24 Hours Of Le Airplanes
There is no far more famed highway stamina race than the 24 Hours of Le Mans, exactly where teams compete to see how significantly they can generate in a one 24-hour window. The race presents distinctive problems not found in other forms of racing. Though RC airplanes may perhaps not have a identical race, [Daniel] a.k.a. [rctestflight] produced a very similar challenge for himself by making an attempt to fly an RC plane non-cease for an complete day, and a whole host of intriguing scenarios cropped up right before and throughout flight.
In order for an RC plane to even try to fly for an overall working day, it fundamentally needs to be photo voltaic run. A significant sum of method goes into a layout of this kind. For a person, the wing shape needs to be effective in flight but not decrease the sum of space accessible for photo voltaic panels. For an additional, the begin time of the flight needs to be well balanced from the situation of the solar in the sky. With these variables a lot more or considerably less fastened, [Daniel] started his flight.
It started off properly more than enough, with the plane in an autonomous “return to home” manner which permitted it to constantly circle overhead devoid of immediate human manage. But soon after using a break to fly it in FPV method, [Daniel] observed that the voltage on his battery was extremely high. It turned out that the solar charge controller was not operating as predicted and was shunting a significant sum of photo voltaic power right into the battery. He landed and straight away taken out the “spicy pillow” to prevent any type of nonlinear party. With a new battery in the plane he commenced the flight again.
Even immediately after all of that, [Daniel] still experienced some troubles stemming from the aerodynamic mother nature of this airplane specially. There have been some problems with wind, and with the flight controller not recognizing the appropriate “home” place, but all in all it would seem like a enjoyable day of traveling a airplane. For extra of [Daniel]’s extended-time period autonomous piloting, be certain to acquire a glance at his photo voltaic tugboat as perfectly.
Thanks to [timrb] for the idea!