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OT: Solar Impulse... The Movie

indigo_wolf - 6-7-2010 at 11:58 AM

Off-Topic, but totally cool.



ATB,
Sam

rocfighter - 6-7-2010 at 01:38 PM

Well do they? :puzzled:
I need to know!!!
OK that is cool.

indigo_wolf - 6-7-2010 at 02:02 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by rocfighter
Well do they? :puzzled:
I need to know!!!


You think I would bring you stale news? :sniff: :sniff: :sniff:

This is all happening NOW: Swiss Team to Launch Solar Night Flight

Telemetry was installed on the plane today, 2010-Jul-6

Launch of the first night flight is scheduled for tomorrow, 2010-Jul-7 07:00 (GMT +2).

They'll be posting updates on Facebook and Twitter.... you can also sign up to have updats emailed to you.

Project website is http://www.solarimpulse.com

I love this: "... specially designed plane with a 63.4-meter wingspan -- roughly the size of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet -- and a weight carefully slimmed down to be about that of a family car"

Holy Weight Watchers !!! :o

ATB,
Sam

indigo_wolf - 7-7-2010 at 03:38 PM

All solar generators shut down.

The Solar Impulse is flying on the night side now.

Have no idea why this fascinates me so much.... but it does. :smilegrin:

ATB,
Sam

Drewculous - 7-7-2010 at 08:51 PM

EPIC!!
:smilegrin:

awesome stuff! Really cool plane... just got to make 'em cheap enough so they could fly the masses in them

WIllardTheGrey - 8-7-2010 at 01:20 AM

I just read on the wii news that thay have done the full 24 hours

indigo_wolf - 8-7-2010 at 03:39 AM

Yuppers.... touched down at 09:00 (GMT-2) .... woo hoo :thumbup:

Nowhere even close to running on fumes either ;-) they could have kept going.

ATB,
Sam