Solar Plane Project

A plane’s efficiently is directly related to the aspect ratio of the wing. This is because a long thin wing has very little induced drag, or the drag produced from the creation of lift. MK2 was initially designed around the 2 cell wide wing, to maximize wing surface area for solar cells at a reasonable…

After Mk1, it became obvious that a much larger aircraft is required to carry the weight necessary for solar cells and a large battery. Mk2 was designed around the 2 solar cell wide wing, with a 96 inch wingspan.  It was designed around a twin boom pusher airframe so the wing did not have to…