{"id":11410,"date":"2017-05-05T13:53:58","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T20:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=11410"},"modified":"2017-05-08T09:56:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T16:56:51","slug":"solarstratos-makes-first-flight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/solarstratos-makes-first-flight\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarStratos Makes First Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarstratos.com\/en\/2017\/05\/newsletter-015-en\/\">SolarStratos<\/a>, a feather-light 450 kilogram (990 pound), solar-powered airplane, lifted off for the first time on May 5 in Payerne, Switzerland.\u00a0 Considering its 24.9 meter (81.69 feet) wingspan, the airplane shows designer Calin Gologan\u2019s ability to squeeze performance from every gram of structure.\u00a0 It flies nicely, too, with test pilot Damian Hischier enthusing, \u201cThe plane is very nice to [fly].\u00a0 [Its] reactions are healthy, and we see that it was well designed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11411\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11411\" class=\"wp-image-11411\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Solar-Stratos-liftoff-528x346.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"367\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Solar-Stratos-liftoff-528x346.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Solar-Stratos-liftoff-300x196.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Solar-Stratos-liftoff-768x503.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Solar-Stratos-liftoff.jpg 962w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Liftoff and steady climb belies 32 kW (43 hp) motor<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sharing Payerne Airport with Solar Impulse, SolarStratos represents a different kind of adventure, ready to make five-hour flights to 75,000 feet (two hours up, five hours down).\u00a0 Such flights can carry a pilot and scientific measuring equipment, or for those lucky enough to have the price of admission, a passenger.\u00a0 Passengers on this high stratospheric journey will need to wear a pressure suit, and undoubtedly undergo hours of training on how to behave at such altitudes.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Xz2P_014JRI<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pulse.ng\/world\/solarstratos-stratospheric-solar-plane-makes-first-test-flight-id6630836.html\"><em>The Pulse<\/em> reports<\/a>, \u201cUntil now, reaching the stratosphere has required large quantities of energy or helium.\u00a0 (Editor\u2019s note: now it will only take a sunny day.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReaching an altitude of 25,000 meters (82,000 feet) will pose huge technical and human challenges, SolarStratos points out on its website.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Editor\u2019s Note: Calin Gologan, the plane\u2019s designer, supplied this longer video this morning, May 6. \u00a0It is in French, but most readers will get the idea.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Premier vol r\u00e9ussi pour l&#039;avion solaire Solarstratos\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ea67C5DX-HE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>(He also sent <a href=\"http:\/\/mobile2.24heures.ch\/articles\/590c0c1eab5c37335a000001\">this link<\/a>, which includes this additional video.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"SolarStratos r\u00e9ussit son premier vol\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/59CBIoA_3Ig?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe plane and pilot will also be subject to temperatures as low as -70 degrees Celsius (-94 degrees Fahrenheit), it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd for weight reasons, the aircraft will not be pressurized, forcing [Raphael] Domjan to wear a spacesuit, meaning he will not be able to get out of the plane using a parachute in the case of an emergency, SolarStratos said.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SolarStratos explains, \u201cWith this step completed, we can look forward to the next adventures with peace of mind. Of course, the road to flying at very high altitude is long, but we are confident of getting there. The intention is to get there step by step with confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11412\" style=\"width: 570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11412\" class=\"wp-image-11412\" src=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solarstratos-premier-vol-rezo-18-528x377.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solarstratos-premier-vol-rezo-18-528x377.jpg 528w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solarstratos-premier-vol-rezo-18-300x214.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solarstratos-premier-vol-rezo-18-768x549.jpg 768w, http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/solarstratos-premier-vol-rezo-18.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11412\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even in subdued sunlight, SolarStratos makes fine progress<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Raphael and his co-pilot, Thierry Plojoux, will perform more flight tests, \u201cso that we can demonstrate the aircraft\u2019s flight capabilities at a major event in Quebec in June.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of SolarStratos Roland Loos, appreciates the progress his team has made.\u00a0&#8220;We are particularly pleased to have reached this crucial stage in the development of our project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Raphael Domjan has excellent solar eco-adventure credentials, having helmed PlanetSolar, the largest solar-powered boat in the world, around the world.\u00a0 His enthusiasm for saving the planet matches that of his Payerne neighbors, Bertrand Piccard and Andre\u2019 Borschberg, pilots of the Solar Impulse.\u00a0 The sun shines brightly on that corner of Switzerland, indeed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(Addition; May 8, 2017.) \u00a0<\/strong>Calin wants us to know that\u00a0The manufacturer of The aircraft is Elektra Solar GmbH ( Elektra-solar.com) a Merger of PC-Aero and Elektra-UAS , and at\u00a0same time A spin-off from DLR ( German Aerospace), Institute of Robotics and Mechatronics.<\/p>\n<p>He adds, &#8220;We work very close together with The DLR for Autonomous flight, payloads and flight simulation. \u00a0There is also a bilateral frame Agreement between our company , DLR and SolarXploreres SA.&#8221; \u00a0Calin&#8217;s a busy man: &#8220;I&#8217;m at the same time The CEO of Elektra-Solar and a Shareholder of SolarXplorers SA in Switzerland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fsolarstratos-makes-first-flight%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolarStratos, a feather-light 450 kilogram (990 pound), solar-powered airplane, lifted off for the first time on May 5 in Payerne, Switzerland.\u00a0 Considering its 24.9 meter (81.69 feet) wingspan, the airplane shows designer Calin Gologan\u2019s ability to squeeze performance from every gram of structure.\u00a0 It flies nicely, too, with test pilot Damian Hischier enthusing, \u201cThe plane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,6834,14],"tags":[98,137,323,7884,4895,7885,7886,3477,4894,7887],"class_list":["post-11410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-electric_powerplants","category-solar-power","category-sustainable_ga","tag-andre-borschberg","tag-bertrand-piccard","tag-calin-gologan","tag-damian-hischier","tag-planetsolar","tag-raphel-domjan","tag-roland-loos","tag-solar-aviation","tag-solarstratos","tag-thierry-plojoux"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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