Super efficient aeroplane wins NASA's green flight challenge.
http://www.gizmag.com/green-flight-challenge-winner/20060/
http://www.gizmag.com/green-flight-challenge-winner/20060/
Pipistrel takes US$1.35 million first prize in NASA Green Flight Challenge
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Pipistrel takes US$1.35 million first prize in NASA Green Flight Challenge
Very cool 
#3
- BlakjeKaas
It's just 2 gliders with an engine.
It should've been less minimal, I'm actually interested in 2nd 3rd place now.
It should've been less minimal, I'm actually interested in 2nd 3rd place now.
#4
- Crashgate3
Isn't 'a glider with an engine' the definition of any powered plane, ever?
I was trying to figure out if the winner used up more than the winning prize money on research and labor/expenses on building the winning plane.
#6
- BlakjeKaas
True, but a boeing looks less like a glider than this thing.
If you would give me 2 gliders and a grand (or an engine), I could build this. How is that idea worth 1.35 million?
I also have an idea for a very efficient car.
2 bicycles, an engine, done!
Can I have 1 million euros now?
#7
- Crashgate3
You should phone them, tell them they've given the prize money to the wrong person :rolleyes:
Dont be an idiot
.This isn't junkyard wars.
very cool all it's missing is pages and pages of FAA regulations to make sure no one can ever buy one.
Erm, 2 gliders and a "Washing Machine Motor"
Not something I would like to fly in I think.
Ok, it should have some fiberglass body on it, but then it still would be a great idea.
It's just that I was hoping to see something innovative, but this isn't innovative, it's just minimalism. It seems like they took the easy way.
From the outside ofcourse it isn't going to be innovative. Even if it they cracked nuclear fusion for power generation the outside in the (not) ground breaking headline of the year it is still going to look like a plane.
a washing machine motor in a glider..
If you can build something better go right ahead. That aircraft is the class leader in its field, it is cutting edge tech why do you hate it so much?
Solar & pedal power planes fly using less energy but they cant carry four passengers at 129mph.
Solar & pedal power planes fly using less energy but they cant carry four passengers at 129mph.
This. And I'm not sure if you strapped an engine onto a glider you could go 129mph
Like I said, it seems too obvious.. too easy..
Though, 129mph in a glider is pretty fast TBH.
I expected something wackier.
wackyness is the reason none of those highly efficient prototypes make it into any sort of production. The goal is not just to make cool science, but to make something that will create an impact by people actually owning and using that science.
In all non-seriousness, let's see how that would look if applied to a boeing =P
Pipistrel takes US$1.35 million first prize in NASA Green Flight Challenge
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