Flying to the edge of space using only solar power

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3 жыл бұрын

Raphaël Domjan is an eco explorer and for his latest project, SolarStratos, he has built an electric plane powered by solar panels. The hope is to reach an altitude of 80,000 feet, setting a record for being the first manned solar plane to reach the stratosphere.
The aim of SolarStratos is to show what can be achieved through solar energy with the hope that the aviation industry takes notice and steers away from fossil fuel to more sustainable sources of power. They also plan to use the plane for scientific purposes - with zero-emissions, the plane can take sensitive atmospheric measurements without contaminating the samples with its own exhaust.
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@gordonlawrence1448 7 ай бұрын

I think a ducted prop (rather then ducted fan) is more efficient than just a prop due to the differences in tip vortex shaping. Ducted propellers work on a much larger volume of air at a lower speed than ducted fans which is how they beat them on efficiency at low speeds. They beat normal props by nearly eliminating the tip vortex issue.

@TimAllan-xf3ql Жыл бұрын

That is amazing ,I've dreamed of just such a flying capability,and to be in those flite levels in a solar powered glider type craft ,an everydays man, powered u-2 , adventure flying, and now ,here you go,,on just such a craft as I had dreamed and now the," spontaneous, same idea," has triggered here and there around the globe,as is seen from time to time ,in other kinds of fields and persuites,(sp), the adventurous minds of dreamers ,applied! Great thing for you and your team !

@greenrevolutionmusic5407 Жыл бұрын

I wish we can get sponsors of this type of project in African countries

@Derakday 2 жыл бұрын

umm i dont think you can reach higher than 18000ft becoz : -first the higher altitude have the thiner air density, the propeller will have a huge drop on efficiency unstill stalling. -second the heat will very hard to get rip from your plane in stratosphere and you have a keep running propeller and the solar panels is also receiving the heat. Anyway I hope you can find the solutions the solve those problem.

@Derakday Жыл бұрын

By the way there maybe solution i found on youtube. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hJmSfdF80suyeo0.html

@SniperSnake50BMG Жыл бұрын

Is not necessarily that high. Just enough to see the curvature of Earth.

@marclagalle1486 9 ай бұрын

Heat is fixed by the drop in temperature at altitude. -60 degrees C at 40,000 feet is common. I know that there is an inversion of sorts at highter altitudes (or at least a drop in the rate of the temp going down) but heat will not be an issue.

@vol222nuit 6 ай бұрын

Perlan Project Inc. is a not-for-profit aeronautical exploration and atmospheric science research organization that utilizes sailplanes (gliders) designed to fly at extremely high altitudes . The 2018 season was again based at El Calafate. The project acquired a Grob G 520 Egrett turboprop aircraft for use as a tow plane. This enabled Perlan II to be towed to 44,000 ft (13,411 m) This seems to be the highest glider tow, as records are not registered. On 26 August 2018 Jim Payne and Morgan Sandercock reached an altitude of 18,492 m (60,669 ft). This was followed by 19,439 m (63,776 ft) with Jim Payne and Miguel Iturmendi on 28 August 2018. On 2 September 2018, Jim Payne and Tim Gardner reached an altitude of 22,646 m (74,298 ft), surpassing the 73,737 ft (22,475 m) attained by Jerry Hoyt on 17 April 1989 in a Lockheed U-2: the highest manned heavier than air subsonic flight. The Perlan 2 could fly to 90,000 ft (27,000 m) if conditions allow, higher than the manned level flight altitude record of the SR-71 Blackbird at 85,069 ft (25,929 m).Previous records were measured with pressure altitude; high altitude soaring records now require GPS data. Wikipedia.

@Iiifly2 2 жыл бұрын

Would it be better to use bifacial modules and can skin be translucent?

@Tore_Lund Жыл бұрын

Interesting, earth albedo is 30% in intensity of direct sunlight and has almost the same spectrum as direct sunlight, a little less in the UV, but that is usually not a very large portion of what a solar cell uses, so the contribution from the underside would be significant.

@ChemEDan 5 ай бұрын

@@Tore_Lund Especially for dawn and dusk operation. Could use serpentine turns to continuously collect light.

@Arlekin63 2 жыл бұрын

It's so dark there (in space) ))))

@brucemcmillan1149 Ай бұрын

thanks! inspiring!

@gordonfoat8269 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful project 👍

@davidbraden1921 3 ай бұрын

I wonder how it would perform fully loaded

@ranojmahilary8064 11 ай бұрын

Is the propellor operational at that height??? The air is very thin at that height

@marcogiorgini8566 3 ай бұрын

Mostly likely it's completely useless. You'd probably have to use waves to climb to such altitudes.

@user-dd4ir7lj1r Ай бұрын

@@marcogiorgini8566 если скорость будет большой , можно лететь даже на винте.

