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 ...
Flying on the power of the sun is definitely not a new idea, but it usually involves a battery between the solar panels and the propulsion system ... covered solar plane entered into the Hackaday ...
It would need to be around 1.5–3 times as massive as Earth and about 250–500 Earth-sun distances from the sun, in an orbit inclined by 30° to the plane of the solar system, according to the ...
Avionics system engineer Ellie Bates ... Prismatic, which has 60 staff, took just two years to design and build the solar-electric aircraft before its maiden flight in 2020.