Skydweller converted the Solar Impulse 2 into a heavy-payload, medium-altitude, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft.
Credit: Skydweller Aero
Battery exhaustion after encountering poor weather was the reason the Skydweller large solar-powered uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) was lost in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4, says the Solar Impulse Foundation, which flew the same aircraft piloted around the world in 2015-16. Owned and operated by...
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