First Cross-country flight in the Sunseeker Duo - June 2014
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- Опубликовано: 2 июл 2018
- June 2018 - We are celebrating the 4th anniversary of the first Cross-country flight in the Sunseeker Duo.
Leaving ones home airport for the first time is a big step into the unknown, one that we will never forget.
Having flown the same route, Voghera to Pavullo five years earlier in the single seat Sunseeker II made it less daunting, and the weather forecast was good. Leaving our home port, 100 miles seemed like a long way, but in the event we arrived with plenty of daylight left, so we explored the local mountains and even managed to rendezvous with a friend who was flying as an instructor in a two-seat glider out of Pavullo.
After spending the night, we found a strong wind in the morning for our return flight, but we had no problem getting home, even taking GoPro's Picture of the day on the way back. 
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Everybody is commenting on the excellent landings, but what !Really! impressed me, is that it can take off on its own with two adults inside. 🔆✈️🛫
Yes and would not much runway needed but it looks like the wingspan is a bit tricky... this is an old video already.... I want to look into these more
Of course it can take off, the power of electric motors hasn't been an issue for quite a while. Actually storing that energy for extended use is the limiting factor.
Yeah. When you travel it's usually 2 adults flying you to your destination..
And the two adults pilot at the same time !
Sepertinya untuk mempercepat akselerasi,dibantu oleh motor elektrik pada roda nya ,juga untuk keperluan bermanuver di darat😊
The best view without doubt is from the wing mounted camera 👍😀
even better in 360
Yea. ;-D
Worst lens distortion possible 👎
That or the camera man loves his job and volunteering to be counterweight on the wing
Thx Dave
That is one of the coolest Glider/motor Glider/airplanes
Gliders must not have engines
@@bogdanpawowski3332 gliders can have engine, it's just designed to fly long periods of time without those engines, so if the engine dies out, it doesn't matter.
@@bogdanpawowski3332 that is not glider, that is motorglider
@@bogdanpawowski3332 กห_
It's a shame that it's one of a kind, the world needs more of these. Hopefully this is an adequate proof of concept allowing many more to be built.
“Motors nice and quiet” *BEEP BEEP BOOP BOOP BEEP BEEP*
WillyMcFly I’m sorry did he say it was ?
@WillyMcFly Wooosh
@WillyMcFly Yeah wouldn't want to get beaten down by the reddit warriors who coined the sound of a joke flying over the head.
That is variometer.
@@modelistul
That is annoying regardless of what you name it! At 1 minute 36 seconds into the video, the beat beat beating forced me to shut it down!
The smug elitism of the two people in the cabin also put me off, I'm tired of New World Order Eco fascist elitists!
World's most expensive selfie stick!
*This is how I always imagined having your own flying car would be like.*
Same here. :) Environmentally friendly, fast and clean. I'd pay to go up in a solar powered glider to go from my local airport to the Chicago one.
You must have a hell of a driveway friend.
Too dangerous of an idea and a threat to public safety, flying cars should never be a thing.
@@Diskaria why are they a threat to public safety?
@@dasmejr6004think of the drunk drivers…
🛩️🏬💥
pilot of a solar panel plane: "Look at these clouds! Wow!"
@Rasta Xde yep it just looks like a glider with panels
Funny! hehe!! Famous last words? :)
@Rasta Xde i mean being able to take off from the ground on their own is a big deal for a gliders though, this seems awesome and i hope it keeps developing
It's a plane with large wingspan.......
@@gror7849 y that?
I like this! No need for a towplane to get you off the ground;The propeller retracts to reduce drag; The whole wingtop is a solar panel to charge your batteries, power your instruments & landing gear- Wonderful!!
hi from glider rider in New Zealand....wow the future has arrived love it!!
There was not a single boring shot and it moved right along! thanks nice!
As a paraglider pilot I did enjoy so much this video. So similar techniques and sounds.
Santos Martínez Definitely same sounds!
Someday electric ppg will be affordable for the average pilot. I can see paraglider pilots switching to electric ppg like this. Also in a competition format.
Night : I am going to end this man's whole career
AB9 underrated comment
@@commiedotstar4616 *Overrated
Idk if this plane is the same type? But the batteries I’m fairly sure on at least solar powered planes can last throughout the night and on cloudy days
@@preyrarny it was a joke Einstein
@@AB9_ no need to be rude.
