"I built a solar powered RC plane, it was really hard. There is VERY little power and everything needs to be really light. I was using 20% efficent back contact cells, the normal cells you buy are about 16% efficent. See…"
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- Tell us a bit about your UAV interest
- I am interested in making UAVs that are powered by renewable energy such as solar, wind, magnetism, etc.
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- San Antonio, TX
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- At 8:23pm on May 4, 2010,
Pbreed said… - I built a solar powered RC plane, it was really hard. There is VERY little power and everything needs to be really light. I was using 20% efficent back contact cells, the normal cells you buy are about 16% efficent. See http://www.rasdoc.com/splinter/solar2004.htm
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