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Solar Ship, Inc.

Solar Ship, Inc. is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Solar Ship, Inc. rather than just read about it. In short: Solar Ship Inc. is a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada working to develop a hybrid aircraft to deliver critical cargo to cut-off places. The solarship gains lift from both buoyant gas and aerodynamics, and uses power from solar panels.

Key takeaways

Solar Ship, Inc. belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Solar Ship, Inc. to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Solar Ship, Inc. from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Solar Ship Inc. is a company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada working to develop a hybrid aircraft to deliver critical cargo to cut-off places. The solarship gains lift from both buoyant gas and aerodynamics, and uses power from solar panels. The aircraft is a new concept of transport that does not rely on fossil fuels or ground infrastructure.

History The concept behind Solar Ship was based on airships and the Canadian bush plane, and was devised by Jay Godsall in 1983. In 2006, Solar Ship Inc. was officially established.

Aircraft The solarship's wing-ship design allows for extreme short takeoff and landing (XSTOL or eSTOL). Its design provides a large surface area for solar electric power, allowing long, self- sufficient range. Solarships can also be powered by traditional combustion when solar energy is unavailable. However, the goal is to develop a new mode of transportation that does not depend on fossil fuels, roads, or runways. The solarship can access areas where planes, trucks, ships, and airships cannot, delivering cargo to the places that are currently cut off from the benefits of the connected world. Each solar plane is designed and built to the requirements of a mission. Currently, there are three initial craft concepts designed for specific missions: the Caracal, the Wolverine, and the Nanuq. The small Caracal is designed for disaster relief cargoes of at least 200kg, with a range of at last 200km and the ability to take off and land "from a soccer field". The mid-size Wolverine is designed for "air trucking" on shorter routes (500km or more), with the ability to carry over 5000kg in a payload bay sized for a 20-foot intermodal container. The largest design, named Nanuq, is designed for large payloads of 30 tons or more, and a range of over 2000km. Solar Ship's active mission, as of December 2015, is Mission Burundi.

Incidents On August 29, 2014, a prototype aircraft owned, designed, and operated by Solar Ship crashed during a test flight in a tobacco field near Brantford Airport, seriously injuring its two pilots, Mark Taylor and Mark Marshall. One of the pilots had to be cut out of the aircraft by rescuers. The incident resulted in the temporary closure of Brantford Airport.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Solar Ship, Inc.

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Solar Ship, Inc. claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Solar Ship, Inc. before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Solar Ship, Inc. ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Solar Ship, Inc.

In research: Solar Ship, Inc. appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Solar Ship, Inc. in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Solar Ship, Inc. is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Aircraft manufacturers of Canada, Canadian company stubs, Electric boats, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Solar Ship, Inc. outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Solar Ship, Inc. in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Solar Ship, Inc. means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is Solar Ship, Inc. in simple terms?

Why does Solar Ship, Inc. matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Solar Ship, Inc.?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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