Flying to the edge of space using only solar power

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.
Footage courtesy of SolarStratos / Raphaël Domjan
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[@gordonfoat8269]

Beautiful project 👍

[@TimAllan-xf3ql]

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 !

[@hauntedcaptainphoenix5363]

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.

[@sundararajanjd6610]

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

[@nellymedina2834]

Excellent job 👏 God bless you!!

[@Arlekin63]

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

[@greenrevolutionmusic5407]

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

[@gordonlawrence1448]

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.

[@Derakday]

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]

By the way there maybe solution i found on youtube. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGTFe6GBosqBgLs

[@SniperSnake50BMG]

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

[@marclagalle1486]

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]

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.

[@user-ks6xg4xh5s]

Круто!

[@nambikairayappan4394]

Congratulations 🎉

[@JoeyBlogs007]

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

[@kilowhiskeyalpha6078]

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

[@theseriushd3377]

Advanced UAV is online

[@Iiifly2]

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

[@Tore_Lund]

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]

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

[@ranojmahilary8064]

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

[@marcogiorgini8566]

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

[@davidbraden1921]

I wonder how it would perform fully loaded

[@CrossWindsPat]

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]

HI

[@KlingbergWingMkII]

Can't the Sunseeker Duo already do this?

[@bryananderson999]

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

[@random4065]

Is that an UAV?

[@bennithomas8414]

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

[@evenedits2265]

177 просмотров и при этом, это реклама, лул)

[@mikhail3596]

Лол

[@sparkzmedia4291]

We not playing dayz

[@maddocmucmaddocmuc5341]

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

[@aycsfvmk1289]

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

[@user-sn7bs6sn9d]

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

[@aycsfvmk1289]

@@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]

@@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

[@abuhamza6817]

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

[@covingtonrace1]

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

[@imperialguardcommissar1359]

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

[@user-go2kn6jg3u]

ТитииииииттооЯог

[@user-wf9oy6zz6j]

Ки Ддтжз9ь

[@donaljewelry9152]

💐💐💐💐💐💐

[@LlamaLlama719]

Imagine if it starts raining

[@HannibalTheC]

Above the clouds rain is very rare

[@aerospacematt9147]

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

[@Blue-5]

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

[@SachKaSaath772]

Kareeb 50 saal lag jayenge

[@Koemi405]

Blud is not spying on Russia

[@Chminaha]

Prohibited Technology 🌐

[@viid6875]

Russian subtitles?

[@user-pg3qe4cr3m]

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

[@MrMickmenPL]

So will they finally do that? XD

[@janjanik8532]

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[@bencepascu4333]

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

[@anchidimu.5734]

D slujba ďela 0apa ddelaroma

[@anchidimu.5734]

Re

[@giordanozucchinie2522]

Well, that escalated quickly.

[@niko587]

why is this an add

[@evenedits2265]

хз

[@bandvitromania9642]

Yeah i wonder too

[@user-po1kv5kc5q]

اكتظ

[@user-po1kv5kc5q]

جىالبو. ممتوة

[@thematrixcam]

what curve? that's cgi

[@luclachapelle3499]

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

[@pofig-2199]

Фига

[@withered8022]

Where ion engine

[@costelcostcost460]

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[@tylerperazzo313]

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]

Фар

[@afshanshahid6191]

11l111lll1

[@aquarius5719]

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

[@DuongNguyen-gz7ir]

Chúng tôi muốn nghe tiếng việt nam

[@mohamaderrahmni3362]

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[@himanologanor4093]

"in order to protect the climate change" hahahahaha

[@tomling9310]

Very out of balanced spinner 😂

[@stiven355]

This is actually kinda sus

[@benedictdunington602]

Sus?

[@jackmate4943]

@@benedictdunington602 suspicious

[@benedictdunington602]

@@jackmate4943 yeh I know, but why is it sus ?

[@minecraftpocketeditionofbe7995]

i think someone vented

[@jackmate4943]

@@benedictdunington602 dunno either

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[@huseyingunes3837]

Türkçe altyazı olsa izlerim 👎