Solar powered APM plane that charges your batteries as you fly

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Solar power in theory is a great way to fly your fixed wing drone forever, letting the batteries charge during the day, and flying on battery power at night. This idea has been shown to work with Facebook investing loads into their solar powered drone (Aquila) to provide internet to

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at http://blog.dronetrest.com/solar-powered-apm-plane-that-charges-your-batteries-as-you-fly/
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Its very nice to see our project on your page.
Thanks for the appreciation :slight_smile:

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Great to see you here and looking forward to see what progress you make and what’s next :slight_smile:

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Your project really inspired me. Know I am studying to make a similar project here in Brazil! Thanks!

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hi!
what was your longest flight? how far did plane went? plane actually flights average 33km/h?