So peaceful and quiet with a great view I’d never want to come down
Except the constant beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep :D
Until you need to go to the bathroom....
Still must be awesome to fly in such sublime silence
@@soetdjuret you can turn it off. But a good pilot adapt to it. Is an important piece of equipment
Very inspiring and beautiful aircraft! Great video.
What an absolute dream and beautiful flying machine!
This is a real contribution. Thank you!
I love the side by side seating of this aircraft. Much like the A6? Or Icon A5. Too cool. best way to share a flight!!!!!!
Lovely cute plane. Sun powered glider. Damn jealousy.
Cheers from Indonesia
I remember that GoPro Photo of the Day! It is what got me interested in gliding! And to find this video years later is awesome haha! I will eventually accomplish my dream...thanks for being an inspiration!
Outstanding invention....The future of aviation.
The best I have seen for electric Gliders. I have not flown a glider since I was a teen, but if I was rich rather than a disabled veteran, I would love to own one like this, to spend my time flying nearly every day and producing video content 5 days a week to push gliding and motor gliding to a new generation (as well as for search and rescue for lost hikers and children), just like others are doing the same in the US for Paramotor's and being highly successful in doing so (bringing new flyers buy the hundreds). I have been looking for a single seat Ultralight motor Glider to make it someone affordable for me.
Keep trying, go for it and good luck
Thank you for your service by the way.
@@Nightmare-kg7xd anytime... :)
@@weaponeer :)
I was cracking up when stretched out his back while the wife took over. Great footage by the way!
Absolutely breath taking!!!!!
This is awesome !! Very relaxing and looks so fun to fly.
I believe this is will be the next favorite airplane in future.
How far in the future though? Our current favorite airplane are made or designed in the 60's
Fabulous! :o)
Thanks for the video.
Looks so fun and relaxing up there 😁
Can’t wait for the kit. The idea of taxi’ing by the fuel pumps and flying on the suns energy is a terrific idea. Looks very comfortable too.
Mesmerizing views. Thanks. I couldn't help wondering what a 360 views would be like.
That beeping would drive me nuts
If you are flying gliders u get used to it even appreciate the indication pretty soon. This instrument is called Variometer it shows the climbrate in m/s or ft/min or kt.
@@michaelderflinger5002 Hmmm, cool! Flying gliders does sound like a lot of fun :)
@@michaelderflinger5002 yup! The sweet sound of climb! 😊
Once you have been flying with that sound you will never forget it. Ended you will dream about that sound.
Makes more noise than the engine, now that is koool
Absolutely beautiful, I'm so jealous 😒
I can't even imagine how awesome heavenly feeling should be flying this glider...
Absolutely awesome!
The scenery is pretty nice too
I look forward to a future where EGliding becomes the standard in the sport. Aerodynamically gliders are approaching the theoretical limits of performance, new construction technology and improved batteries I think we be the future in conpetition, and we will see faster speeds and bigger flights
you don't really improve your batteries. you charge them in flight.
@@MusikCassette no buy higher energy density would improve the performance and payloads of electric aircraft.
@@TriadAgone well electric batteries will be more than an oder of magnetude worse than kerosin. And that will be so for several decades to come. So no there is not really potential there.
to find usage in electric planes you have to be a little more innovative than that.
@@MusikCassette it doesn't need to have better energy density than traditional fuels, it just needs to be viable enough that it can fulfill particular routes slightly cheaper than traditional aircraft. That's a combination of dispatch reliability, failure rates, maintenance, minimum equipment, crew requirements and training, and alot of other small factors like noise and fuel charges at different ports.
The aviation game is a game of very small efficiencies. For example west jet 737s done have split winglets because they calculated the payload loss wasn't worth the aerodynamic gains.
So all an electric airplane needs to do is bring down any combination of those factors to a point where it's a fraction of a percent cheaper and the technology will improve at a dramatic rate from corporate investment.
I see the biggest advantage of electric AC being 1. Performance and torque at any altitude will be identical. 2 dispatch reliability will be very high on electric motors, which could present even longer service life and cheaper maintenance than jet engines. They're also likely overall simpler systems.
That was as much as of a near-perfect 3-point landing I have ever seen... really smooth - I watch the land at least 8 times, if not more to really see what was going on - though, I did happen to see a tiny bit of nose lift just after landing - I am no pilot, but perhaps not enough level or forward stick once down? Are the landings in this plane often this smooth?
