Solar Impulse, a solar-powered plane designed and built at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, a Swiss University, recently flew from Switzerland to Morocco, a 48-hr journey.

Building things with their own hands and then using those things outside, that’s how kids these days should discover basic engineering ... build your very own solar airplane.

The initial work on the plane was done at the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, with engineering work performed by the Solar Impulse team itself. Once that was done, many of the ...

But the Solar Impulse plane does include some novel engineering feats. Its wings are covered with 11,000 solar cells, and it uses lightweight composite structural parts and has a wingspan of 210 ...

A solar RC plane has several difficult engineering challenges masquerading as one. First, you need a solid, efficient airframe with enough surface area for solar panels. Then, you need a reliable ...

A solar-powered plane that has shattered three world records ... Solar Impulse's four propellers draw an average of 8 horsepower — about what the Wright Brothers had available when they first ...

Instead of just trying to slap solar panels to an existing plane, an airframe should ideally be designed from the ground up as a balancing act between a range of factors. These include weight ...

April 7, 2010 Solar-powered plane makes successful maiden flight By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER , Associated Press Writer ...

Calverton startup Luminati Aerospace LLC on Friday staged a demonstration flight of a half-size prototype solar-powered aircraft whose larger successors are slated to remain aloft indefinitely and ...

A Swiss pilot has landed in Phoenix in the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona on the first leg of what is planned as the first cross-country flight of a completely solar-powered plane. Adventurer ...