Solar Impulse – Flea Hop Helio Cam
Monday, January 11th, 2010 at
11:00 pm
next phase: the solar flight tests, André Borschberg announced. During the current tests, which are primarily intended to provide information on the handling of the prototype, acceleration and braking distance as well as propulsion, the solar panels have not yet been connected. In the next few weeks HB-SIA will be dissembled and made ready for the go to Payerne. It is from there that the airplane will make its test flights powered by solar energy in early 2010 right through to the first …
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Congratulations on this first flight. Looking forward to the next ones.
Es un hermoso aeroplano!!!
very awesome plane
i really looking forward to see some expended flights 
will this technology also be useable on airliner size planes?
excellent luck in your flights
A wonderful achievement in it’s own right, congratulations
I reckon this is to show, like in the “Dubai” case, that with determination, will and, of course, large amounts of money, anything is possible. Crisis? What crisis?
Remember where you saw it first!
Incredibly inspiring, and very exciting. Does anyone know who scored the music?
hühnerhaut pur!!!!!! ihr seit der absolute wahnsinn!!!!!
Nice !!!
This is history !