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Aerial Deployable Autonomous Solar Powered Glider, Brandon Groshong, Jacob Ohana
Aerial Deployable Autonomous Solar Powered Glider, Brandon Groshong, Jacob Ohana
Aerospace Engineering
Awareness of green solutions to powered flight is a new trend taking the Aerospace Industry by storm. One particular application that shows high promise is that of photovoltaics on small UAV-type aircraft to help extend flight time. The purpose of this report is to document both research and experimentation performed on a small RC aircraft in order to better understand the electrical requirements of such a device. Using that research, speculation on how it can be used to design a mobile Aerial Deployable Autonomous Solar Powered Glider will be performed. Technologies such as CIGS solar cells and Lithium Polymer batteries …