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Solar Impulse 2 weighs 2.3 tons, and, about one ton is a weight of 17 248 cells of solar batteries. During the day the aircraft can rise by height about 9 thousand meters, falls by the level of 1.5 thousand meters over the earth for the purpose of saving of a charge at night. Average rate of flight — 48 km/h (maximum reaches 140 km/h). Time and a route were in advance carefully calculated to provide as much as possible clear sunny days on all transit across the ocean. As the pilot Bertrand Piccard (Bertrand Piccard) stated, Solar Impulse 2 can fly eternally, but possibilities of the person are more restricted. It is necessary to steer plane in not heated and untight cabin, time for a dream it is led out very little. This flight became the real endurance test, but it was worth it.
Solar Impulse of 2 beginnings the round-the-world traveling on March 9, 2015 to Abu Dhabi. Date of the completing flight which ending point will be an airport in Abu Dhabi again, isn't defined yet, partly it will depend on weather conditions.
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