1. College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, The State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmissions, Chongqing Automotive Collaborative Innovation Centre, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China;2. College of Automation, Chongqing University, Key Laboratory of Complex System Safety and Control, Ministry of Education, Chongqing University, Chongqing, 400044, China;3. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China;4. State Key Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Institute of Cyber-Systems and Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China;5. Institute for Sustainable Energy/College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;6. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore;7. Sichuan Energy Internet Research Institute, Tsinghua University, Chengdu 610213, Sichuan Province, China
Abstract:
The Helios prototype solar-electric flying wing has suffered problems during a check-out flight at the US Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF). Aloft for about 15 h at altitudes up to 52 000 feet (16 km), engineers checked out modifications and upgrades made to the aircraft over the past two years.This is a short news story only. Visit www.re-focus.net for the latest renewable energy industry news
