Sun Power 2nd can sail round the world without traveling around

recently, the media almost every day has the sun power 2 Solar Aircraft Global sailing

Of the news, however, the solar plane can sail around the world does not mean

The world is two different concepts because of the global voyage and travel. Why?

For example, the Sun power 2 can you fly to Beijing, China? No one seems to ask this question.

Problem. If the solar plane can't fly to Beijing, then we can't say: too

The sun can fly around the world. In fact, solar power 2 can't fly right now .

Beijing. Why?

As the name implies, the so-called "sunshine Power" is driven by the meaning of solar energy. The words of

If there is no sunlight (that is, the sun is not strong enough), the solar plane will not

can fly. Beijing is a high-latitude region, located at Latitude . Generally speaking, Beijing

The sun's intensity is low at noon, and it's not enough to support the solar plane takeoff.

Minimum requirement, unless it is at noon of "Dog Day".

For example, the latitude of Switzerland is northern latitudes $ Harbin City of Heilongjiang province, China

north of the region. In this year 1 months 6 days, Sun Power 2 was "big unloading eight pieces", loaded into the wave

Tone 747 cargo ships are shipped to Abu Dhabi, the UAE capital, and then assembled to prepare this

World voyage. Why Sun Power 2 solar plane can't fly directly to Abu

Jabi That's the truth. At high latitudes, the sun's incidence is too small to

"Direct", resulting in insufficient sunlight intensity.

we've got a white light, sunshine Power. 2 The so-called "Global Voyage", which is essentially along

The "Tropic of Cancer" (Northern latitude at Rather than travel around the world, "any

sex "flight. For example, Abu Dhabi (latitude ), Chongqing (Latitude , South

Beijing (north latitude - (latitude), Hawaii ( + Phoenix (north latitude) -

(latitude), New York - all of these cities are solar powered 2 Number Solar Fly

Of the so-called "global Tour". In essence, This ring of solar power 2

The ball tour is "a journey of the Tropic of Cancer", not a "travel around the world" in real sense.

Alack!

Note: This paper does not take into account the change of day and night to the performance of solar aircraft

Actual impact.

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Sun Power 2nd can sail round the world without traveling around