The technical characteristics of solar Power No. 2nd

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Author: User

March 31 2 o'clock in the morning, Swiss Sunshine Power 2nd flew to China's Chongqing.


What are the technical features of this solar powered aircraft?



The wingspan of Sun Power 2nd is 71. 9 m, with the Airbus A380 wing spread


Not much, however, its fuselage weighs only 2. 3, less than Airbus A380 heavy



Volume of 0.5%. Sun Power 2nd, it's big, it's very heavy.


Light, the fuselage skeleton all uses the carbon new material, is also light and hard. Solar Power 2


, it looks like a "big kite" and "floats" in the sky without a sound. Day


Flight speed is 90 km/h and 60 km/h at night.




Solar power 2nd has 4 engines, each 17. 4 HP, Power consumption


13-kilowatt. Powered by a solar battery during the day and 4 high-quality lithium-ion storage at night



Battery powered. Each battery capacity is 41-kilowatt hours. This shows that the evening must


To fly slowly, you must save electricity. 4 Lithium batteries with a total weight of 633 kg, to "gale



Zheng ", is already very heavy.



Sun Power 2nd Cruising altitude is 8,500 meters, the maximum flight height is 1


Million 2-kilometer. Generally flying above the clouds, the sun is plentiful. In rainy days can also


To take off, through the clouds, to fly under the sun.







Sun Power No. 2nd, wing surface Base 265. 5 sqm, with


17,248 PV cells with a peak output power of 66-kilowatt. During the day


When sailing, the maximum power consumption of the engine is 52-kilowatt, the PV cell is 10,000 extra.


Watt to charge the lithium battery.



As solar power 2nd, Global sailing takes 5 days 5 nights to fly over the Pacific Ocean.


(It is necessary to fly over more than 8,000 kilometres of sea without an airport to dock),


Cockpit equipment must be very advanced, maintain constant temperature, constant pressure, with automatic navigation set


The pilot can rest well.




Description: According to the booking plan, solar power 2nd, today, 6 o'clock in the morning, fly south.


Beijing. During the stay in Nanjing, open to the domestic public, in order to enjoy the "big kite."



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The technical characteristics of solar Power No. 2nd

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