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Old December 30th 12, 05:11 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Vaughn
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Default The new Electric Cessna 172

On 12/22/2012 6:20 PM, wrote:
And you had better keep this thing hangered in places with any significant
hail with those solar panels on top of the wings.

If you keep the plane in a hanger, there is really little point to
having solar panels at all because the panels would rarely see
significant sunlight. (They won't do you much good for the relatively
brief periods the plane is actually flying. Their unreliable and
relatively meager output is unlikely to measurably increase range.)

Also, solar panels aren't terribly vulnerable to hail. Otherwise, there
would be little point in mounting them on rooftops.