How to Design Solar Powered Aircraft for Perpetual Flight - In Depth
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Great video! Definitely makes me want to start on my next solar plane
Glad you liked it, and hope it inspires, and helps you for your next amazing project!
Very interesting. Not often I watch a 20+ minutes vid to the end of someone just talking to the camera.
its so sad seeing you getting older, i've watched you since the beggining! stay healthy, stay fpvreviews :D
happens to everyone. Wiser too. It's been a rough year last year, but doing okay now! need more adventures!
@@FPVREVIEWS for sure! keep em coming! trying to start printing 3d printed ribs for my planes now. we all are learning through the years.
@@DovlandRally I got a solvol S1 printer recently, and am learning 3D design as well. ribs are an interesting and promising part to print, especially roots. I've already printed wing tips. after lots of adjustment, I love my Sovol
Hi I made an rc plane that has no wings and no Moter it flys with Solar it goes 150 km hr can you help me with tiny ribs ?
I appreciate the robust content. It is rare to find in this field
can't believe i've never seen this channel, it's great stuff!
welcome!
Thank you for excellent content
Glad that you enjoyed it. Seems more relevant now with spy baloons being shot down. I think there are many more craft flying at extreme altitudes which the public is not aware. Also, have you seen our latest videos about our own solar plane? cheers!
Good one mate 👍 . Very interesting for Australian applications in summer months 👍 . Cheers from Australia.
Loved the video!
Can you show us build solar rc plane. That will help a lot
Yes I am also working on rc solar plane project. Internet does not have enough content that shows how to build it. This project build video would be very helpful
Please make a video about stability especially for lifting tail designs!!
good idea
@@FPVREVIEWS I’m an airline captain and i also like to design my own 3d printed airplanes but discovered that i know very little about aircraft design and its iterative process. You gave so much info in this video. It was amazing!
@@theHDRflightdeck Thanks, and respect for what you do professionally as well.
Thank you very much for a well organized and informative review.
Thank you for the excellent content SUCH A Very WISe GOOd PErson YOU ARE.
Is this based on the white paper from the atlantik solar project in Zurich? I read it and came away thinking it's viable for useful payload yet. They did it, but it can't carry much, and can't do it in winter or far north.
No not based on their paper, although I did read it a couple of years ago.
I'm sure that if they made some minor improvements, and potentially up-sized their airframe, it could carry a useful (if small) payload. the impressive part of their aircraft is that they have proven it can fly in sub-optimal conditions and at low altitude. It's an impressive project for sure.
This was a really interesting video and I will for sure watch it again while taking notes for my project !
Thank for explain and presentations. Appreciate it 👍
Thanks, information dense video!!!
wow...dats a lot of stuff - dis guy must be an aero-engineer . Thanks much.
Ty man!
21:50 It's an appealing idea: Fly out over the water, climb to FL600 then fly over any country you want! However, maned aircraft require a clearance to enter an oceanic airspace. I'm not even sure if there is any unregulated airspace? Once above 60,000', the airspace above a nation is still its sovereign territory.
Interesting. Nice to hear from someone who seems to have a more intimate knowledge.
I was thinking it may be used more by unmanned aircraft, and may be launched from an moving ocean platform, or from a country which would benifit from the over-flight, or just a hobbyist in a country which has no regulation of models. It's a stretch, but seems there is a possibility. it's also possible that an organization would acquire land sufficient to launch from in a private fashion, with no regard to the country's regulation, as it would be hard to detect. if they get away with the launch, after that it's legal, once it reaches a certain altitude. they could then sell the data, perhaps in a. clandestine manner,(or not) and simply not reveal how they acquired the data? seems like lots of room for shenanigans with the whole thing. I kinda like the idea of the "Wild West" with those possibilities, although it's probably terrifying for many gov. agencies. Let's hope nothing bad comes of it.
@@FPVREVIEWS her family has property in Washington that goes all the way down to the beach they own knee high high tide into the water....
I'm now trying to attach my 50 SunPower 160 mm solar cells to my mostly 3d printed airframe. Next step is to fly out over the water from the beach out to the unregulated airspace, 12 miles offshore and then start climbing. I'd like to see how high I can get with 10 hours of sunshine and then make my way back. Hopefully with a tail wind.
I would like to save the weight of batteries and possibly use supercapacitors as a power caching system to avoid brownouts and keep the power fluctuations down.
The other type of aircraft I have been thinking about is a semi rigid heavier than air concept.
An aerodynamic wing shaped helium filled flying wing type design tailless but with a center pod. Wings would be inflated with helium to offset some of the weight and direct drive solar power to motors for propulsion....
Something like that. A lot more daydreaming and research on blimps before any chance of an ah-hah! moment on that one....
@@christopherleveck6835 a solar powered blimp, or semi rigid airship, lighter than or heavier than air, or the like is not a crazy idea.
For rc purposes flying wings are best.
hmm... I'm not so sure. they do have a lot of surface area for solar aircraft. but.. they have many issues.
we plan on making a video on them soon to discuss the topic in detail.
some reasons include: wing sweep not ideal for low speeds/hard to control yaw/massive pressure shift of CP at high AOA which necessitates extreme forward CG just for high AOA condition, and hence poor performance at normal flying speeds/ cannot use flaps/ penalty in pitch stability when using a high lift airfoil/lack of moment arm to create pitch stability, etc etc.
Is there any update to the solar plane in the background?
on our website advanced projects page
This is a fantastic video! Also, I have a question as a student designing a payload-bearing solar-assisted aircraft. Did you guys consider an EPO foam + .75 oz fiberglass composite when deciding on the wing structure, or was prior experience with plywood+balsa+monokote wing preferable to the cost and effort? Wondering how easy it is to mount the cells to a monokote wing as well. Im asking with an undergrad Aero student's experience with design+building experience from SAE Aero Design Comps.
seems to us that an open structure with floating solar cells in between rib bays, or an open structure with the cells on top of the ribs, recessed the thickness of the cell, with monokote or similar on top is the best for performance DIY solar planes. Of course the foam core composites are great, but provide strength in all areas where almost none is needed, assuming you will not be rough handling the plane. if it can be delicate, better the open structure. must integrate a carbon fiber tube spar for strength, and torsional rigidity. we're working on one right now. nearly flight ready.:) some pics are on our website, but not recent. will update soon.
@@FPVREVIEWS I've been watching the progress of solar dragon on your site for a while now out of curiosity. I'd love to see any stats ya'll collect from its maiden. Has there been much progress on the mid-air recharging project, or has COVID kinda sent things up in the air (in the bad way)?
Could you give me an advice , do you have any sketch where I can see how the panels are connected in this case to the battery or the esc and motor?
If there is a battery, the solar is usually connected to the battery through a solar charge controller. there are various ways to do it. It's up to you to design the system. All that is presented here are options, and general principles.
@fpvreviews, are you aware of any project today that has this theoretic capability of perpetual flight?
The British Zephyr (experimental, but good progress) and the Chinese are working on several, but hard to get good data. Appears they are experimental, but nearing operational status. there are most likely at least 3 secret projects worldwide which have limited operations but I don't know of specifics of those.