Bbc Solar Panel Plane

It will be the first ever manned night flight on a plane propelled exclusively by solar energy.

Bbc solar panel plane.

An independent survey of mr thompson s system showed even after 20 years the income from. The bbc s mark lobel reports from abu dhabi. A solar plane which can stay aloft for weeks at a time is to be manufactured by airbus in the uk. Image caption the financial services ombudsman said it had received 2 000 complaints about solar panels.

A solar powered plane is getting ready to hit the skies once again this time at night. Media caption take off occurred at 23 30 gmt. The carbon fibre aircraft has a huge wingspan which at 72m is wider than a boeing 747 jet. Bbc solar and more specialize in industrial commercial federal state and local government custom turnkey projects in water separation technologies solar outdoor led lighting systems and utility scale solar power solutions.

Media caption andre borschberg gives the bbc a guided tour of the solar plane. The zero fuel aeroplane solar impulse has left the egyptian capital cairo on the last leg of its global tour. The flight should last about 48 hours. Solar plane takes off on test flight jump to media player a solar powered plane that will try to fly around the world in 2015 is making its first test flight after taking off in switzerland.

Close share panel media playback is unsupported on your device media caption the bbc s john sudworth watched solar impulse take off from nanjing on the most difficult phase of its round the world. And yet the vehicle.