@user-ks6xg4xh5s 3 жыл бұрын

Круто!

@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363 4 ай бұрын

Now make it as a submarine you could make the wings foldable that folds inside the submarine would be cool to have a flying submarine. That can also drive on water with hydrofoils. Or a water plan.

@suetaylor1127 Ай бұрын

With a room for a bed to sleep in.

@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363 Ай бұрын

@@suetaylor1127 Yes like a tiny house inside and a greenhouse so you can take plants with you and make food inside with you. If we could build everyone a flying submarine you can live in you could choose to live in the sky or underwater at the bottom of the ocean to try to survive nuclear war I wish I could build a van that could be a submarine.

@suetaylor1127 Ай бұрын

@@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363 Don’t forget about outer space! Why not? If it can go under water it can to outer space. NASHA Proved that, or did they? And a man cave with air hokey and all the 1980s video game we had to pay a quarter to play! Man you and I should start a company building these craft. We could raise billions and go public! When they demand to see our product will just hire the CGI people in Hollywood. Then we could pay our investors with money get from selling coke cane! Great business model! Don’t steal my 100 % original idea. 🤣

@random4065 3 жыл бұрын

Is that an UAV?

@nellymedina2834 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job 👏 God bless you!!

@nambikairayappan4394 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations 🎉

@sundararajanjd6610 2 жыл бұрын

Wish you successful projects in your aim to reduce use of fossil fuels & stop climate change

@bennithomas8414 Жыл бұрын

How can I buy this airplane ? I want to travel around the world !

@theseriushd3377 Жыл бұрын

Advanced UAV is online

@KlingbergWingMkII 3 ай бұрын

Can't the Sunseeker Duo already do this?

@maddocmucmaddocmuc5341 7 ай бұрын

It is the very end of 2023. How high did you get?

@covingtonrace1 9 ай бұрын

Contamination???? Take the measurements from the front of the plane

@CrossWindsPat 2 жыл бұрын

Solar really makes sense for households... Just put these glass panels on your roof and you can produce the vast majority of your energy needs cleanly and reliably for 30 years...

@aghainamullahkhan7557 Жыл бұрын

@evenedits2265 3 жыл бұрын

177 просмотров и при этом, это реклама, лул)

@mikhail3596 3 жыл бұрын

Лол

@sparkzmedia4291 3 жыл бұрын

We not playing dayz

@rajagodson8337 Ай бұрын

Would i join to your team

@gentleboy5497 Күн бұрын

I love the idea of solar plane but Boy solar boat is a bad idea compared to sailboat!

@JoeyBlogs007 Жыл бұрын

Send this design to Ukraine. They could use it to great effect for long duration surveillance flights.

@aycsfvmk1289 3 жыл бұрын

You know that solar panels are made with the "fossil energy", right?

@user-sn7bs6sn9d 3 жыл бұрын

Я не понял, а они получается все таки загрязняют воздух?

@aycsfvmk1289 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-sn7bs6sn9d Нет. Просто чтобы изготовить солнечные панели нужно потратить кучу энергии(добыча редких минералов, транспортировка, изготовление панелей, снова транспортировка и т.д.) И эта энергия берется из ископаемых источников. Так что эти солнечные панели это просто усложненный способ использования ископаемой энергии

@user-sn7bs6sn9d 3 жыл бұрын

@@aycsfvmk1289 Правльно и согласен. Хотя в отличие от яблочников (iphone) которые в комплект зарядку не ложат (очевидно что те построены на энергию таки угольных заводов) солнечные панели со временем хоть сглаживают острые углы

@LlamaLlama719 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if it starts raining

@HannibalTheC 3 жыл бұрын

Above the clouds rain is very rare

@imperialguardcommissar1359 3 жыл бұрын

The sun goes down the stars come out. Nope The sun goes does the planes come down. Yep

@user-go2kn6jg3u 3 жыл бұрын

ТитииииииттооЯог

@user-wf9oy6zz6j 3 жыл бұрын

Ки Ддтжз9ь

@bryananderson999 2 ай бұрын

What would it take to extend this to a more practical application, one that transports 350 passengers and 15 crew across an ocean? Much like Solar Impulse a single occupant can go far BUT a single occupant makes the Airplane a rich mans toy without much practical application

@Koemi405 5 ай бұрын

Blud is not spying on Russia

@niko587 3 жыл бұрын

why is this an add

@evenedits2265 3 жыл бұрын

хз

@bandvitromania9642 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah i wonder too

@user-po1kv5kc5q Жыл бұрын

اكتظ

@user-po1kv5kc5q Жыл бұрын

جىالبو. ممتوة

@viid6875 3 жыл бұрын

Russian subtitles?

@aerospacematt9147 Жыл бұрын

I would love to fly up to 80,000 feet! What a beautiful view you’d see!

