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 ===== Solar flight =====
+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.
+For nearer future the first step is to only increase the range with solar energy.
+Holger Lambertus [[http://upgrade.rc-network.de/forum/entry.php/1045-FlÃƒÂ¤chenbau-Solarflug|describes in a blog-entry 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.
+To get this solar project viable it is necessary to increase the wing-surface.
+Designing a custom-wing is disappointingly difficult.
 Author: Nepomuk
+==== Links ====
+  * 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!
+==== Feasability Calculations ====
+Excel Sheet
+* https://cloud.hs-augsburg.de/s/YQywq5iZPHWxzWT
+=== Mini Talon ===
+* 0.3 m² Wing Area
+{{::solar_minitalon.png?600|}}
+=== Talon ===
+* 0.6 m² Wing Area
+{{::solar_talon.png?600|}}