http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 8:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Someone plays too much COD MW2.]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Why is that a bad thing?]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/24/7... but how would they reload?]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
pwn n00bs]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 11:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
How bout a laser beam. No ammunition require.]]>Jul 8th 2010 11:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
PEW PEW PEW

..right?]]>Jul 10th 2010 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/You seem to be firing your lazer.
I think there's a pill for that.]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Gosh yeah, even.]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 11:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Btw, am I the only one that was looking at the article pic wondering, "wtf am I looking at?"]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Yes you are.]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Damn... well the thing is so freakin' thin. I thought it was another Engadget photoshop job. Looks like a skateboard, lol]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Exactly. And as I recall the first flight of the Wright brothers lasted mere seconds and only got a few feet off the ground. 20 years later aircraft were everywhere. They will scale this up and keep going. And / or others will. I find it very encouraging - a plane that require no fuel! Kudos!]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Well, this kind of thing is research into getting more out of less.

How to make craft lighter, with more lift and less drag.
How to maximise the efficiency of engines with only small energy sources.

All good research, even for more conventional aircraft.]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
And if it's only an aircraft hybrid that comes out of this in 20 years time, it's still a 100% win.]]>Jul 9th 2010 2:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 9th 2010 2:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Imagine in 2013, a sleigh is being pulled by 8 or 12 of this with tips painted in red going around the globe on Christmas eve]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 9:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Elvis?
]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Arthur, King of the Britons?]]>Jul 8th 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 10:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 9th 2010 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/A 24 hour test flight doesn't allways mean exactly 24 houres it sometime means a DAY and also the area around payerne is all hills and he was flying at a low altitude so he must have flown around the hills]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 9th 2010 1:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/And why couldn't have flown next week 'cause im going camping next to the neuenburgersee next week.]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
If the plane keeps flying West, it will go around the globe in no time. Thus more time for the plane to be in the Sun. ]]>Jul 8th 2010 10:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 9th 2010 2:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
If it can maintain more than 165mph, you're correct.]]>Jul 9th 2010 11:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Unfortunately, it can achieve a top speed of around 44mph.which would take close to 3days 19hrs to travel the 3959mi circumference. They can of course cheat a bit and not circumnavigate the equator, but I don't know how far north qualifies as circumnavigation.]]>Jul 9th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
LOL my bad 3959 is the radius! Circumference is 24875mi multiply all my numbers by 6.28 :p

1036mi/hr to circumnevigate in 24hr
565.3hr (23.5 days) to do it at 44mi/hr]]>Jul 9th 2010 11:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
Engage!

Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U-S-S Enterprise!
Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U-S-S Enterprise!

Make it so!
Make it so!]]>Jul 9th 2010 12:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf9oD_xl8mI&feature=related]]>Jul 9th 2010 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 10:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/
It couldn't go supersonic like an f17 you know? ]]>Jul 8th 2010 11:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 8th 2010 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/No. Those aren't the droids you're looking for.]]>Jul 8th 2010 11:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 9th 2010 12:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/08/solar-impulse-returns-from-24-hour-test-flight-26-hours-later/Jul 9th 2010 3:14AM