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MacCready Solar Challenger

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The Solar Challenger was designed to be sturdier, more powerful, and more maneuverable than the Gossamer Penguin so as to be able to withstand sustained high-altitude flight and normal turbulence. It was over three times as heavy (without pilot) as the Gossamer Penguin and had a shorter wingspan, but
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The Solar Challenger was designed by a team led by Paul MacCready as a more airworthy improvement on the Gossamer Penguin, directly incorporating lessons learned from flight testing the earlier aircraft. As with the Gossamer Penguin, construction was sponsored by
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supplied the motors and solar panels, designed by Robert Boucher. The plane's wings carried 16,128 solar cells yielding a maximum solar power of 3,800 watts. It was flight tested in Western USA in winter 1980–1981.
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was proportionately more powerful, with electricity supplied by 16,128 solar cells powering two three-horsepower motors. The solar panels were directly affixed to the wing and large
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14,300 ft (4,360 m) demonstrated, 35,000 ft (11,000 m) calculated at summer solstice
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Solar Challenger - Exclusive first hand report, of Paul MacCready's solar powered aircraft project
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in exchange for publicity for the company's patented materials incorporated in the design.
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Ciotti, Paul, (2002) "More With Less", Encounter Books, San Francisco,
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Aerovironment page on Solar Challenger (some info now out-of-date)
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Martyn Cowley, with drawings by Pat Lloyd. Aeromodeller, June 1981
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Gallery of photographs of Solar Challenger by Don Monroe
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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
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400 mi (645 km, 350 nmi) (projected)
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Solar Challenger

Experimental aircraft
United States
Manufacturer
AeroVironment
Paul MacCready
Gossamer Penguin
solar-powered
electric aircraft
Paul MacCready
AeroVironment
Gossamer Penguin
human-powered
Gossamer Albatross
photovoltaic cells
batteries
DuPont
AstroFlight, Inc.
Pontoise – Cormeilles Aerodrome
Paris
France
Manston Royal Air Force Base
Manston
United Kingdom
Smithsonian Institution
Air and Space Museum
horizontal stabilizer
samarium-cobalt
magnets

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