Solar Flight claims that with two people on board its capable of flights of 12 hours or more.

Sunseeker duo. Eric Raymond was the first person to fly across the United States on solar power in 1990 in Sunseeker 1. SUNSEEKER DUO makes its. He was the first to fly on the suns rays over the Matterhorn in 2009 in Sunseeker 2.

At flyet selv kan genere energi giver også interessante strategiske dilemmaer under flyvning. An empty weight of 280 kg and 1510 solar cells with 23 percent efficiency. About the Sunseeker Duo.

Even Eric and Irena Raymonds SunSeeker Duo a more practical machine performs only day-long flights so far. It has a wingspan of 22 meters. Sunseeker Duo Dynamic Duo Do the Alps.

Despite the fact that every hour each square meter of the upper atmosphere receives 1367kWh of solar energy and National Geographic. Eric Raymond project leader for the Sunseeker Duo first announced in 2012 that the Solar Flight team would be working on a solar powered 2- seater plane. During the hot weather last summer we enjoyed the option of flying the Sunseeker Duo with the open windows.

Irena Raymond shared the following about her and huband Erics flight across the Alps from northern Italy to Switzerland and return a four-day tour of the mountainous country and validation of the Sunseeker Duos performance. Sunseeker Duo is advanced enough to achieve Solar Flights dream of a practical high performance two-place solar powered airplane. The Sunseeker Duo took off at daybreak from the teams facility in Voghera Italy and completed itsflights confirming that its airframe control systems and landing gear were rigged correctly.

SunSeeker Duo under static display på Electrifly-in i Grenchen. Sunseeker Duo is the most advanced airplane to date. Sunseeker Duo weighs 616 pounds empty has a wingspan of 715 feet has a 20 kW 295 hp electric motor powerplant and is supplied by solar cells achieving 228 efficiency.