Recent years have seen several innovative aircraft take to the skies.
The aircraft being developed has a wing-span of 35 meters and weighs 150 kilograms, including a 15 kilogram payload.
The PHASA-35, which stands for Persistent High-Altitude Solar Aircraft, has a wing-span of 35 meters and weighs 150 kilograms, including a 15 kilogram payload. The aircraft is powered by the sun during the day while a battery system keeps it airborne at night. "Our investment in the company will enable us to take this technology into production, with the very real possibility that this aircraft could enter initial operations with customers within 12 months of flight trials," Whitehead added.
"This means that solar-powered aircraft have to be much lighter and fly at slower speeds," Stettler, who is also the director of Imperial's Transport & Environment Laboratory, added. This was why solar aircraft were either unmanned or, like the Solar Impulse 2, able to carry just one person, he said.
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