Plane Facts: Electric Aircraft

Flight's Origin:Auteuil, Paris, France

Average Speed:7 kts

Cruising Altitude:1,600 ft.

Duration of Flight:About 1 hr.

Distance Travelled:6 nm

Manufacturer of Dirigible Powerplant:Siemens

Horsepower:1.5

Powerplant Weight, Number 6:1,552 lbs.

Power to Engine Weight Ratio:1:100

First Manned, Electric, Fixed-wing Flight: October 21, 1973

Aircraft:Militky Brditschka MB-E1

Adapted From:Brditschka HB-3 single-seat sailplane

Wingspan:39 ft. 4 in.

Flight's Origin:Wels, Austria

Cruising Altitude:1,200 ft.

Duration of the Flight:7 min.

Powerplant Manufacturer:Bosch

Battery Weight:300 lbs.

Horsepower:13

Engine Weight, Diamond DA20 Continental IO-240:246 lbs.

Horsepower:125

Full Fuel Weight:144 lbs.

Maximum Takeoff Weight:1,764 lbs.

Fuel Source:100/100LL

Seats:2

Wingspan:35 ft. 8 in.

Payload:440 lbs.

Stall Speed:45 kts

Base Price:$234,800

Maximum Endurance:5 hrs.

Maximum Cruise Speed:130 kts

Takeoff Noise Level:64 dB

Hourly Cost to Operate:$70

Motor Weight, Aero Electric Sun Flyer Enstroj Emrax 268:438 lbs.

Horsepower:135

Battery Weight:300 lbs.

Maximum Takeoff Weight:1,654 lbs.

Fuel Source:Solar-electric

Seats:2

Wingspan:36 ft.

Payload:440 lbs.

Stall Speed:45 kts

Projected Price:$249,000

Maximum Endurance:3 hrs.

Maximum Cruise Speed:120 kts

Takeoff Noise Level:55 dB

Hourly Cost to Operate:$11

First Solar-powered Flight Around the Globe: Solar Impulse 2,March 9, 2015 -- July 23, 2016

Cost of the Solar Impulse Project:$170 million

Total Flight Time: 558 hrs. 7 min. (23.25 days)

Average Speed:41 kts

Service Ceiling, Solar Impulse 2:27,900 ft.

Wingspan:236 ft.

Battery Weight:1,395 lbs.

Horsepower:4 engines, 17.5 each

Aircraft Weight:5,100 lbs.

Total Flight Distance:22,915 nm

Longest Leg (Longest Solo Solar Flight in Aviation History):Nagoya, Japan to Kalaeloa, Hawaii, 4,819 nm, 117 hrs. 52 min. (4.91 days)