Category: solar plane
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October 13, 2024

Solar Planes Are Hard
A regular comment we see on electric aircraft is to “just add solar panels to the wings.” [James] from Project Air has been working on just such a solar plane, and as he shows in the video after the break, it is not a trivial challenge. A solar RC plane has several difficult engineering challenges […]
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October 7, 2019

Tacking Against The Sun: Flying A Batteryless Solar RC Plane Is Almost Like Sailing
Flying on the power of the sun is definitely not a new idea, but it usually involves a battery between the solar panels and the propulsion system. [ukanduit] decided to lose the battery completely and control the speed of the motor with the output of the solar panels. This leads to some interesting flying characteristics, […]
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