solar-powered quadcopter drone takes flight - battery energy storage system
A university in Singapore has made its first actual solar flight.
Unmanned aircraft.
The prototype has flown 10 m (about 33 feet)
Solar power is used in the test flight without batteries or other energy stored on board, according to the National University of Singapore (NUS)
A test flight was announced by an engineering team.
"Compared with fixed wing aircraft, the efficiency of rotary wing aircraft in generating lift is significantly reduced [so]
A feasible 100 solar rotating aircraft can
To date, vertical deviation remains a major engineering challenge, "the university said in a statement.
Shocking research has shown that the connection between the use of digital media and the ADHDBut NUS indicates that its prototype can be improved in a controlled manner, which makes it possible to actually implement it. Some high-
Attempts to develop practical fixed assetswing solar-
Unmanned aircraft such as the high altitude platform Station facebook 'saquila (HAPS)
Google's Titan drone project.
And the business facing solar power 2-
After 25,000 miles of travel around the world, apply obstacles. So, solar-
The success of a drone is certainly not inevitable.
The NUS quad-rotor drone is made of light carbon fiber and weighs only 2 kilograms. 6 kilograms (about 5. 7 pounds)
It has 148 silicon solar cells.
Drones can be controlled remotely or can fly automatically using built-in programsin GPS system.
Practical applications include photography, parcel delivery, monitoring, and inspection.
The National University of Singapore says it can also be used as so-
Known as "flying solar panels", emergency solar energy will be provided for disaster areas.
In the absence of sunlight, batteries can be installed to power the drone.
"Since 2012, the student team of 8 National University of Singapore has continuously improved the design and worked to achieve a comprehensive
The National University of Singapore said in a statement.
The first "solar energy-
The "auxiliary" version developed by students in 2012 can only get 45% of the flight power from solar cells.
The rest of the features in this version come from on-
The board battery, NUS said.
Associate Professor Aaron Danner of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering, National University of Singapore, supervised the project.