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Old June 15th 16, 12:37 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
Vaughn Simon[_2_]
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Default Flexible solar panel deal

On 6/14/2016 11:18 PM, Soartech wrote:
Wrap this 4 foot long x 21 inch solar panel around your tail boom and
get 120 Watts to keep your battery well charged.


The above may have been a jest, but just in case...

Solar panels only give rated power when they are directly oriented
towards a full sun. (And in my experience, usually not even then!) A
solar panel wrapped around a tail boom would only yield a fraction of
its rating. Besides, those particular panels aren't that flexible.

Still, that's a great price for those panels. Thanks for the link.

Vaughn