Besides solar-powered vehicles driving on asphalt roads, there are also solar-powered planes and boats being built. Here are some videos about them. (First video is shown below, for the others click Read more >>)
Solar Impulse: Third flight
A nice solar-powered plane is the Solar Impulse. Its construction is about ready and the team is performing test flights. Here you can watch the video of the third flight: (jump to 1:45 for the actual takeoff)
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Solar Impulse: First flight
The Solar Impulse intends to be the first to fly around the whole globe, powered by the sun only.
For more information, visit the Solar Impulse website!
Solar Power Skiing
The "Power of One solar car project"-team likes to drive their Xof1 solar car in freezing temperatures, across the frozen Arctic. A few days after crossing the longest ice road, a team member was ski-ing behind the solar car and this video was the result:
For more information, visit the Power of One website!
PlanetSolar solar-powered boat
A team from Switzerland has built a solar-powered vessel. This video shows it at some event in the harbor of Hamburg:
This team intends to travel around the globe with this boat, fully solar-powered of course.
See the PlanetSolar website for more information.
Well, when will the first Trans-Atlantic Solar Challenge start? :)
Saturday, June 5, 2010
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volledig uitgeklapt zie ik wel videos maar in de index zeg maar..mist bijdit itme een plaatje
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