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History of Solar Flight July 2008
© André Noth, ASL, ETH Zürich
http://www.sky-sailor.ethz.ch 7 Length [m]
Nr. Name Year Designer, Manufacturer Source
1 Sunrise 1974 R.J. Boucher from Astro Flight, USA Book "Solar Modellflug", page 9 9.75 0.86 4.38 8.36 11.4 12.25
2 Sunrise II 1975 R.J. Boucher from Astro Flight, USA Book "Solar Modellflug", page 9 9.75 0.86 4.38 8.36 11.4 10.21
3 Solaris 1976 Fred Militky, Germany Book "Solar Modellflug", page 10 2.06 0.20 0.41 10.3 0.61
4 Ra 1977 Prof. Dr. V. Kupciks Book "Solar Modellflug", page 12 1.37 0.12 0.84 0.16 11.9 0.19
5 Utopie 1977 Dr. Roland Stuck, France Book "Solar Modellflug", page 13 2.53 0.20 1.32 0.51 12.6 0.97
6 Solar-Student 1978 Prof. Dr. V. Kupciks Book "Solar Modellflug", page 14 1.96 0.22 1.04 0.43 8.91 0.93
7 Solar One 1978 David Williams and Fred To R. J. Boucher, History Of Solar Flight, AIAA Paper 84-1429, June 1984 20.72 1.17 6.70 24.15 17.8 104.32
8 Solar-X4 1979 H. Schenk Book "Solar Modellflug", page 15 2.50 0.17 1.13 0.42 14.8 0.85
9 Solar Silberfuchs 1979 Günter Rochelt Book "Solar Modellflug", page 17 4.00 0.25 1.52 1.00 16 2.10
10 Solar Riser 1979 Larry Mauro
http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/UFM-Mauro Solar Riser.asp 9.14 1.04 2.44 9.52 8.78 55.8
11 Solar-HB79 1980 Helmut Bruss Book "Solar Modellflug", page 16 2.80 0.24 1.45 0.67 11.7 1.51
12 Solair I 1980 Günter Rochelt
http://www.delago.de/solair/ESol2-7.htm 16.00 1.38 5.40 22.00 14 120.00
13 Gossamer Penguin 1980 Dr. Paul B. MacCready from Aerovironment
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120308main_FS-054-DFRC.pdf 21.64 2.63 57.00 8.22 30.84
14 Solar-HB80 1981 Helmut Bruss Book "Solar Modellflug", page 19 2.84 0.23 1.48 0.65 12.5 1.72
15 Solar Challenger 1981 Dr. Paul B. MacCready from Aerovironment
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120308main_FS-054-DFRC.pdf 14.80 1.48 9.22 21.83 9 99.79
16 Solus Solar 1984 Helmut Bruss, F.W. Biesterfeld Book "Solar Modellflug", page 20 3.20 0.29 0.88 0.93 11 2.20
17 Poly 1986 Helmut Bruss Book "Solar Modellflug", page 21 3.24 0.29 0.88 0.97 10.8 2.48
18 Combi 1987 Peter Hartwig Book "Solar Modellflug", page 23 2.96 0.26 0.85 0.77 11.4 2.29
19 Solariane 1987 Franz Weissgerber, Ernst Schöberl Book "Solar Modellflug", page 24 3.08 0.28 1.72 0.85 11.2 1.80
20 Helios (model) 1989 Erich Töpfer Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 2.14 0.18 0.39 11.8 1.40
21 Bloch 1989 Edwin Bloch Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 2.90 0.24 0.70 12 1.25
22 Grosholz 1989 Rainer Grosholz Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 3.07 0.19 0.60 15.8 1.85
23 Combi 2 1989 Helmut Bruss Book "Solar Modellflug", page 28 2.95 0.28 1.54 0.77 11.3 1.70
24 Ikaros 1989 Franz Weissgerber Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 2.50 0.23 0.58 10.8 1.80
25 Bleher 1989 Wolfgang Bleher Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 2.00 0.24 0.49 8.18 1.37
26 Romarino 1989 Urs Schaller Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 2.00 0.20 0.40 10 1.80
27 Sol-e-moi 1989 Alfred Hitzler Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 3.00 0.17 0.50 18 2.10
28 Wolf 1989 Josef Wolf Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 3.00 0.21 0.63 14.3 1.60
