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07-22-2016, 01:00 AM
Facebook's massive solar-powered drone takes its first flight
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Facebook has flown its full-sized solar-powered airplane for the first time, after years of anticipation.
The large drone — named Aquila — had a successful test flight and ended up remaining in the sky for 90 minutes, which Facebook said was three-times longer than planned.*
Aquila was an**unced at the F8 conference in March 2015 (http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/facebook-internet-org-one-year/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and although flights have happened on smaller models of the drone this is the first test of the full-sized version. Its main purpose, the company said, is to provide internet to the 4 billion people in the world that don't have access.
The drone has a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 737 and the finished product will need to fly at altitudes of between 60,000 to 90,000 for a period of three months.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/facebook-aquila-drone-flight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Facebook has flown its full-sized solar-powered airplane for the first time, after years of anticipation.
The large drone — named Aquila — had a successful test flight and ended up remaining in the sky for 90 minutes, which Facebook said was three-times longer than planned.*
Aquila was an**unced at the F8 conference in March 2015 (http://mashable.com/2015/07/30/facebook-internet-org-one-year/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and although flights have happened on smaller models of the drone this is the first test of the full-sized version. Its main purpose, the company said, is to provide internet to the 4 billion people in the world that don't have access.
The drone has a wingspan comparable to a Boeing 737 and the finished product will need to fly at altitudes of between 60,000 to 90,000 for a period of three months.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/21/facebook-aquila-drone-flight/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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