文档介绍：Solar aspects of papers
Literature Review
Solar Powered Model Airplane
Group 97
Date: March 19, 2009
Group Members:
Harrison Sanders
Jared Milam
Jared Willard
Mike Cisna
Steven Czepizak
LITERATURE REVIEW
Flight over a long duration of time has been a pursuit of aviation for many years. On May 20, 1927 Charles Lindbergh flew “The Spirit of St. Louis” over the Atlantic Ocean for the first time, a huge duration of flight for that time period (1). Since then many advancements have been made in the aviation industry. In today’s world, the ever-growing, constantly evolving need for eco-friendly energy sources has e somewhat of a standard effort within the field of engineering. In recent years, engineers along with the public eye have realized the importance of contributing to the preservation of the environment as new technologies are created to further advance engineering proficiency. Renewable energy sources along with nonpolluting energy technology are quickly ing the top priority energy research topics among today’s engineers. One specific example of a renewable energy source undergoing increasingly valuable improvements of producing environmentally friendly energy is a technology that has been around for some time now. Solar energy has made significant advancements in its efficiency and its uses over the centuries of being used by human civilization. The multitude of uses regarding solar energy is vast and constantly increasing. Solar energy technology has been used to improve agriculture, natural lighting, thermal heating, and of course, electrical generation. Using the sun to create solar power is a key innovation being used to economically improve electricity consuming technical systems. One of the latest innovations in aerospace engineering is using solar power to generate enough electricity to fly a solar panel bearing airplane for a long duration of time.
Typical solar powered airplanes consist of solar panels covering the surface area of the airp