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Title: DIY engineer builds a battery-free solar-powered drone — and it flies
Post by: Redaktion on November 02, 2025, 22:16:59

DIY engineer and YouTuber Mike Bell has successfully built and flown a drone powered directly by solar energy, with no batteries or any form of energy storage device. He achieved this by attaching a slat made up of 27 individual solar panels onto a carbon-fiber drone.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/DIY-engineer-builds-a-battery-free-solar-powered-drone-and-it-flies.1153443.0.html

Title: Re: DIY engineer builds a battery-free solar-powered drone — and it flies
Post by: Drago on November 04, 2025, 21:45:07

No batteries, but how many capacitors? Genuine question.

Title: Re: DIY engineer builds a battery-free solar-powered drone — and it flies
Post by: Chibuike Okpara on November 06, 2025, 02:40:41

None. I stated that in the article.

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