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Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power. The project is led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 21.85 m (71.7 ft)
Wingspan: 63.4 m (208 ft)
Height: 6.40 m (21.0 ft)
Wing area: 11,628 photovoltaic cells rated at 45 kW peak: 200 m2 (2,200 sq ft)
Loaded weight: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × electric motors, powered by 4 x 21 kWh lithium-ion batteries (450 kg), providing 7.5 kW (10 HP) each
Take-off speed: 35 kilometres per hour (22 mph)
Performance
Cruise speed: 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
Endurance: 36 hours (projected)
Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,900 ft) with a maximum altitude of 12,000 metres (39,000 ft)
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power. The project is led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 21.85 m (71.7 ft)
Wingspan: 63.4 m (208 ft)
Height: 6.40 m (21.0 ft)
Wing area: 11,628 photovoltaic cells rated at 45 kW peak: 200 m2 (2,200 sq ft)
Loaded weight: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × electric motors, powered by 4 x 21 kWh lithium-ion batteries (450 kg), providing 7.5 kW (10 HP) each
Take-off speed: 35 kilometres per hour (22 mph)
Performance
Cruise speed: 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
Endurance: 36 hours (projected)
Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,900 ft) with a maximum altitude of 12,000 metres (39,000 ft)
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
André Borschberg, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Pilot, SolarImpulse, Switzerland capture during the Session: "Fuel-Free Flight" at the World Economic Forum - Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Dalian, People's Republic of China 2017. Copyright by World Economic Forum / Sikarin Fon Thanachaiary
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project developed at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power. The project is led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 21.85 m (71.7 ft)
Wingspan: 63.4 m (208 ft)
Height: 6.40 m (21.0 ft)
Wing area: 11,628 photovoltaic cells rated at 45 kW peak: 200 m2 (2,200 sq ft)
Loaded weight: 1,600 kg (3,500 lb)
Max. takeoff weight: 2,000 kg (4,400 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × electric motors, powered by 4 x 21 kWh lithium-ion batteries (450 kg), providing 7.5 kW (10 HP) each
Take-off speed: 35 kilometres per hour (22 mph)
Performance
Cruise speed: 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)
Endurance: 36 hours (projected)
Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,900 ft) with a maximum altitude of 12,000 metres (39,000 ft)
HB-SIB, Solar Impulse 2 on finals for runway 05 at Payerne after a test flight 30 08 2014 during Air 14. Recovery team members cycle out to assist.
The Solar Impulse HB-SIA aircraft inside the hangar built at Phoenix Sky Harbor. The HB-SIA is a solar powered aircraft designed to revolutionize the idea of solar powered flight. With a wingspan of 208 ft., this plane weighs in at 1,600 kg which is roughly the size of a car. On the wings and horizontal stabilizer are 11,628 Monocrystalline Silicon Solar Cells (10,748 on the wing, and 880 on the horizontal stablilizer). The aircraft could have better efficiency but the weight would have been to much for the aircraft.
During the day, each square meter of land surface receives the eqivalent of 1,000 Watts, also equal to 1.3 horsepower. The amount of power put out by it's four brushless, sensorless electric motor is about the same amount of power that the Wright Brother's had available to them in 1903. Four pods are fixed to the underside of the wings that contain the motors, a polymer lithium battery, and a management system controlling the charge and temperature thresholds.
** Currently a more advanced upgraded variant named the HB-SIB is being constructed to take on the challenge of an around the world flight. The pilot will be able to recline his seat for long flights lasting 4 to 6 days. It will also be able to fly through weather if needed.
Nikon D40 + Nikkor VR 55-200mm F/4-5.6 IF ED + Rocketfish UV Filter
Elâ, autour de laquelle je gravite durant mon mandat pour Solar Impulse. Je me suis officiellement déclarée son satellite.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
Solar Impulse lands at DFW.
Now these aren't good pics... night with a moving object, and long distance. But you can see some of what I "tried" to capture. This is a really cool Solar Plane that broke a record flying from Albuquerque, NM to DFW Airport.
It got in early and floated over DFW for over an hour surfing the wind, floating back and forth waiting for the time slot for air traffic to stop and let him land.
It was cool watching it with the crowds until 2:45 in the morning. I have tickets to see it Sat and hope they will let me take photos. Can't wait!
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
Vincent Kobesen, CEO, PTV Group; Jean-Dominique Senard, CEO, Michelin Group; Elisif Elvinsdotter, Moderator,
TV and Radio Journalist for Sweden’s public broadcaster and Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Pilot during the Plenary: Sustainable Transport for All: Planning for Greener and More Inclusive Transport, taking place during the 2014 Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum “Transport for a Changing World” on 23 May 2014 in Leipzig, Germany.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
General view from the spotters mound during Air 14 at Payerne, with Solar Impulse 2 HB-SIB in the circuit.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.
José Viegas. Secretary-General, International Transport Forum; greeting Bertrand Piccard, Initiator and Pilot, Solar Impulse upon his arrival at the Plenary: Sustainable Transport for All: Planning for Greener and More Inclusive Transport, taking place during the 2014 Annual Summit of the International Transport Forum “Transport for a Changing World” on 23 May 2014 in Leipzig, Germany.
Solar Impulse is a Swiss long-range solar powered aircraft project being undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. The project eventually hopes to achieve the first circumnavigation of the Earth by a piloted fixed-wing aircraft using only solar power. The project is led by Swiss psychiatrist and aeronaut Bertrand Piccard, who co-piloted the first balloon to circle the world non-stop, and Swiss businessman André Borschberg.
Piccard initiated the Solar Impulse project in 2003. By 2009, he had assembled a multi-disciplinary team of 50 specialists from six countries, assisted by about 100 outside advisers. The project is financed by a number of private companies. The four main partners are Deutsche Bank, Omega SA, Solvay, and Schindler. Other partners include Bayer MaterialScience, Altran, Swisscom and Swiss Re (Corporate Solutions). Other supporters include Clarins, Semper, Toyota, BKW and STG. The EPFL, the European Space Agency (ESA) and Dassault have provided additional technical expertise, while Bay Area based SunPower provided the aircraft's photovoltaic cells.
Solar Impulse is a European long-range solar powered plane project being undertaken at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne.
The first aircraft, bearing the Swiss aircraft registration code of HB-SIA, is a one-seater, capable of taking off under its own power, and intended to remain airborne up to 36 hours.
This aircraft first flew an entire diurnal solar cycle, including nearly 9 hours of night flying, in a 26-hour flight on 7–8 July 2010.
A slightly larger follow-on design (HB-SIB) is planned to make circumnavigation of the globe in 20–25 days.[
The Solar Impulse SI2 solar airplane lands in Hawaii after five days and nights aloft over the Pacific, traveling thousands of miles without burning a drop of fossil fuel. Pilot Andre Borschberg touched down at Kalaeloa Airport in Honolulu at 6 a.m. on July 3, 2015. Photo taken with a Sony CyberShot DSC-W800.