Tue Jul 07, 2009 6:11 pm
2000km Solar Electric Paramotor flight ( Planned!)
'Incredible Mission'
8 pilots, 4 cutting-edge flying machines, 12 solar panels, 2000km and 2 continents.
The Solar Electric Flight is all about adventure and ingenuity. An incredible journey demonstrating the latest combination in battery power, solar energy and paramotors to help raise funds for Ataxia medical research.
To raise awareness of Ataxia, The Incredible Website has gathered a team of intrepid pilots to fly a new Electric Paramotor from Monaco to Morocco covering some 2000km; a World’s first.
Starting from Monte-Carlo on 24 July 2009 and covering an estimated 150km per day, with favourable weather conditions, the expedition should take roughly two weeks to complete, therefore arriving in Ceuta around 7 August 2009.
The Route
The flying itself will be far from straight forward and is likely to present a multitude of challenges. The route from Monaco will initially take the paramotors inland, to avoid the French restricted airspace, over the Provence Alps and then the Midi-Pyrenees.
During the summer months these mountain ranges are notorious for creating huge and dramatic thermals, which have been known to drag paragliders rapidly up to altitudes of 10,000ft and more. The vicious air turbulence could also cause the wings to collapse and pilots to plunge.
The final leg of the expedition takes the pilots across the straits of Gibraltar and so, from one continent to another. This will be the world’s first inter-continental crossing by electric paramotor, and will be a true test of the new battery technology utilised.
The Electric Paramotor
The Electric Paramotor is powered by Lithium polymer batteries, each giving the pilot an hours flying at high revs. The actual flight duration can potentially be much greater depend on wind and thermic conditions, as well as the pilots skill at gaining maximum gliding time. The support vehicle will need to meet up with the paramotor at each landing zone to change the battery. Batteries will be charged in rotation using 12 solar panels. Since the distances covered each flight will vary enormously this will provide additional navigation and logistical challenges.
Alongside the electric paramotor, pilots will also fly several other Parajet paramotors powered by bioethanol. This ‘plethora’ of paramotors should create an exciting spectacle for onlookers along the busy Mediteranean coastline.
http://www.theincrediblewebsite.org/ele ... le_mission
Great to have long holidays!!!
Oisin
8 pilots, 4 cutting-edge flying machines, 12 solar panels, 2000km and 2 continents.
The Solar Electric Flight is all about adventure and ingenuity. An incredible journey demonstrating the latest combination in battery power, solar energy and paramotors to help raise funds for Ataxia medical research.
To raise awareness of Ataxia, The Incredible Website has gathered a team of intrepid pilots to fly a new Electric Paramotor from Monaco to Morocco covering some 2000km; a World’s first.
Starting from Monte-Carlo on 24 July 2009 and covering an estimated 150km per day, with favourable weather conditions, the expedition should take roughly two weeks to complete, therefore arriving in Ceuta around 7 August 2009.
The Route
The flying itself will be far from straight forward and is likely to present a multitude of challenges. The route from Monaco will initially take the paramotors inland, to avoid the French restricted airspace, over the Provence Alps and then the Midi-Pyrenees.
During the summer months these mountain ranges are notorious for creating huge and dramatic thermals, which have been known to drag paragliders rapidly up to altitudes of 10,000ft and more. The vicious air turbulence could also cause the wings to collapse and pilots to plunge.
The final leg of the expedition takes the pilots across the straits of Gibraltar and so, from one continent to another. This will be the world’s first inter-continental crossing by electric paramotor, and will be a true test of the new battery technology utilised.
The Electric Paramotor
The Electric Paramotor is powered by Lithium polymer batteries, each giving the pilot an hours flying at high revs. The actual flight duration can potentially be much greater depend on wind and thermic conditions, as well as the pilots skill at gaining maximum gliding time. The support vehicle will need to meet up with the paramotor at each landing zone to change the battery. Batteries will be charged in rotation using 12 solar panels. Since the distances covered each flight will vary enormously this will provide additional navigation and logistical challenges.
Alongside the electric paramotor, pilots will also fly several other Parajet paramotors powered by bioethanol. This ‘plethora’ of paramotors should create an exciting spectacle for onlookers along the busy Mediteranean coastline.
http://www.theincrediblewebsite.org/ele ... le_mission
Great to have long holidays!!!
Oisin