RTW Solar Impulse 2

Dan Marotta wrote on 3/16/2015 8:16 AM:
Why don't they do it non-stop, like the Voyager?�
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Voyager� Sure the Voyager used
gasoline but it had to carry all of it along with food, water, and other
essentials.� And they did it in days rather than seasons.� With lithium
batteries and solar cells, what's to stop them?� And frankly, what's the
use of either?

They are explorers, Dan, just like Rutan in the Voyager, both pushing
the envelope, but in different aircraft, with different problems and
different solutions.

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Eric Greenwell - Washington State, USA (change ".netto" to ".us" to
email me)
- "A Guide to Self-Launching Sailplane Operation"
https://sites.google.com/site/motorg...ad-the-guide-1
- "Transponders in Sailplanes - Feb/2010" also ADS-B, PCAS, Flarm
http://tinyurl.com/yb3xywl