The Amazing Benefits of Solar Drones

A common problem with drones is that if you plan on bringing them out for a long trip, they don’t have a lot of ability to hold a long charge. While research is being done to figure out how to hold the charge for longer, there is another solution: solar power. With solar power, they won’t need to figure out how to hold the charge longer, they’ll just be able to use solar to keep the drones flying all day long. Keep reading to learn more about solar drones and all of their amazing benefits.

What a solar drone is.

A drone is a remote-controlled aircraft that is flown using a remote control, kind of like a toy car. They are basically small airplanes without any passengers or pilots, and the person who controls it flies it form the ground. Anything from the small toys kids use to military-grade surveillance planes can be drones, as long as no actual human is inside of it to control it.

A solar drone is simply the same thing that’s powered by solar power instead of using wall power to charge up. This means that as long as they’re outside, they’re charging. The usually use panels like thin-film to keep them from getting too heavy. However, thin-film panels also have the least efficiency, so that’s something to keep in mind if you’re thinking about getting a solar-powered drone.

Why you might want one.

So, what are the benefits to having a drone that’s powered by solar power? Well, for starters, they are a great way to provide internet access to rural communities who don’t have any access to the internet. Google and Facebook have invested in projects like this, which will allow people who have no access to internet to get onto their web browsers using these solar drones, which don’t have to be plugged into a wall and can be powered 24/7 by the sun.

Another amazing benefit is that they can be flied for long journeys, which is currently a massive limitation drones have. Because of the amount of power they use, they often need to be taken back to their base on the ground in order to charge. But if they are powered by the sun, they won’t have to do that, and that will no longer be an issue.

Another massive benefit is that drones use a lot of fuel to charge, but with the renewable energy from the sun, we no longer will have to worry about them draining the limited amount of fossil fuel resources we have left.

Who uses solar drones?

While you might be interested in getting a solar drone, don’t get your hopes up too high just yet. Currently, these types of drones are only available for government, commercial, or military use. The government uses them more than anyone due to the long flights their drones need to reach foreign destinations.

However, that doesn’t mean they won’t ever become widely available, especially considering how mainstream solar has become and how much money companies would make by selling them.

Now that you know you want one, you’ll better be able to be on the lookout for when they are brought to the mainstream public, and you now know all the amazing benefits you can get from them.

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