29 WS-Solar 1989 Wener Schleidt Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 2.50 0.22 0.55 11.3 1.55
30 Ariane Ultra 1989 Franz Weissgerber Book "Solar Modellflug", page 26 1.98 0.21 1.14 0.41 11 3.02
31 Solar Voyager 1990 Volker Klein Deutsche Museum, Flugwerft Schleißheim 3.20 0.25 0.79 13 1.30
32 Mardini 1990 Hans-Jakob Sommerauer Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.40 0.25 0.60 9.6 2.50
33 Sollisolar 1990 Edwin Bloch Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.98 0.23 0.69 12.9 1.23
34 PB 26-FL 1990 Marco Buholzer Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.60 0.22 0.58 11.8 2.30
35 Solarbaby 1990 Werner Dettweiler Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 & 106 1.70 0.16 0.28 10.4 1.25
36 Bleher 1990 Wolfgang Bleher Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.00 0.22 0.44 9.03 1.55
37 Uccello 1990 Josef Kapfer Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.70 0.23 0.63 11.5 1.90
38 Sole Florentino 1990 Franz Weissgerber Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.50 0.17 0.43 14.6 1.20
39 Soli 1990 Ernst Schöberl Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.08 0.18 0.38 11.5 1.50
40 Playboy 1990 Thomas Bley Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.40 0.19 0.45 12.8 1.35
41 WS12 (then WS16) 1990 Dr. Wolfgang Schaeper Book "Solar Modellflug", page 29 2.50 0.16 1.10 0.41 15.2 0.84
42 Solar Flyer 1990 Peter Hartwig Book "Solar Modellflug", page 104 2.64 0.23 1.48 0.61 11.5 1.60
43 Blue Chip 1990 Hans W. Müller Book "Solar Modellflug", page 108 2.20 0.23 1.25 0.50 9.66 0.75
44 Solarmax 1990 Erich Töpfer Book "Solar Modellflug", page 110 3.48 0.30 1.59 1.04 11.6 2.54
45 Sollisolar 89-2 1990 Edwin Bloch Book "Solar Modellflug", page 111 2.98 0.23 1.34 0.68 13.1 1.24
46 Phönix 1990 Jens Stattler Book "Solar Modellflug", page 112 2.62 0.21 1.29 0.56 12.2 1.18
47 Sunseeker 1990 Eric Raymond
http://www.solar-flight.com/sslink.html ?
48 Solar UHU 1991 Graupner (Ref. 4274)
http://members.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=airxav 2.30 0.23 1.20 0.53 10 1.45
49 Blue-Wing 1991 Norbert Ladenburger, Germany "Aufwind", Issue 2, 1992 2.34 0.18 1.05 0.42 13 0.75
50 Solar Schilti 1 1991 Jean-Pierre Schiltknecht FMT Sonderdruck aus FMT 1-4/1992 1.74 0.19 1.16 0.34 9 0.70
51 Solar Schilti 2 1991 Jean-Pierre Schiltknecht RC Modely, Issue 4, 1997 1.99 0.18 1.05 0.36 11.1 0.82
52 Silizi Solar 1991 Horst Groner Flug- und Modelltechnik 423-4/91 2.25 0.21 1.30 0.47 10.7 1.08
53 Solix 1991 Ernst Schöberl Flug- und Modelltechnik 443-12/92 2.37 0.20 1.30 0.48 11.8 1.05
54 Solar mini challenger 1992 Astro Flight
http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~sakazaki/fwind/list-e.html 1.55 0.18 0.28 8.5 0.94
55 Rival-8 Solaris 1992 Palo Lishak, Slovakia
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=291266 1.96 0.22 1.13 0.43 8.91 0.66
56 Pathfinder 1994 AeroVironment, NASA
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120308main_FS-054-DFRC.pdf 29.50 2.40 3.60 70.80 12.3 207.00
57 MikroSol 1995 Sieghard Dienlin
http://home.main-rheiner.de/sieghard.dienlin/ 1.13 0.19
58 Solair II 1996 Günter Rochelt
http://www.delago.de/solair/ESol2-7.htm 20.00 0.86 6.12 17.00 23.5 140.0
59 Icare II 1996 UNI Stuttgart, Rudolf Voit-Nitschmann
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/wechselwirkungen/ww2001/nitschmann.pdf 25.00 1.03 7.70 25.70 24.3 270.00
