Incidentally, any computer techs reading this, when I am viewing the solarimpulse.com website, my computer starts whirring, the fan comes on and it seems the website is demanding of computer resources, is that to be expected?
My ageing I3 isn't strained by it ..Incidentally, any computer techs reading this, when I am viewing the solarimpulse.com website, my computer starts whirring, the fan comes on and it seems the website is demanding of computer resources, is that to be expected?
MSIE11My ageing I3 isn't strained by it ..
Whaich broswer are you using ?
What a shame. Still problems need resolving.
Still irritates me slightly how they claim flying on only solar power when I am pretty sure they charge the batteries when it is on the ground.
no at least not as far as I know. I tweeted them but didn't get a response.Did we confirm this for definate?
no at least not as far as I know. I tweeted them but didn't get a response.
I haven't seen any concrete evidence that they do connect to the grid when on the ground, but sometimes the plane is in a hangar for weeks at a time then comes out and flies in the dark with battery power for a nights flight so I don't see how else they are doing it, unless they continuously trickle charge with available light when inside a hangar.Hmmm I would be very disappointed if this is the case
I haven't seen any concrete evidence that they do connect to the grid when on the ground, but sometimes the plane is in a hangar for weeks at a time then comes out and flies in the dark with battery power for a nights flight so I don't see how else they are doing it, unless they continuously trickle charge with available light when inside a hangar.
noDo you know how long it takes to fully charge it from sunlight alone?
There is a post on their website at the moment which says:Did we confirm this for definate?
Solar Impulse - Around the world to promote clean technologiesBertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, have set out to achieve something that still seems impossible today: the First Round-The-World Solar Flight, powered only by the sun, with no fuel or polluting emissions. In line with the Piccard Family tradition of scientific exploration and protection of the environment, Solar Impulse wants to demonstrate that ....
Now heading this way (sort of):