Solar Electric Powered Flight

[sewdavicious]

The future of Flight Bussing, cheaper, safer and faster. But if it became more of a demand for the speed people would be willing to pay way more money that the thing is worth, just for the sake of getting to a destination faster than conventional Air bussing.

[inPB]

WIce words of Eric Raymond about watterproff problems for big Amps!

THe same for e-bikes, and who knows how to manage it for example for Holland case.

[ThinkStage]

Very cool

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[e178058]

why not put a thin layer of glass over the solar panels thats what i did for my houses solar panels , its really light and covers short outs

[SunGreenSolarEnergy]

Do solar flares and sunspots have any adverse effect on solar energy systems?

[lolprp111]

now he is making a sunseeker duo with better batteries and better lighter materials

[skycityproject]

Solarcells is very powerful. Could this one be built?

[lauris15151]

not really, that guy needs not only the batteries, but all of them. more powerful, but less electricity demanding motors, more efficient lighter solar cells, lighter bigger storage batteries.

[MrJetjoe]

battery tech bs. overunty is realty genrate the power u need.

[amberjacksolar]

Solar power is certainly the future! Good work!

[cfqpa]

could this guy be more boring?, not his fault i guess, the interviewer sucks bag

[ThePopypete]

great work keep it up

[ProlificInventor]

did you solve the icing problem? (from iron man 1)

[LarryCanFly]

From that, I'd say Eric is THE MAN! ... If I had $100M, he'd be on the team!

[sideslide23]

its a great plane of the future, hopefully the solar electric plane could go as far as the Gas powerd Cessna skyhawk and maybe in 20 years from now there will be something as big as the ford tri motor electric plane. otherwise this is a great start of this plane just like the right brothers and spirit of St Louis

[ExAstris37]

The interviewee is right. Battery technology is behind everything else. Its only now being researched more because its become the bottleneck factor in multiple major industries (vehicles, cell phones, computers, gaming devices, etc).

Electric motors vs gas motors is just no competition. Electric motors a lighter, more powerful, cheaper, and vastly vastly more simple. Its just the batteries that prevent them from taking over.

[kemza93]

for a lighting strike problem it is very simple FARADAY CAGE for all electronics, and no need for heavy metal

[Ifritmaster]

what can you solve about lighting strike problem?

[kerincek13]

Is this the one which flew in Torino World Air games?

[n56db]

I would agree with eqtworld. Althought he's full of useful information; he has the personality of a laxative.

[RavenRaving2Earth]

So what if he is low-key?

People who insist on personality over content made Sarah Palin a star. Dumb and dumber.

[Xid3d]

@RavenRaving2Earth "People who insist on personality over content made Barack Obama a star. Dumb and dumber."

[trance183]

That little Electric Box, that provides unlimited energy, that Mr. Raymond mentions was invented by Dr. Thomas Henry Moray in the early 1900's. Of course he was threatened, denied patents, and inevitably suppressed. Look him up and spread the word for the good of this Planet.

[breakablec]

Just another theory of conspiracy.

Otherwise he would have released designs of his device - information is not possible to suppress in the days when anyone can make a press machine.And anyone who wanted could build one in his basement.

Look up Focus Fusion if you want something more scientific.

[trance183]

He wrote a book called "The Sea of Energy In Which the Earth Floats". All the conspiracy goes out the window when you read more into his life and you can actually visit the place where his church keeps the only machine that was not destroyed.

[ribeiro34]

bla, bla, bla, bla, bla...

[dmfreak]

wow imagine commercial aircraft manufacturers like boeing and airbus uses that innovation on their next generation commercial aircraft.

[eqtworld]

That guy has no personality

He seems annoyed to be interviewed about his plane...odd

[heberorozco]

hes just nervous...

[M1criminal]

what about just water proofing the connections instead of the whole airplane? balloon the main components. Not a pro, but just a thought.

-Z

[georgel19841]

fly you fuck

[illefille]

it's really a beautiful aeroplane...

[KAoSATAN]

smaller wings, loose the motor, convert to hybred human-electric. we have to find a way to get off the ground without the bulk. is it possible? sumone once told me that if we could control the magnitism of a chunk of metal we could go any where... who knows

[Nelson14235678]

cool

[musashi1865]

wtf it catches fire

[4evrplan]

This design is almost exactly like an idea I had, doodled up, and title "fuel-less cross-country aircraft". The one big difference was that I included a small in-crank generator so the pilot could supplement the power going to the motor bicycle style. Other than that, even the layout was the same. This always happens to me; I come up with an idea, only to find out later someone else built it 20 years ago. It's very exciting to see it works though. Kudos to this man.