60 Lo 120 Solar 1996 Hugo Post Book "Fliegen mit Licht", page 123 15.46 1.03 16.00 14.9 ?
61 Solarflugzeug 1996 Uwe Heinemann Book "Fliegen mit Licht", page 123 18.00 1.50 27.00 12 190.00
62 O sole mio 1996 Dr. Antonio Bubbico
http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/wechselwirkungen/ww2001/nitschmann.pdf 20.00 1.23 24.50 16.3 130.00
63 Solar Solitude 1996 Dave Beck
http://personalpages.tds.net/~dbeck/ 2.70 0.20 0.55 13.3 2.00
64 NanoSol 1996 Sieghard Dienlin
http://home.main-rheiner.de/sieghard.dienlin/ 1.11 0.16
65 Centurion 1997 AeroVironment, NASA
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120308main_FS-054-DFRC.pdf 61.80 2.40 3.60 148.32 25.8 533.00
66 Trosollmuffel 1997 Bernd Bossmann
http://www.delago.de/ariane/EIntmod.htm 2.50 0.25 0.62 10.1 1.14
67 Global Flyer 1997 Helmut Bruss FMT Magazine, Issue 7, 1998 2.50 0.23 1.20 0.57 11 1.04
68 Pathfinder Plus 1998 AeroVironment, NASA
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120308main_FS-054-DFRC.pdf 36.30 2.40 3.60 87.12 15.1 247.50
69 Solar Excel 1998 Wolfgang Schaeper
http://il-windpower.homelinux.net/SunSailor/cf2000.pdf 2.10 0.16 1.02 0.35 12.8 0.72
70 Solitair 1998 DLR Institute of Flight Systems
http://www.dlr.de/ft/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-1358/1891_read-3339/ 5.20 ?
71 PicoSol 1998 Sieghard Dienlin
http://home.main-rheiner.de/sieghard.dienlin/ 0.99 0.13
72 LFMA 1998 Louis Fourdan, Michel Astier, France Louis Fourdan 1.90 0.25 0.47 7.76 1.20
73 Helios 1999 AeroVironment, NASA
http://www1.nasa.gov/centers/dryden/pdf/120308main_FS-054-DFRC.pdf 75.30 2.48 3.60 186.60 30.4 600.00
74 Sunrazor (Sunriser) 2000 Patrick Berry The Sunriser - A Design Study in Solar Powered Flight.pdf 2.70 0.30 0.81 9.06 1.10
75 Goldcap 2 2001 Helmut Bruss
http://www.dienlin.de/sieghard/ModellTechnik/Bildergalerie.html ?
76 Solarus 2001 Jonas Romblad
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136218 2.30 0.19 0.44 12 0.48
77 FlyG 2002 Royal Institute of Technology, KTH
http://130.237.36.221/cdio/old_projects/sap/index.html 6.00 0.60 2.70 3.60 10 10.00
78 Solar Pleaser 2003 Unknown
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=88868 1.04 0.15 1.01 0.15 7 0.25
79 No Name 2003 Matt Keennon
http://aero.stanford.edu/Reports/AIAA20040001b.pdf 0.14 0.015 0.12 0.00 9.33 0.0017
80 Solar Splinter 2003 Paul Breed
http://www.rasdoc.com/splinter/ 4.27 0.35 2.13 1.50 12.2 4.50
81 Sol-Mite 2004 Ralph Bradley
http://www.parmodels.com/ralphs_models.htm 0.81 0.12 0.10 6.5 0.13
82 Sky-Sailor 2005 André Noth, Walter Engel, Roland Siegwart, Ehttp://sky-sailor.epfl.ch 3.20 0.24 1.82 0.78 13.2 2.50
83 Zephyr 2005 QinetiQ
http://www.qinetiq.com 18.00 1.55 27.90 11.6 30.00
84 Solong 2005 Alan Cocconi from AcPropulsion
http://www.acpropulsion.com 4.75 0.32 1.50 15 12.60
85 NanSun 2006 Troy Tegeder
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1723.pdf 3.20 0.40 2.60 1.28 8 4.10
86 Howie Mark 2006 Louis Dube, Joshua Alves, Corey Ohnstad University of Nevada 2.43 0.20 0.49 12.2 0.45
87 SunSailor 2006 Technion IIT, Haifa, Israel
http://il-windpower.saymoo.org/SunSailor.html 4.20 0.32 2.20 1.35 13.1 3.60
88 Aphelion 2006 Carl Engel and Adam Woodworth from MIT
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=572000 3.13 0.22 0.70 14 ?
89 2.765 g Solar MAV 2007 Brian Daniels
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=731011 0.14 0.04 0.15 0.0057 3.41 0.0022
90 SolFly 2007 Helmut Schweig
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=691420 0.07 <0.001
91 Micro-Mite 2007 Ralph Bradley
http://www.parmodels.com/ralphs_models.htm 0.20 0.05 0.01 4 0.0095
92 Sun-Surfer I 2007 Niels Diepeveen, ETH Zürich
http://sky-sailor.epfl.ch/publications.htm 0.77 0.00 0.73 0.07 8.5 0.12
93 Sun-Surfer II 2007 Beat Fuchs, ETH Zürich
http://sky-sailor.epfl.ch/publications.htm 0.78 0.11 0.74 0.09 7.03 0.188
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Solar Powered Aircrafts Flown To Date
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Version 2.02, July 2008
This research was achieved in the framework of the Sky-Sailor Solar Airplane
Project at ETHZ
M.f.G.
Piet
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