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Re:Launch HN: Radical (YC W23) – Autonomous high-altitude so... by jthomaslm on Monday October 16, 2023 @02:46PM (#37904280)
Quite a lot has changed in the past decade. Li-ion Battery energy density has roughly doubled, solar tech has come a long way (both in efficiency, but also production scale/costs for commercial silicon cells), and there’s been a wave of improvements for miniaturized drone/UAS hardware. On top of that, there’s 50 years of existing research into solar flight - we’re lucky that we can learn from that!

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