Yes and no… The Canberra had a service ceiling of only about 48000ft. Not up there with the U2
However the RB57 version of the Canberra with its huge wing was some 65000ft.
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Solar aircraft Helios flew 30000 ft higher than U-2.
47 km altitude was without passengers on my ship…fairly hard to take down.100 Passengers would take it to only 60 000 ft.
I counted this could fly at 47 km altitude. The real thing…not this 1/300 scale model. This is a solar electric aerodyne…flies with solar alone at the speed of 490 km/h and 1040 km/h with batteries.
Intented to be a 100 seater passenger airliner. Powered with 8 x 260 kW Siemens electric engines.
14 x more power on solar than in Solar Impulse II with the newest film thin cells.
If you pedal the plane with 100 passengers along with solar power the top speed will reach 517 km/h at ideal conditions. 140 passengers will reach 440 km/h.
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I deleted several posts to make this thread easier to read.
To market this lifting fuselage idea I will build ” the world smallest ” aeroplane with half the stall speed of the record holder from 1954. Why people 62 years ago were so creative in creating new aeroplanes ?
Yes Frank…solar/electric/muscle powered hybrid cannot be a real passenger plane anytime soon.
But it is fun to play around with…as it is 100% ecolological..healthy and much faster than a regular jet.
Newest NASA tested film thin space solar panels are 33% efficient….it means 451 watts per one sq meter at high at noon. Twice the power needed to pedal an aeroplane 100 km (as did DAEDALUS ).
BTW: The Proof of Concept or the Minimum Viable Product is now 1900 mm x 4200 mm…hence the world smallest aeroplane…with double the wing area of the prevailing smallest and 48 km/h stall speed.
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