[giant648]

hmm? mr. fusion but that powered the time circuits not the delorean but by the methane that garbage food comes off of it would be possible to get a car running of of a blender like mr. fusion into a black holding tank and it should make methane i think it should work but time will tell

[guardian1thes522]

if you cant sound more enthused, why try to capture your enthusiasm on film? if you look enough, you'll find plans for the 2 seater... trike just sounds silly. _______________

job 38:19, mat 24:24, 200 million

bishops (1568) vs kjv (1611)

battle of hastings, french, italian

eyes that darken. miracles/supernatural. I believe.

[niflap]

Where's the prop?

[JuanLuisBarrrionuevo]

Look at rearward, behind the tail.

[ssputw]

how about cloudy days？

[NormanSolarSurfer]

Great advance, Did Eric Raymond knows about the new solar films?, is possible to wrap all the estructure, Canopy, up and down winds surfacing with it ? plus atach the trike like the Go On 3 which is similar to your canopy, a kind of acoplate system?This quiestion is for him

[ElroyHarvey]

He is a brave man, those LiPo batterys are pretty nasty when shorted or punctured, if anyones interested just search youtube for LiPo Explosion and you will see, most of these are just small rc model batterys so imagine what would happen with wongs full of them!

I would think the guy would wear a parachute in this aircraft just in case the worst happens but i dont know for sure.

[rwallage]

Like with so many things, as long as you treat LiPo cells the way they're supposed to be, you're fine. I've been using LiPo cells in model aircrafts for 3 years now (same cells, only smaller scale) without a problem.

[ElroyHarvey]

Yeah i know that there is a lot of scaremongering that happens with lipo's but i think thats a good thing as if you dont treat them right they can be dangerous.

Nearly all cases of LiPo fires are down to human error but there have been cases where they developed an internal short when not even being handled and caught fire, its more of a manufacturing fault that causes this so stick with branded traceable ones to minimise the risks.

[ElroyHarvey]

He did say though i think without watching the video again that it has had electrical problems and it cant fly in the rain, now if the LiPo's were to short in flight it really could end in disaster.

I use LiPo's too for my helis and me too never had a problem, all my planes are IC though with NiCd rx packs.

[ducati2fast]

this is awesome !

[IgorGiganskiANtiatom]

Great sailplane,i think the half energy is spent through lift-off procedure.Does anybody knows any Solar powered rc sailplanes? it would be great to fly for an hour with minimum recharging

[ElroyHarvey]

I dont think there are any on the market but i dont think it would be too much of a problem for a competent rc builder to engineer and build something  that uses solar power in the power system.

[ElroyHarvey]

There are pretty efficient gliders though that just use there onboard LiPo's for take off then thermal all day. Even something cheap like the new e-flite ascent with the LiPo could pretty much fly all day on one charge in the right conditions if you have the thermals and just use the battery for take off and the odd climb from time to time.

[IgorGiganskiANtiatom]

I know that is already very good but it would be nicer if you just could charge your rc glider(or a rc parkzone airplane) by just exposing it to sun or charge it with a solar charger...

[youngsinfo]

nice!

[itzjesusbxtch]

dude waterproofing something like that would be a piece of cake, why dont they do it!

[rarosera]

Couldn't they combine hydrogen energy so that instead of having a problem with moisture they could gain energy from it? Seems to make sense to me...

[glamterra]

god on ya man, i want something like this. flying for alomst free is prety dman cool...

[jantar87]

lithium batteries just dont mix with flying fire is never good lol

[holmhenrik]

LETS GET THE POWER STORAGE SORTED!!

[georgitushev]

JUST AWESOME 5*!!!

[ikaros2006]

well, changing the batteries with hydrogen cells you have enough electric power to fly for long time.

[DavidMJordan]

Excellent stuff. It's good to see people like you doing this sort of thing. It wouldn't work here in Britain but I'm working on a rain-powered plane.

[pddwatch81]

I made a plane that runs on nectar points, celebrity gossip and the sound of half assed, moronic audience laughter from weak BBC2 comedy series like 'Two Pints...'. Early test flights have far exceeded all expectations. I had some stability problems and a beastly stall characteristics initially but these have all been ironed out now that I've added a patented fly-by-wireless system permanently tuned into Radio 4 - very smooth handling, especially when Charlotte Green is on.

[kyuano]

the invention was awesome..I think he should add a series of wind generator electric motor attached to the planes body so that as it fly it is also charging the battery..

[v6greenfbird95]

Multi-Engine Aerodynamics 101, A windmilling prop is like attaching a parachute to the wing. Unless ur a pilot and shut one down you couldn't believe the amount of drag it causes, So its a good idea but would cause more drag than the amount of power it would generate

[farflyer]

Then, why don't use them as air brakes to generate electricity to reduce altitude & charge back batteries?! Can you use the main motor for these propose?

