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Post by Seva Lamberdar Thu Mar 19, 2015 3:44 pm

MANDALAY: The Solar Impulse 2 (Si2), a solar-powered aircraft on a mission to fly around the globe without a drop of fuel, has landed here on Thursday, completing the fourth leg of its historic flight, according to media reports.....................


http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Solar-powered-aircraft-Solar-Impulse-2-reaches-Myanmar/articleshow/46625580.cms



>>> The title for this project / plane is slightly misleading (i.e. the use of the word "impulse" in the title). This plane seems to use the energy from the Sun to fly by transforming the sunlight into electricity ("More than 17,000 built into wings that at 236ft are longer than on a Boeing 747 and approaching those of a Airbus A380." ...  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/All-you-want-to-know-about-Solar-Impulse-2/listshow/46617241.cms). A strictly solar "impulse" type gadget (plane in this case) on the other hand should work through the direct momentum transfer from the sunlight, which is not happening in this case ... as the plane is not propelled by using the momentum transfer (or impulse) directly from the sunlight.
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