@STRACHU100 21 күн бұрын

yeah, but do you know what carbon footprint does manufacturing of solar pannels have? its ridic-ulus to suggest that they are "green"... it takes a lot of fosil fuel to make them

@thematrixcam Жыл бұрын

what curve? that's cgi

@abuhamza6817 7 ай бұрын

We should turn to renewable energy 100% soon to save our planet

@donaljewelry9152 Жыл бұрын

💐💐💐💐💐💐

@MrMickmenPL 3 жыл бұрын

So will they finally do that? XD

@janjanik8532 3 жыл бұрын

@bencepascu4333 3 жыл бұрын

How come you showing the curvature ,since you haven't been up there yet ?

@anchidimu.5734 3 жыл бұрын

D slujba ďela 0apa ddelaroma

@anchidimu.5734 3 жыл бұрын

@Blue-5 3 жыл бұрын

Ok now this is some next level crap.... good job !

@davidunderdown8100 Ай бұрын

The Earth’s core is 6,700 km deep. The deepest humans have drilled is 12 km. The temperature of the inner core is "estimated" (we don't know) to be between 3,000 and 5,000 Kelvin (4,940 to 8,540 degrees Fahrenheit). The high temperature comes from three main sources. There is residual heat left from the Earth's formation, and heat is generated by gravitational and magnetic forces from the sun and moon as they tug and pull on the inner core. (The Sun heats the Earth's CORE. Sunlight is a small part of the Sun's energy) finally, the radioactive decay of elements deep within the Earth also produces heat. The Sun's total energy is NOT constant. Humans have only begun to study our star with radio, computers and satellites. Solar winds from coronal mass ejections can even change Earth's orbit. Open your mind and think. CO2 is an insignificant factor an infinite number of variables. Why don't scientists actually know the Earth's core / mantle temperature and how much it fluctuates? It's only because of deep drilling corporations that scientists have accurate measurements of crust temperature. The mantle and core temps are pure speculation. Just like climate forecasts.

@randomguyinanglider 22 күн бұрын

When Co2 is insignificant explain how venus should be pretty much like earth relying on the mass and distance from the sun, only that venus releases all the co2 from the core which is abaut as much co2 as the earth has stored in fossil fuels and bio mass. Jes shure we cant be 100% certain how the suns power output will be in 50 jears but by basic logic and the fact that the sun is billions of jears old we can assume it will be the same, while we would fight wars over the last bit of oil we have lying around .

@davidunderdown8100 Ай бұрын

It is impossible to accurately predict the future using data from the past because nothing stays the same, but if you’re trying to predict the future climate of the entire Earth 100 years from now it sure would be nice to have data showing temperature, speed, barometric pressure, and direction of the jet streams for the last 100,000 years or so. Unfortunately, humans only discovered the jet streams back in 1883 and accurate measurements of the jet streams only go back to the 1950’s using primitive weather balloons. Jet stream data prior to 1883 is lost in the winds of time forever. We now have maybe 50 years of quality satellite data of the jet streams. It is impossible to accurately model the climate with so little data. However, climate scientists could build a time machine to go back and accurately measure the jet streams for the last million years, but until that happens the climate models will always suck.

@randomguyinanglider 22 күн бұрын

it is. Antarctic ice. Maybe thats why climate change deniers are always so keen on destroying Antarctica

@giordanozucchinie2522 3 жыл бұрын

Well, that escalated quickly.

@user-pg3qe4cr3m 3 жыл бұрын

Солнечные батареи тупиковый путь в развитии. И то действо, которое мы все наблюдаем в очередной раз, не даёт нам в этом сомневаться.

@SachKaSaath772 2 жыл бұрын

Kareeb 50 saal lag jayenge

@Sherdley 3 жыл бұрын

Prohibited Technology 🌐

@withered8022 3 жыл бұрын

Where ion engine

@costelcostcost460 3 жыл бұрын

@michaelwalsh7846 2 ай бұрын

Fossils do nor make fuel

@kilowhiskeyalpha6078 5 ай бұрын

I was waiting with great excitement for the batteries to catch fire.

@DuongNguyen-gz7ir Жыл бұрын

Chúng tôi muốn nghe tiếng việt nam

@aquarius5719 Жыл бұрын

Many of the raw materials for renewables come from Russia. Did you know?

@tylerperazzo313 3 жыл бұрын

We are going to show how we can do things without using fossil fuel, in plane made from petroleum products and rare toxic earth minerals mined using giant gas guzzling equipment.

@user-qc1vx3jt7m 3 жыл бұрын

Фар

@afshanshahid6191 3 жыл бұрын

11l111lll1

@pofig-2199 3 жыл бұрын

Фига

@luclachapelle3499 Жыл бұрын

LOL The climate has been changing for the last 2,000 years and undoubtedly will in the future Nothing we can do about-it ... WE have to adapt ... our SUN is driving the show