Re: Solar powered electrostatic motor drone ??

Jeroen Belleman <jeroen@nospam.please> wrote:

On 7/18/24 07:46, Jan Panteltje wrote:

Researchers build ultralight drone that flies with onboard solar Bizarre
design uses a solar-powered motor that's optimized for weight.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/07/researchers-build-ultralight-dro
ne-that-flies-with-onboard-solar/
 
Well, ehh, unlimited flight time if any sun..
Looks funny.
4.5V to 9 kV power converter...

 
I wonder if electrostatic motors would have been as practical
as electromagnetic motors if the history of motor design had
taken a different turn a century or two ago.

I think Philips dabbled with them many decades ago.  A report will be
somewhere in the Philips Technical Review.


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