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Solar plane prepares for Amazon mission

2015-10-14 14:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: Student engineers from ETH Zurich are preparing to fly their world-record breaking solar plane over the Amazon rainforest. The team is fitting its AtlantikSolar unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for a 400 kilometer, 12 hour, flight as it seeks to push the endurance limits of solar planes. The fixed-wing 6.8 kilogram AtlantikSolar will be fitted with a variety of cameras and atmospheric sensors. AtlantikSolar's most recent landmark was achieved while carrying no payload this July. The team broke the...

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