Some amazing engineer built a drone that can lift its own weight using only the electric power that it gets from an on-board solar panel and nothing else (no battery).
Video: I Built a Solar Powered Drone and it WORKS by Luke Maximo Bell
Some amazing engineer built a drone that can lift its own weight using only the electric power that it gets from an on-board solar panel and nothing else (no battery).
Video: I Built a Solar Powered Drone and it WORKS by Luke Maximo Bell
Doubt it. The energy collected by the panel is turned into thermal energy by the spinning propellers. Maybe if they can bank some of it in a battery to use later?
I meant as mobile canopies that could be deployed to shade urban areas during extreme heat events.