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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Jean Loup » Sat May 30, 2015 2:49 pm

:clap: :clap: :clap: Take off from Nanjing:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgNfGLyc898[/youtube]

:think: Direct link for monitoring this 5 day (and night!) flight :whistle: = http://www.solarimpulse.com/sitv
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Fozzer » Mon Jun 01, 2015 2:40 am

A slight hold-up due to bad weather...>>>

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-32955067

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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:34 am

Confirmed!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32955880
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Jean Loup » Mon Jun 01, 2015 10:36 am

:think: SOLARimpulse landed in Nagoya, Japan (Clik image for direct link)

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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jun 01, 2015 11:23 am

She's down safely! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32963426
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:40 am

Whoops-a-daisy, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-32993127
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Jean Loup » Wed Jun 03, 2015 2:06 pm


Yes: after landing safely, before inflating the Mobile Hangar, so much wind there was that it damaged the nylon on trailing edge of the right wing. Repair will take about a week: (video is unlisted & impossible to post here): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6bFRaj ... -gvqaZ59C6 :doh:
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Jean Loup » Thu Jun 04, 2015 1:10 pm

Taken from Bertrand Piccard:

Before the team at Nagoya’s airport could inflate the mobile hangar, the wing had to be protected with a cover for the rain and the sun. There were so much wind and gusts that this cover started to shake on the wing and damaged an aileron on the trailing edge of the wing. This of course will be repaired, the technical team already started to build some spare parts but it will keep us on the ground for at least one week before we can carry on and André Borschberg to fly to Hawaii. It’s not a big issue for the project itself but it’s a little additional delay

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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jun 29, 2015 6:45 am

Well now we wait I suppose....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33244912
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Jean Loup » Mon Jun 29, 2015 10:14 am

Now they are comited: they reached the "point of no return" :-o
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:41 am

Another record claimed :-D
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33362290
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jul 06, 2015 6:14 am

Simply INCREDIBLE! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33383521
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jul 13, 2015 6:23 am

Not the best news... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33494123
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby ozzy72 » Wed Jul 15, 2015 8:18 am

Sad news, but inevitable really http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33538442
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Re: Solar Impulse 2

Postby Jean Loup » Thu Jul 16, 2015 2:54 pm

ozzy72 wrote:Sad news, but inevitable really http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33538442
YES, very sad news: flight will be continued in April 2016. The flight season ends before the time needed to finish battery repairs :think:
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