Chinese homegrown solar powered drone makes maiden flight

中国国产太阳能无人机首飞

China's first large fully solar-powered drone successfully completed its maiden flight on Saturday. The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform landed smoothly after 26 minutes of flight in the air, with all systems operating normally, according to the Aviation Industry Corporation of China.

周六，中国第一架大型全太阳能无人机成功完成首飞。据中国航空工业总公司称，无人机（UAV）平台在空中飞行26分钟后顺利着陆，所有系统运行正常。

据了解，“启明星50”大型太阳能无人机是航空工业研制的首款超大展弦比高空低速无人机，首次采用双机身布局的大型无人机，第一款以太阳能为唯一动力能源的全电大型无人机平台。“

“启明星50”机翼展为50米量级，采用模块化双机身布局，6台分布式电机螺旋桨提供动力，以铺贴在机翼上表面的太阳能电池板为唯一能量来源，设计最高飞行高度可达2万米以上，可实现连续跨昼夜飞行。

以下是youtube上网民的评论：

Iron Clay

Awesome - did you see the spans - it's like a huge radio aerial looking for a signal, I mean you could find anything with an array like that.

太棒了-你看到翼展了吗！就像一个巨大的无线电天线在寻找信号，我的意思是，你可以用这个找东西。

Gan Kai Hock

Whoa! Look at the wingspan. That is one large drone yo

哇塞，看看翼展多么大。那是一架大型无人机哟

Jon Sei Lim
Goodness it's absolutely massive

天哪，太大了

Team Tryxgg

Congratulations to China on being at the cutting edge of future technologies.

祝贺中国进入未来技术的前沿。

Joseph

I think there were similar drones before, but not this size.

我想以前也有类似的无人机，但没有这么大。

alla uddin

Great job
keep upgrading

干得好。继续升级

Jonathan Bethune

Ah , I didn't watch it all the way thru.
They can stay in the air for months.

啊，我没有一直看。

它可以在空中停留数月。

Huo yeh

BRAVO CHINA !!!!!

好极了

DrANZAC Spartan

So ... what happens if this Solar Drone comes under a Cloud Cover?

如果这架太阳能无人机被云层遮住了会怎么样

Wei Cheng

It is supposed to be deployed above 20 km. That is, above clouds, though clouds could hinder surveillance and warning functionalities.

主要在2万米以上高空飞行，不会被云层遮住。不过云可能会妨碍监视和警报功能。

Jonathan Bethune

What do you use that for? :)

这个用来干嘛啊

Anjali Hitang

Tracking a bird

用来跟踪一只鸟

Joseph

Mostly they are used as communication nodes, support mobile network & internet for remote areas. Kind of like starlink, but closer to ground, so the network could be faster, and these drones are cheaper than satellite

大多用作通信节点，支持远程地区的移动网络和互联网。有点像星链，但离地面更近，网络速度可能更快，而且这些无人机比卫星便宜

yz yz

We like this new robots

我们喜欢这个新的无人机

OTASUuu

Where's Tesla?

特斯拉在哪里

Not Sure

Why don't they use solar powered zeppelins?

他们为什么不使用太阳能飞艇？

Saint FluffySnow

Zeppelins are relatively low altitude

飞艇的飞行高度相对较低

Not Sure
yes. They are also slow. I guess just some places could be useful.

是的，速度也相对较低。我想只有一些地方可能有用。

shaun mcdonald

Easy target for usa

容易成为美国的目标

shaun mcdonald

What western country did the Chinese steal theft thief this technology off?

中国人从哪个西方国家窃取了这项技术？

Run Platypus

That design was stolen from a solar plane that flew over the Pacific.

这个设计是借鉴了一架飞越太平洋的太阳能飞机

Accountant The

This is a dual bodied one ;)

这是一架双体的无人机