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Helios Solar Powered Aircraft

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Compilation of test flights. Pathfinder Solar Plane preceeded Centurion. Pathfinder turned into Pathfinder+ by removing the original center panel and replacing it with a panel that was about 48 feet in length. Centurion turned into Helios Prototype, which turned into Helios and Helios with a fuel cell. The difference between Centurion and Helios prototype was removing the center panel and adding 2 new center panels. Helios flew with 5 pods and had a full solar array. The fuel cell version was made by removing the center pod and replacing it with the fuel cell pod. That is the one at the end of the video.

Channel: Science & Technology
Uploaded: September 27, 2006 at 6:32 pm
Author: BrunoTheQuestionable

Length: 04:04
Rating: 4.89
Views: 100485

Tags: aircraft  Helios  power  solar  

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Cartuner25 (August 18, 2008 at 5:38 pm)
The airframe broke up.
minimartinb (August 18, 2008 at 11:23 am)
y did it crash Capt. Bosson
Cartuner25 (August 18, 2008 at 6:38 am)
It's too bad the Helios crashed in the Pacific Ocean. :(
Cartuner25 (August 18, 2008 at 6:33 am)
WOW that plane is cool!
mexxie70 (August 17, 2008 at 4:01 am)
So is it RC? When are they making one that can hold a person? (or several ppl)
sebadita92 (August 15, 2008 at 5:42 am)
thinks like this can help a lot in the future, because it can plant new trees and stuff by throwing seeds with out the need of fuel
SHendo36 (August 11, 2008 at 10:51 pm)
Its nice to know that money is being spent to build these pointless contraptions instead of something useful like a perfected Hydrogen fuel cell.
nanofkee (August 7, 2008 at 12:55 am)
if you made it aerodynamic u could land it at night or better yet charge batteries during the day that could keep it in the air i mean its a flying city so realism is not necessary also it could fly above the clouds
mach1n1m4 (August 4, 2008 at 4:14 pm)
Yah and when Night approaches It all falls down into The sewage that U created From u and ur pigeons lol
yinksta (July 30, 2008 at 8:18 am)
haha, id build property there! 10 mill a house! then again a could make an anime from that idea!!!

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