Watch this video - very impressive!
The 26-hour solar-powered Search-and-Rescue flight performed by AtlantikSolar AS-3 from July 19th – 20th 2016 demonstrated exactly that, and is therefore the first-ever flight world-wide to combine:
- Perpetual flight: 26-hours of solar-powered day/night- and thus energetically-perpetual flight
- Full aircraft autonomy: No pilot stick moved within 26-hours of flight
- SaR payload: The aircraft carried a 10 Watt 300g payload (1 Color camera, 1 Thermal Camera, 1 ODROID onboard computer with WLAN) and performed victim detection from the air during day and night.
- Environment-aware: The aircraft performed automatic thermal updraft tracking for increased energetic efficiency and to speed up the battery recharge.
Article from SUAS News: Read full article here
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