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, …read more Continue reading Solar Planes Are Hard
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Solar Plane Might Be Able To Last Through The Night
“Just add solar panels to the wings” is a popular suggestion for improving the flight times of fixed-wing drones. However, the reality is not so simple, and it’s easy to …read more Continue reading Solar Plane Might Be Able To Last Through The Night
3D Printed VTOL Craft Can Land And Recharge Itself, And Team Up With Other Drones
For a long time fixed wing VTOL drones were tricky to work with, but with the availability of open source flight control and autopilot software this has changed. To make …read more Continue reading 3D Printed VTOL Craft Can Land And Recharge Itself, And Team Up With Other Drones
Solar Plane Is Like One Big Flying Solar Panel
Solar-powered plane concepts typically focus on high-efficiency glider-type designs, so as to make the best possible use of the limited power available from the sun. [rctestflight] wanted to try a …read more Continue reading Solar Plane Is Like One Big Flying Solar Panel
Soaring with the Sun: 4 Years of Solar RC Planes
Many of us have projects that end up spanning multiples years and multiple iterations, and gets revisited every time inspiration strikes and you’ve forgotten just how much work and frustration the previous round was. For [Daniel Riley] AKA [rctestflight] that project is a solar powered RC plane which to date …read more
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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 …read more
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Hackaday Links: September 3, 2017
The TI-83, TI-84, and TI-86 have been the standard graphing calculators in classrooms for two decades. This is the subject of an xkcd. Now, hopefully, there’s a contender for the throne. Numworks is a graphing calculator that looks like it was designed in at least 2006 (so very modern), and apparently, there’s a huge community behind it.
Juicero is shutting down. No one could have seen this one coming. The Juicero was a $700 press that turned proprietary, DRM’ed juice packs into juice and garbage. It was exquisitely engineered, but it turns out very few people want to spend thousands …read more
