Surveillance plane that can fly for five years non-stop


	Surveillance plane that can fly for five years non-stop

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8-22-2009 2:01 AM

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8-22-2009 8:52 AM

thisnamecantbetaken

They called the programme Vulture?? Well if it's for surveillance, I suppose that's fitting enough. It looks pretty nifty though, despite the name. .

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0377db06-2d6f-4bdf-8f69-a1a87ded78fd/FD1F429E-16F8-47F0-A1E4-DD19C70213E6/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.dailymail.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html"><FONT>It might look like alien technology but this aircraft is no UFO. It's an Odysseus solar-powered aircraft that aims to be able to stay in the air for over five years continuously.</FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html"><FONT> It has a Z-wing configuration that spans almost 500ft (150 metres) so that the aircraft's shape can be adjusted when in sunlight to absorb as much solar power as possible.<BR /></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html"><FONT>Then when it is in darkness, it flies flat in a straight line for aerodynamic efficiency with the energy collected stored in onboard batteries used to drive the aircraft's electric motors. <BR /></FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.dailymail.co.uk/img/C4B5D8D9-CE1A-4362-96E8-8FEE13BCF760" alt="Odysseus Solar-Powered Aircraft" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1207954/A-new-eye-sky-Design-unmanned-surveillance-aircraft-fly-years-continuously-revealed.html"><P><FONT>The aircraft is designed to fly at altitudes of 60,000-90,000ft so it could be used for </FONT><FONT>surveillance</FONT><FONT>, communications and environmental 
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