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 ===== Solar flight ===== ===== Solar flight =====
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 +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.
 +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.
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 +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.  
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 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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