Solar Impulse 2 left Nagoya at 3am Monday. The revolutionary device, which only works with solar energy, had to make a forced stopover in Japan in early June because of poor weather conditions. There was grounded since, waiting for the heavens to be more favorable. For Impulse 2, fragile, supports neither too hot weather nor rain nor disturbance. The biggest
difficulty was to find a “corridor” to cross a dense rain front that goes roughly from Taiwan to Alaska, stressed the team. This time, this is it, “we spent the night with the team to take the most difficult decision of project: rush to Hawaii,” said on his Twitter account the pilot Bertrand Piccard
<. p> Solar Impulse 2 will therefore be able to continue his world tour of 35,000 km, began on March 9 of Abu Dhabi in order to promote the use of renewable energy, particularly solar energy. But this new stage of his journey is particularly risky. To reach his next destination, Hawaii, the unit will fly a distance of 7900 km, with no possibility to arise.
This is the second pilot alternately, Switzerland André Borschberg, will be to orders during this trip that should last at least five days and five nights. “ This is the moment of truth for the project. This is the moment of truth for our team “, he stressed last week.
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