Woah that's a massive bonker glider plane I love it!
Thanks for the video, not many ppl are lucky to see this impressive plane/glider or whatever is this
looks like this has been picked up by the algorithm
Hello daddy elon
@James Sempy Thats why God invented cliffs.
@@moealsharif13 Bro, I think what he meant was that this video was picked up by the RUclips algorithm, hence why it was in your recommendation. Nothing to do with energy whatsoever.
Hi
Explains all the toxic ass comments suddenly
That's the greatest thing I've ever seen!!!
Fantastic evolution.
LOVED this (real) VIDEO - THIS IS WHAT man FIRST envisioned when he said "I want to FLY" :-) ...
KEEP THE VIDEOS COMING !!!
Thanks! Will do!
Glad you enjoyed it! We feel the same way. Quiet as a glider, with a electric motor we can start anytime we want.
Really amazing! How far did it travel without needing to be recharged? IE, by solar power alone. Did it land with a full charge? Average speed?
It can fly as long as there's aun out.
This glider can can fly for the eternity with a good maintenance!!
Wunderbar und zugleich wunderschön. Und schon so alt.
speechless, it's an amazing thing, buddy !!
Simplesmente magnífico
That's an awesome windshield.
That is absolutely incredible. I hope in the future those are super affordable & anybody can buy 1 fly wherever they want for "free" during the day
Videos from Sunseeker Duo are rare and short.
I love this spots but you have a lot if powerful information I am looking for.
Best Regards,
Dieter
This plane is too phucking beautiful~
Amazing plane.
What an absolute dream and beautiful flying machine!. Very Good ! Muito Bom !.
Absolutely amazing.
Lucky lucky you!! I'm dead jeaoulous 😉
That constant beeping would make me want to open up the canopy, and jump out without a chute
Beeping is good. You are going up. Booping is bad. You are going down.
The vario is your friend. A glorious sound.
Glider pilots, paraglider pilots, hang glider pilots love that sound for that means you are going up which is especially valuable for non powered aircrafts.
The dopamine rush from the high pitch sounds going off at high frequency.
Something like: baaaaa, baaa, booo, boo, beee, beeEEI, BEEEI, BEEEII, BEP BEP BEP BEP 🤩
Beautiful! Thanks.
What an amazing airplane! Beautiful
Neat! Every big change starts with someone doing something that others think impractical or useless.
That's the truth. What's the statistics, 95 % of people are negative 90% of the time? Something like that.
FREEDOM, no one to hold wing and tow, retractable undercarriage, solar with a motor who cares about negative people, kudos to the designers, love glider flying is relaxing, specially wife next to you nothing more to ask..thank you for sharing
Please let us know about the plane and all the information about it .how far can you glide ? so on, thanks
Concept and aircraft more about humanity than engineering. Thank you.
wut
Show demais, maravilhoso vôo.
It blows my mind how quiet he plans is, and how quiet it is in the cabin , except for the altimeter beeping which makes it feel like a cruiser from star wars. I hope soon enough battery and solar tech will make this feasible to replace light jet planes . It would be fantastic
It's not an altimeter...
This is really smart using solar pannels for the plane to fly
Yeah, it’s not like the plane now cost 50x what it would have
@@Darenz-cg9zg ultralights are already known to be fuel efficient when done right, and their wings aren’t the size of a building. It’s a cool design, but economically useless IMO.
Amazing couple
Hermoso vuelo y hermosa y asombrosa aeronave! felicitaciones ! que ganas de pilotar ese planeador motorizado. genial la tecnología solar, imagino que baterias lipo, mootor brushless , fibra de carbono y un software impecable. Nuevamente felicitaciones!
This is my dream when I became older
Newbie question here: Can the motors be activated quickly during landing in case of a go-around and would they provide enough thrust to get back up?
That is a great question, I would like to know the answer as well. I would think(based on the instant torque of electric motors I have personally experienced) it would be more responsive than combustion engines. I am a not smart, and this is just a guess.
If it can take off unassisted and there is sufficient charge and runway, I don't see why not. But an electric plane with a low charge weighs the same as one with full batteries. The rest is down to the PV contribution, and a good question.
YES, for sure, but being a glider pilot first and foremost, a go around would not be needed, the w.i.g. effect of a glider and their wingspan makes it not needed. Remember this is a glider and glider pilot.
That is the coolest plane ever!
