Solar powered aeroplane flies across the Alps
Elektra One Solar from PC-Aero started in Unterwössen on 25th June for the Alps crossing over the Grossglockner and landed in the sunny town of Lienz in East Tyrol (Austria) around two and a half hours later. After the successful flight on the south side of the Alps, Elektra One Solar started its way back on 2nd July in quite difficult weather conditions.
Despite headwinds and strong gusts the plane crossed the Alps at an altitude of more than 3000m and landed after about two hours and 190km flight as planned at the airfield in Zell am See.
The emission and noise free flight was made possible by 280 solar cells on the wing surface of the ultralight airplane and a 11.5kWh battery package. The series production solar cells from the Solar World company in Germany provided about 30% of the needed energy. The maximum actual range of the aircraft is about 500km. A special high resolution camera for 3D landscape mapping (with a resolution of up to 5cm) was installed on board.
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