Three-wheeled, solar-powered, electric Aptera completes validation testing in Mojave Desert, and could be the most efficient ...

Next year, pilots will fly an aircraft around the world that is powered by four electric motors and 11,000 solar cells on its wings. “E-mobility,” said Ohlmann, “starts now.” ...

They could store more power than ever before, leading to planes like the Solar Impulse 2. Starting in 2015, the solar-powered aircraft spent 16 months flying around the world, except it flew at an ...

The Zephyr is not your usual aircraft. It only travels at 40mph, it is launched by hand and it is completely solar-powered. The unmanned craft flies high in the atmosphere, to avoid commercial air ...

The team at [Bearospace Industries] has been working on the challenge for the while, and their Solar Dragon aircraft recently had a very successful test flight, producing about 50% more power than ...

With so many examples to look at, building a solar-powered RC airplane ... resulting in the airplane plummeting once primary power ran out. Fortunately, all of these are fixable issues, while ...

Following a groundbreaking round-the-world trip in the solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse 2 in ... the hydrogen into electricity to drive the electric motors used for rotor propulsion.

First unveiled to the public in April, the solar-powered craft is set to attempt an around-the-world flight next year. The Solar Impulse 2 took 50 engineers, 80 technological partners, and 100 ...

Approximately 12,000 solar cells found along the ultralight wings of the aircraft power the four propeller-driven electric engines. The aircraft functions during day or night, and has a service ...