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A drone can lift itself only through the power of a solar panel (thelemmy.club)

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Some amazing engineer built a drone that can lift its own weight using only the electric power that it gets from an on-board solar panel and nothing else (no battery).

Video: I Built a Solar Powered Drone and it WORKS by Luke Maximo Bell

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[-] ageedizzle@piefed.ca 3 points 19 hours ago

Yeah a partially sail powered drone does sound really neat actually. Would definitely help extend the battery life

[-] harmbugler@piefed.social 1 points 11 hours ago

Very interesting! If the drone can orient and bend itself into a wing/sail, there would be a lot it could do beyond just the motorised fans.

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