Thanks

[v6greenfbird95]

Well it would work but the problem is still the drag. the plane would have to pitch down steeply to maintain airspeed to keep from stalling resulting in a rapid descent. Basicly what im saying is yes it would recharge it but the descent would last only a few seconds to a few minutes depending on altitude, In otherwords it wont generate enough to replinish the battery.

[phifaces]

@v6greenfbird95 maybe in highly thermic conditions, as you pitch down in air that's moving up you could maintain altitude, converting thermal energy into battery power - and possibly for sufficient enough time to fully recharge the battery, or at least provide sufficient power to supplement the solar power component.

[v6greenfbird95]

@phifaces possible if use a very small diameter prop for this purpose but still I just cant imagine it generating enough power but with advancements in tech everything is possible

[tojvzhe]

Don't you think that it will SLOW down the glider?

[phifaces]

@kyuano i was thinking same thing - strong thermal go up higher, than descend with prop going into windmill mode for additional battery charging to supplement solar - then your charging time could also be reduced from 45 minutes to something less

[simonevdv]

Good Good Good!!!

[tommy407]

Please use Ironman energy technology

[ponchoyo]

rc model airplanes FCK YEAH!!!

[ThemostRegectedName]

Even if it does catch fire if it gets rained on its better than flying a nuclear powerd plane! XD some of the concepts people come up with.

[tommy407]

I rather die instantly from nuclear explosion than burning slowly in a fire

[soufianDEMOS]

Awesome video ! Great man with a great spirit that maybe should lead this stupid country...lol Thanks for your vid

[gordon6027]

LiFe04 batteries!!! Its time!

[blazerblast]

look on the internet for nanowire lithium battery

[r2dxhate]

this guy is cool. i like the fact that it glides especially if it catches fire and the motor dies. my idea was to make a half balloon wing shaped flyer to counter the weight of the batteries. if the solar energy was used to make hydrogen then that could fill the balloon and be used as fuel to burn or fuel cell technology.

[jayjaykewl727]

are yousure you arent copying other scientist's ideas

[bubbaUK]

He is wasting time talking and not flying no proof wasting my time...

[fatmeteor]

somehow I get the impression that your time is cheap anyway.

[jaekib]

Scientific American Frontiers recently overviewed a "paint on" solar cell system for inexpensive rooftop installations. Lower efficiency than the one on this plane, but offers more waterproof solution that doesn't break the bank, and may evolve into something realistic at some point.

Here's to crossing fingers and digging in!^)

H

[Lamborghini89636]

lol looks like a uav

[Gco808]

I don't think this guy knows that there IS "fusion" technology available somewhere in China

[UpstairsMaid]

LOL!

[vermanator65]

Can you Make me one!!

LOL

Very Nice!

[jcmegabyte]

What's really cool is that it's not just a bunch of theories and plans on the drawing board like so many other concepts. This concept has been proven and actually exists. Now it's just a matter of improving technology to make it even better. Of course the catching of fire part has to be fixed [Grinn] :-)

[jaekib]

Scientific American Frontiers recently overviewed a "paint on" solar cell system for inexpensive rooftop installations. Lower efficiency than the one on this plane, but offers more waterproof solution that doesn't break the bank, and may evolve into something realistic at some point.

Here's to crossing fingers and digging in!^)

H

[jcmegabyte]

That sounds like a thin-film variant type of solution. I've seen multi-layer, multi-wavelength cells and holographic-film cells in development, too. If they can get those technologies nailed-down and mass-produced, along with high-density, low-cost batteries we might be able to kiss petrolium goodbye in a big way! :D (fingers AND toes crossed, here!)

[jaekib]

Right. Ideally, I could imagine that eventually the research leads to the multi-layer multi-wavelength design in the paint on solution; maybe some time of chemical bonding to align the materials. That'd be cool.

Otherwise, my understanding of those advanced implementations is that they are 'spENDdy, though actually in use on spacecraft and the like.

Cheers,

H

[aflavoura]

good interviewer

[Archimedes555453525]

what a boring interview, cool plane though.

[OrganicDrew]

elegant, now get it to run off of water on demand hydrogen production

[astrowanabe]

Why does it need to run off of a fuel?

Just needs more effecient solar cells and batteries, and you could have unlimited range without the need for any fuel.

As long as you charge it before leaving and stick to fairly sunny skies, you'd be fine.

[glen196969]

I agree. A lighter,more powerful combustion engine, perhaps rotary,or small jet, with on demand hydrogen powered from the solar cells.

[ceriman]

Onboard H2 generation is a Bad idea for a solar sailplane. The combination of electrolyzer and fuel cell is only 30% efficient, charger and LiIon batteries is 85% efficient. Solar power is limited, we can't afford to waste it.

H2 is very bulky, though if you don't mind flying a slow blimp it just might work.

[Boweavel]

Brilliant