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==Specifications== [[File:Pathfinder Plus and Helios Prototype at Dryden.jpg|thumb|Pathfinder Plus (left) and Helios Prototype (right) on the Dryden ramp]] [[File:Solar Aircraft Evolution through the ERAST Program.png|thumb|Solar Aircraft Evolution through the ERAST Program]] {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+ Specifications<ref name=heliosfact/><ref name=pathfinderfactold2/><ref name=mishapreport>[http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/64317main_helios.pdf Investigation of the Helios Prototype Aircraft Mishap] β Volume 1, T.E. Noll et al., January 2004</ref><ref name=centurionfactold2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030628143415/http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Newsroom/FactSheets/FS-056-DFRC.html NASA Centurion Fact Sheet archived at archive.org]</ref><ref>[http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/Helios/HTML/EC99-45140-11.html NASA.gov]</ref> ! !! Pathfinder !! Pathfinder-Plus !! Centurion !! Helios HP01 !! Helios HP03 |- | Length ft(m) || 12 (3.6) || 12 (3.6) || 12 (3.6) || 12 (3.6) || 16.5 (5.0) |- | Chord ft(m) || colspan="5" | 8 (2.4) |- | Wingspan ft(m) || 98.4 (29.5) || 121 (36.3) || 206 (61.8) || colspan="2" | 247 (75.3) |- | Aspect ratio || 12 to 1 || 15 to 1 || 26 to 1 || colspan="2" | 30.9 to 1 |- | Glide ratio || 18 to 1 || 21 to 1 || ? || ? || ? |- | Airspeed kts(km/h) || || || 15β18 (27β33) || 16.5β23.5 (30.6β43.5) || ? |- | Max altitude ft(m) || 71,530 (21,802) || 80,201 (24,445) || n/a || 96,863 (29,523) || 65,000 (19,812) |- | Empty Wt lb(kg) || ? || ? || ? || 1,322 (600) || ? |- | Max. weight lb(kg) || 560 (252) || 700 (315) || Β±1,900 (Β±862) || 2,048 (929) || 2,320 (1,052) |- | Payload lb(kg) || 100 (45) || 150 (67,5) || 100β600 (45β270) || 726 (329) || ? |- | Engines || colspan="5" | electric, 2 hp (1.5 kW) each |- | No. of engines || 6 || 8 || 14 || 14 || 10 |- | Solar pwr output (kW) || 7.5 || 12.5 || 31 || 35 || 18.5 |- | Supplemental power || batteries || batteries || batteries || Li batteries || Li batteries, fuel cell |}
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