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Re:How to Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Inte... by jokermatt999 on Monday January 31, 2011 @04:54PM (#2163357)
I wouldn't think you could provide enough power via solar to make up for the weight of the panels. What's the expected life on these?
Re:How to Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Inte... by azim on Monday January 31, 2011 @05:12PM (#2163415)
NASA has flown a few prototype solar powered UAVs. See wikipedia for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Pathfinder
Re:How to Communicate if Your Government Shuts Off Your Inte... by jasongullickson on Tuesday February 01, 2011 @02:32PM (#2166909)
I think this was on HN the other day actually:

http://www.defencetalk.com/zephyr-solar-powered-uav-soars-to...