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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 Zürich]] 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 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. | ||
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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 | ||