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Heliplat flies for the first time

Turin, Italy - It has had a cost of € 800-1000 per flight hour

The Polytechnic of Turin is supporting an important and international project aimed to design a new type of UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) plane, the so called Heliplat, an innovative solar-powered aircraft, and for the first time the team led by Prof. Giulio Romeo managed to fly it. Heliplat has been designed modifying a model of Super Dimora 2400 glider with the application of solar cells to the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1081645
Rome, Italy, 11/06/2007 22:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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