And..... The useful load for that Experimental category airplane is ????

Zero passengers.. Zero cargo.. but.. It is able to travel at almost 80
MPH... most days when the sun shines... for a while....

Soon... your majesty.. very soon... I'll be able to turn lead into gold and
you will be incredibly rich.. I do need just a little more equipment and
funding....

Reality surely sucks, doesn't it..

On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:

> What about the pure solar plane flying around the globe - as we speak?
>
> On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes <
> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> > Please tell us the amount of power (kilowatts) in a square meter of
> > sunlight at sea level.  Now compare that to the amount of power required
> to
> > fly an airplane, and the square meters of wing surface on the upper wings
> > of the subject airplane.  A little simple math, fill in some reasonable
> > estimates for missing information, and I think you will begin to see that
> > even if solar panels reach 100% efficiency, they still won't work...
> >
> > -------------
> > Max
> > Charleston SC
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes <
> > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I beg to differ.  Solar panel efficiencies are climbing relentlessly
> > while
> > > the manufacturing cost continues to decline.
> > >
> > >
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