Solar Flight,
Sunseeker Solar Flight Duo solar powered motorized glider, Sport
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Sunseeker Solar Flight Duo
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Solar Flight is preparing to
test fly a new airplane in the Sunseeker family: Sunseeker
Duo. The goal is to acheive maximum performance without
using fossil fuels. Not only will the Duo be the fastest
solar-powered airplane ever built; it will be the first
solar powered airplane to offer a seat for passengers. The
Duo incorporates all of the best features of the other
Sunseeker aircraft and adds many refinements, not to mention
significantly improved technologies.
The solar cells used by the Duo are better than 50% more
efficient than those used by Sunseeker II. While Sunseeker
II is able to cruise in level flight on direct solar power,
the Duo will have enough power to maintain a steady climb on
direct solar power. The tricycle landing gear arrangement,
familiar to all pilots, ensures that the Duo will operate
normally at any airport in the world and folding wings give
the airplane a hanger footprint no larger than a Cessna 172.
The airplane can also be quickly disassembled and packed
into a custom trailer.
The Sunseeker Duo realizes Solar Flight’s dream of a
practical, high performance, 2-place solar powered airplane.
With the US and Western Europe already well explored by
Sunseekers I and II, Solar Flight is looking towards the
dramatic landscapes of Eastern Europe and Western Asia for
possible expeditions with the new airplane. Whether it is a
day of local flying above the clouds, or a trans-continental
adventure, Solar Flight is a new paradigm for aviation:
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