Solar Ship Inc. is a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada working to develop a hybrid aircraft to deliver critical cargo to cut-off places.[1][2] The solarship gains lift from both buoyant gas and aerodynamics, and uses power from solar panels. The aircraft is a new concept of transport that does not rely on fossil fuels or ground infrastructure.[3]
The concept behind Solar Ship was based on airships and the Canadian bush plane, and was devised by Jay Godsall in 1983. In 2006, Solar Ship Inc. was officially established.[4]
Aircraftedit
The solarship's wing-ship design allows for extreme short takeoff and landing (XSTOL or eSTOL), such as in a soccer field. Its design provides a large surface area for solar electric power, allowing long, self- sufficient range. Solarships can also be powered by traditional combustion when solar energy is unavailable. However, the goal is to develop a new mode of transportation that does not depend on fossil fuels, roads, or runways. The solarship can access areas where planes, trucks, ships, and airships cannot, delivering cargo to the places that are currently cut off from the benefits of the connected world. Each solar plane is designed and built to the requirements of a mission. Currently, there are three initial missions with specific requirements: the Wolverine, the Caracal, and the Nanuq. Solar Ship's active mission, as of December 2015, is Mission Burundi.[5]
Incidentsedit
On August 29, 2014, a prototype aircraft owned, designed, and operated by Solar Ship crashed during a test flight in a tobacco field near Brantford Airport, seriously injuring its two pilots, Mark Taylor and Mark Marshall.[6] One of the pilots had to be cut out of the aircraft by rescuers.[7] The incident resulted in the temporary closure of Brantford Airport.[6]
solar, ship, solar, ship, company, based, toronto, ontario, canada, working, develop, hybrid, aircraft, deliver, critical, cargo, places, solarship, gains, lift, from, both, buoyant, aerodynamics, uses, power, from, solar, panels, aircraft, concept, transport,. Solar Ship Inc is a company based in Toronto Ontario Canada working to develop a hybrid aircraft to deliver critical cargo to cut off places 1 2 The solarship gains lift from both buoyant gas and aerodynamics and uses power from solar panels The aircraft is a new concept of transport that does not rely on fossil fuels or ground infrastructure 3 Solar Ship Inc FoundedToronto Canada 2006 FounderJay GodsallHeadquartersToronto CanadaKey peopleJay Godsall CEO John Hutchinson CTO Michel Rugema COO Sebastien Fournier CIOProductsHybrid aircraftOwnerJay GodsallWebsitesolarship wbr com Contents 1 History 2 Aircraft 3 Incidents 4 Gallery 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory editThe concept behind Solar Ship was based on airships and the Canadian bush plane and was devised by Jay Godsall in 1983 In 2006 Solar Ship Inc was officially established 4 Aircraft editThe solarship s wing ship design allows for extreme short takeoff and landing XSTOL or eSTOL such as in a soccer field Its design provides a large surface area for solar electric power allowing long self sufficient range Solarships can also be powered by traditional combustion when solar energy is unavailable However the goal is to develop a new mode of transportation that does not depend on fossil fuels roads or runways The solarship can access areas where planes trucks ships and airships cannot delivering cargo to the places that are currently cut off from the benefits of the connected world Each solar plane is designed and built to the requirements of a mission Currently there are three initial missions with specific requirements the Wolverine the Caracal and the Nanuq Solar Ship s active mission as of December 2015 is Mission Burundi 5 Incidents editOn August 29 2014 a prototype aircraft owned designed and operated by Solar Ship crashed during a test flight in a tobacco field near Brantford Airport seriously injuring its two pilots Mark Taylor and Mark Marshall 6 One of the pilots had to be cut out of the aircraft by rescuers 7 The incident resulted in the temporary closure of Brantford Airport 6 Gallery edit nbsp Front view nbsp Side view nbsp Rear viewSee also editSolar SplashReferences edit Kalan Jonathan January 13 2013 Solar ship aims to soar BBC Retrieved May 9 2014 Yarm Mark December 5 2013 Rescue Squad Disaster Aid Gets Some New Rides Wired Retrieved May 9 2014 Solar Ship www solarship com Retrieved 2016 01 22 Solar Ship www solarship com Retrieved 2016 01 22 Solar Ship TV 2015 12 22 Episode 5 Mission Burundi retrieved 2016 01 22 a b Experimental airship crash lands near Brantford Airport Retrieved 2016 04 20 Experimental aircraft crashes near Brantford airport Retrieved 2016 04 20 External links editOfficial website nbsp This corporation or company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Solar Ship Inc amp oldid 1170404826, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
