It took six years to build the carbon fiber aircraft, which has the wingspan of an Airbus A340 and weighs as much as a mid-size car (1,600 kg).
該架碳化纖維材料的“陽光動力”樣機經(jīng)大約6年制成,翼展與空客340的翼展長度相當,機身重量約1600千克,相當于一輛普通中型轎車的重量。
The prototype made a "flea hop" in December 2009, flying a distance of 350 meters one meter above the runway of a military airbase near Zurich.
去年12月“陽光動力”樣機曾在瑞士城市蘇黎世附近一座空軍基地進行了首飛,飛行高度大約1米,飛行距離約為350米。此次飛行后被稱做“跳蚤跳”。