• jws_shadotakEnglish
    12·
    5 months ago

    The added cost and weight of a solar panel might not be worth it

    • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world
      1·
      5 months ago

      What about landing the drones in a hung position between exposed electrical power transmission wires? Like lurking death bats.

      Unlimited lurk time, and they could just activate and be flown off home if the power goes out for too long.

      They would need a way of lowering the input voltage, but it can probably be done.

      • reddithalation@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        5 months ago

        there is a demo for powerline maintenance that does just that! it only needs to hang on to one wire too. quite a bit bigger than the fpv attack drones ukraine is using though.

        • NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world
          2·
          5 months ago

          That’s awesome confirmation. It’s able to pull 50 W of power just off of one wire. The clamp mechanism is a bit big, but it can probably be left behind when it goes after a target.

          The future is going to be scary.

    • Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      5 months ago

      Wouldn’t even tiny panels help to some degree? My calculator has a tiny strip at the top that doesn’t add a significant weight and powers it.

      Presumably with lurk it would just be sitting there for days so even a small not heavy panel could be of some use.