Solar Plane "Solar Phoenix

A Fully Composite Solar Plane That Has Achieved Lightweighting While Efficiently Securing Strength and Rigidity

This aircraft is the result of a project commissioned by New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), National Research and Development Agency. Toray Carbon Magic received orders from SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Tokai University for designing, performing structural analysis, and manufacturing a full composite aircraft (wing length 16 m) in 2019. The hybrid composite structure, which uses carbon fiber, aramid fiber, and glass fiber in the right places, was optimized using FEA, and combined with Toray's high-elasticity and high-strength fibers, it efficiently ensured strength and rigidity, achieving the target weight reduction. The aircraft has completed several flight tests, accomplishing its initial objectives, and future technological developments are anticipated.