What a fantastic aircraft!
congrats on the butter landing 1st place ryan air cant beat that
Belíssimo vôo, lindas imagens, lindas paisagens! Se tem algo que eu admiro nas pessoas é a capacidade que elas têm de tornar realidade algo que, para muitos, seria impossível: realizar o sonho de voar! Parabéns pelo seu vídeo, muito incentivador, muito espetacular!!!
A wonderful accomplishment.
Hermoso avión, hermosas vistas!! 😍
Vengo de Un Poco De Todo, esto es hermoso y increíble a la vez
Yo también :D
Question :
Battery capacity, solar panels capacity and motor consumption?
yes
I believe 69
No no no no 14. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
@NonyaBusiness! well Elon Musk disagrees with you and said a electric supersonic jet is feasible and that battery regeneration could happen using gravity.
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP
Very cool. I wonder if/when we'll see motor gliders with slightly higher capacity. Something like the Stemme S12 or whatever with its beautiful prop hiding nose cone, but with four seats, and electric power like this craft. Ten or twelve years away, I guess. Can't! Wait!
I never knew this plane existed. Very cool!!!
how much does it cost
Do you go solar 100% or plug in to supercharge before a flight. Well done .
with a Long powercable...200 Miles
@@jaamachmal before a flight dump. Learn to read.
@@truefreedom8269 Unless you know a way to plug to an outlet on flight.. well.. the joke is still a thing.
Uauuuu que vôo lindo. Parabéns ao casal por compartilhar esses momentos com o público.
Marcio from Brazil
can this plane sustain level flight on power from the solar panels alone, with no assistance from thermals, or the battery?
As far as i know it can, most part of the year. Even recharge its batteries while maintaining level flight. With the exception of few winter months.
No. There's not enough power out of the solar panels to power the engine. Take a look at the Solar Impulse for what you need to do to keep something in the air with sun power.
Forest correct, Earl WRONG.
@@DLStarbuck Care to support you statement?
The turn at 4:31 is just amazing
That is so cool, I love it.
Nice plane you have there. Must be realy chill
Can you leave it plugged in to power your house when it's not in the air???
This I'd actually a really smart idea but judging by the size
Idk
Who knows maybe you can take the giant wing off and set it near your house lol
You can take the wings off and mount them to a wind turbine to get power from air and the sun at the same time!
Or u can buy a solar panel for 1/100th of the price of this plane
Quiero dos de estos aeroplanos.
Uno para mi! 🤗
Y para mi también, por favor :D
Bio bio bop bop
Pull up!
Wonderful glider!
Kudos!
Fly safely!
The “Beeps” provide the pilot with an audio indication that he is either climbing, maintaining altitude or losing altitude. Sounds great to me. :)
Do you ever shut the motor off when climbing in a thermal?
Go to 4:30 in the video. The high-pitched tones in the variometer indicate climb.
@@OldMtnGeezer I appreciate the response, I'm aware of the Variometer, I just wondered if that motor was on the whole time. Seems every shot showed the prop spinning.
atomflyer44 1:49 motor shut down and prop folded!
Beautiful view
Pure experiences and energy
Wow amazing plane. Are 5 kw of solar power enough for sustained flight on a sunny day? BTW People like you move the world forward, just a bunch of people make the difference and the rest of us just wait to peak up the fruits of your efforts. Congratulations from Greece.
You should be thanking the engineers who designed that glider not the rich guy who paid for it.
Просто шикарно!🇷🇺
Она всё-таки круглая!!!!
@@user-xo6tj9jz3o што, рухнуло твое мировоззрение, как теперь будешь с этим жить?😂🇷🇺
Suka blat
Very nice. I love how the propeller is not in the nose of the aircraft. It would be even better if the canopy was one piece. Can you turn off that beeping noise?
Fantastic video... I enjoyed a lot.. never seen such a solar powered aircraft..
One flew around the world but it was much bigger than this one, a few years ago.
Sadly I live in the UK where there isnt enough sun to power the beeping thing let alone the bloody motor.
:D
Me : How slow can you go?
This plane : Yes.
Dank
Can it fly backwards? Yes. In a strong headwind, it can fly backwards!
Please change your pfp
This is the equivalent of a sailboat in the air. You can fly whenever the sun is shining. Wild.
That landing was spot on
With the new solar panel technology currently being developed you will be able to get double or when triple the power that you currently can!
Cool