluggish.
It’d be like a big pelican, lazily hovering above.

By: slinkyzomo

slinkyzomo — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:19:54 +0000

Wow, that is one cool looking craft!

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