Previous work on Solar UAVs
This is something I probably should’ve done from the get-go. Here, I review previous work done on Solar UAVs and how they can help me get this up in the air ...
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Do not use Expanded Polystyrene (EPS)
Learned this one the hard way — never use EPS foam for building a model plane body.
Intial wing design parameters
The purpose of this step is to come up with some sort of initial design for the aircraft wing. This would include span, chord and airfoil shape — as well as ...
General guidelines for wing design
We’ve already decided we’re going to be using a fixed-wing body. Now, before proceeding with desigining an efficient plane structure, I was able to do some r...
Aircraft forms
Before we try finding the optimum design parameters for a plane, we need to decide on a lift vehicle form. The most popular is the fixed wing “aeroplane” des...
Motor Efficiency
In this post, we discuss what things you need to consider when picking a motor for your efficient aircraft.
Sleeping 2 hours a day
I’ve read alot about polyphasic sleep in the past (even hearing that it was inspired by da Vinci) and I found it captivating. In this experiment, I attempt t...
Thomas Edison: The wizard of Menlo Park
Wow — never has a book changed my opinion of a person as drastically as this one did! I had always known Edison as the man that invented the light bulb, but ...
Nikola Tesla: The man who invented the 20th century
I’d just finished reading the Edison book and thought it fitting to now read the Nikola Tesla one. The book provided a good overview, though some inconsisten...
Dyson: Against the Odds
I liked this book alot. James Dyson is a household name and the story of how he went through life in the unfavorable entrepreneurial conditions of the UK is ...