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| The time airborne and with that the operation radius is limited by the battery life. | The time airborne and with that the operation radius is limited by the battery life. | ||
| Provided the case that the sun is shining above the mediterranean sea, solar cells on the wing surface are capable to increase this radius. | Provided the case that the sun is shining above the mediterranean sea, solar cells on the wing surface are capable to increase this radius. | ||
| - | At [[ETH ´Üü°ù¾±³¦³ó±Õ±Õ they even build a autonomous rc-plane that can fly through the entire night with the solar energy collected the day before. Thought further it may even be possible to develop a drone which can be launched even from mainland and only needs to return for data transfers and maintenance. | + | At ETH Zurich they even built a autonomous rc-plane that can fly through the entire night with the solar energy collected the day before. Thought further, it may even be possible to develop a drone which can be launched even from mainland and only needs to return for data transfers and maintenance. |
| For nearer future the first step is to only increase the range with solar energy. | For nearer future the first step is to only increase the range with solar energy. | ||
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| + | Holger Lambertus [[http://solarflug.lambertus.info/index.php?id=flachenbau|describes the manufacturing-process of a wing with inbuilt Solar-Panels]]. | ||
| + | He builds them with a core of foamed material on which the Solar cells along with a top layer of glass are laminated. | ||
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| + | To get this solar project viable it is necessary to increase the wing-surface. | ||
| + | Designing a custom-wing is disappointingly difficult. | ||
| Author: Nepomuk | Author: Nepomuk | ||
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| + | ==== Links ==== | ||
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| + | * Paper "Solar System for a Long Endurance Electric UAV" - https://ubibliorum.ubi.pt/bitstream/10400.6/6480/1/4312_8292.pdf | ||
| + | * Report "M:2:I Milestone 2 Solar Panel Installation" -https://m2i.aere.iastate.edu/cardinalflight/files/2017/12/ArrowTeam_Milestone2_Report.pdf | ||
| + | * ETH Zürich: [[https://www.atlantiksolar.ethz.ch|Atlantik Solar - Perpetual flight for 3 days and nights in Switzerland]] - Check the publications list there including the [[https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/265638/thesis_withCover.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|PhD thesis from Philipp Oettershagen]]. | ||
| + | * [[http://solarflug.lambertus.info|Holger Lambertus solar flight homepage]] - The solar flight expert! | ||
| + | * [[https://youtu.be/P8SaLxGtNKE|Luka Artelj solar plane]] | ||
| + | ==== Feasability Calculations ==== | ||
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| + | Excel Sheet | ||
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| + | * https://cloud.hs-augsburg.de/s/YQywq5iZPHWxzWT | ||
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| + | === Mini Talon === | ||
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| + | * 0.3 m² Wing Area | ||
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| + | {{::solar_minitalon.png?600|}} | ||
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| + | === Talon === | ||
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| + | * 0.6 m² Wing Area | ||
| + | * Setup used here: http://www.solardrone.ro/jurnal-de-bord/Rebel-Solar-1721.html | ||
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| + | {{::solar_talon.png?600|}} | ||
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