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Revillard/Reuters
i.Borneo - Kapal
terbang pertama dikuasakan sepenuhnya oleh tenaga solar telah mula menyeberangi
benua Amerika Syarikat sebagai sebahagian daripada penerbangan yang bercita-cita
tinggi di seluruh DUNIA. Solar Impulse 2 berlepas dari California dan dijangka
di Phoenix, Arizona pada petang Isnin.
Solar
Impulse memulakan perjalanan pada Mac 2015, berlepas dari United Arab Emirates
dan berhenti di Oman, India, Myanmar, China dan Jepun.
Ambitious solar plane
begins US leg
of round-the-world flight . . .
of round-the-world flight . . .
The
first airplane powered entirely by solar energy has begun crossing the
continental US as part of its ambitious flight around the globe. Solar Impulse
2 took off from California and is expected in Phoenix, Arizona on Monday
evening.
Solar
Impulse began its journey in March 2015, departing from the United Arab
Emirates and stopping in Oman, India, Myanmar, China and Japan.
Map of
the "Solar Impulse 2" flight path © solarimpulse.com
2 juruterbang
Switzerland, Bertrand Piccard dan Andre Borschberg, telah bergilir-gilir di
dalam kokpit SI2 sejak pesawat itu berlepas dari Abu Dhabi. Borschberg berada
di kokpit pada hari Isnin, sebagai pesawat berlepas dari Moffett Airfield
pemandangan pergunungan California.
Pesawat
eksperimen mempunyai 236 kaki (72 meter) lebar sayap - lebih besar daripada
Boeing 747 - dan bristling dengan 17.248 sel-sel solar yang kuasa 4 motor
elektrik. Pesawat itu mempunyai berat lebih daripada 2.5 tan (2,300 kilogram),
atau kira-kira sebanyak SUV. Tenaga solar juga caj bateri atas kapal,
membolehkan pesawat untuk terbang pada waktu malam.
Borschberg
dapat menolak had pesawat Jun lalu, semasa melintas Pacific yang mengambil 117
jam dan 52 minit masa penerbangan antara Nagoya, Jepun dan Honolulu, Hawaii.
The
experimental aircraft has a 236-foot (72-meter) wingspan – larger than a Boeing
747 – and is bristling with 17,248 solar cells that power four electric motors.
The plane weighs more than 2.5 tons (2,300 kilos), or about as much as an SUV.
Solar energy also charges the on-board batteries, enabling the plane to fly at
night.
Borschberg
was able push the aircraft’s limits last June, during the Pacific
crossing that took 117 hours and 52 minutes of flight time between
Nagoya, Japan and Honolulu, Hawaii.
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Walau bagaimanapun,
bateri mengalami beberapa kerosakan haba dalam proses itu, yang memerlukan
pembaikan, pembumian pesawat selama lebih 9 bulan. Selepas pembaikan yang
lengkap, Piccard terbang Impulse Suria ke San Francisco pada bulan lepas.
However,
the batteries suffered some heat damage in the process, requiring repairs,
grounding the plane for over nine months. After the repairs were complete,
Piccard flew the Solar Impulse to San Francisco last month.
A
normal day at a #futureisclean office...
LIVE from #Si2's cockpit!
LIVE from #Si2's cockpit!
Penerbangan
dari permandangan pergunungan ke Phoenix merupakan pusingan ke-10 perjalanan di
seluruh DUNIA, dan yang pertama di seluruh benua Amerika Syarikat. Para
juruterbang merancang 2 lagi berhenti sebelum sampai ke New York, di mana
mereka akan bersedia untuk Atlantik lintasan ke Eropah atau Afrika Utara.
Solar
Impulse 2 boleh mencapai ketinggian maksimum 28,000 kaki (8.5 km), mengikut
projek. Dengan halaju purata hanya 40 knot (75 kilometer sejam), ianya adalah
tidak sangat laju. Walau bagaimanapun,
lembaran data pesawat itu menyenaraikan penggunaan bahan api itu sebagai
"sifar."
Lawatan
itu ditaja oleh kerajaan Abu Dhabi, Omega, Google, dan Moet Hennessy, antara
lain.
The
flight from Mountain View to Phoenix is the 10th leg of the trip around the
world, and the first across the continental US. The pilots plan two more stops
before reaching New York, where they will prepare for the Atlantic crossing to
Europe or North Africa.
Solar
Impulse 2 can reach the maximum altitude of 28,000 feet (8.5 km), according to the project. With the average
airspeed of only 40 knots (75 kilometers per hour), it is not very fast.
However, the data sheet for the aircraft lists the fuel consumption as “zero.”
The
trip is sponsored by the Abu Dhabi government, Omega, Google, and Moet
Hennessy, among others.
