I agree @Barack, and this is pretty awesome stuff by fb *_______________________________________________________________We must Keep on, We can't stop here * On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 7:32 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
Interesting stuff, anything is possible with coordination from key players, Civil Aviation Authorities and Operators of the Internetcraft :-)
Regards
On 7/22/16, joe mwirigi via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
They should be as high as possible, not to be shot down when they cross into 'expensive internet for everyone' regimes:)
Looking at the price of internet with the many undersea cables in country X, is it possible for a tax hungry gov X to allow such?
Is it possible to drive policy towards free reliable internet connection?
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On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Tony White via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Many apologies!!! - I should do research before opening my stupid mouth ;)
It seems the current record for propeller driven aircraft, solar-electric aircraft, and highest altitude in horizontal flight by a winged aircraft is 96,863 ft (29,524 m), set by NASA Helios HP01 on August 14th, 2001
Oops ;)
Tony
On 22/07/2016, Tony White <tony.mzungu@gmail.com> wrote:
I agree that 60,000 feet asl is above the normal air lanes, but I see that it is driven by 4 propellers, and the air is pretty thin up there - I have doubts they will manage to achieve that altitude. Also, there is the weather phenomenon known as the 'jetstream' - which would sweep a lightweight airframe hundreds of kilometres off-station.
Nice idea. Lots of publicity value. I don't see it happening anytime soon :(
Cheers, Tony
On 22/07/2016, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
60,000 feet is more than the service ceiling of most commercial airliners.
Boeing 777 for example has a service ceiling of about 43,000ft ~ 13km.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Tony White via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
Will they not become a hazard for commercial airliners? A quick-and-dirty calculation for Kenya shows that we would have about 120 of these buzzing around overhead, each covering an area of about 5000 square kilometres. I wonder what KCAA will have to say about this ;)
Cheers, Tony
On 21/07/2016, Mwendwa Kivuva via skunkworks < skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote: > I would want to hear what Ms Ebele, the Head of Public Policy for > Africa at > FB, has to say on plans for the marginalised. > > It's beautiful, and audacious too. Aquila is a solar-powered > airplane that > can be used to bring affordable internet to hundreds of millions of people > in the hardest-to-reach places. When complete, Aquila will be able > to > circle a region up to 60 miles in diameter, beaming connectivity > down from > an altitude of more than 60,000 feet using laser communications and > millimeter wave systems. Aquila is designed to be hyper efficient, > so > it > can fly for up to three months at a time. The aircraft has the > wingspan of > an airliner, but at cruising speed it will consume only 5,000 watts > — > the > same amount as three hair dryers, or a high-end microwave. > > See the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/eOez_Hk80TI > > Regards > ______________________ > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya > twitter.com/lordmwesh >
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