Umm. I believe solar panels don't work so well overnight. Not in australia anyway 😜
Kind Regards David Holmes Sent from my iPhone 0439 734 646 > On 19 Sep 2016, at 10:24, DMcD <slutsw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > HA, > > There's an interesting article in the current S&G about a casual comp > done in Italy, flown with the Silent Electro. Was this the world's > first electric SLG? I know it proceeded things like the Antares by > almost a decade. > > Anyway, the innovation with the comp was that they were allowed to use > the motor during the comp and motor runs were counted in the overall > score. From memory, the Silent could do about 8000' of climbing with a > full charge (on new batteries no doubt). So this would mean one launch > and two or three retrieves which is pretty much all you need for most > comp or safari flying. > > With an ultralight glider, you could probably do all the recharging > overnight with Aldi solar panels. > > As far as noise levels go, the first electrics failed EASA noise level > checks because they did not appear on the scale. > > D > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au > http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.base64.com.au http://lists.base64.com.au/listinfo/aus-soaring
