You'll get about 1 Kw of solar panels on the roof
of a trailer. You might average 500 watts unless
you tilt them to face the sun and move them every
couple of hours from sunrise to when you fly. Say
6 hours and 800 watts average. Might just do a
4Kw-hour battery in a Silent. Assuming clear sky.
Mike
At 12:00 PM 9/19/2016, you wrote:
>>I think it was the first PRODUCTION electric
SLG. See WIDOLA of that year. There was an
electric Silent 1 for sale in around 2007. The
Antares was the first heavyweight production
glider. From memory, the original Silent had a
pylon mounted motor. So far as solar panels go
at nightÂ… most flying in Australia starts in
the middle of thee day and finishes before
sunset. That gives a while to charge batteries.
Yes, you'd need a fair array to recharge
between flights - I won't say overnight but
many electric gliders come with the array built
into the roof of the trailer. D
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