Across America: HB-SIA Disassembly Week One

3,324 views · Published 25 January 2013 · 1:04 · Indexed 20 October 2026

Channel: SOLAR IMPULSE · 2013 · Science & Technology

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Engineers Playing with Cranes! 
Check out this week's 2013 Across America preparations video to see the impressive disassembly of HB-SIA's enormous wings: 64m and 710kg gently removed from the fuselage. What was the biggest challenge? Making sure that, when lifting the wings with two cranes, the 5 metal rods securing the wings to the fuselage disengaged their solid grip - they only release when there's no load or pressure on them. Want to know more? Check out our blog!
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