Hello, I would like to develop a drone with a solar panel, I would appreciate your help, but I would ask you to please give me the materials with which I can assemble it, these are some of the specifications with which I want to assemble it.
50 000RPM Coreless Motor for Quadcopter (Pair). (How many engines come here? i need 4)
MATEKSYS Flight Controller F411-Mini. (Does this flight controller come with the accessories for connecting the motors?)
What other things do I need for my drone, for example the carbon base and other accessories for connection to the engines and flying sensors?.
I need to regulate the voltage that comes to me from the panel, I have a very light panel more or less than 30g, it generates a voltage from 20 V to 18 V, current from 60mA to 150mA, and I plan to place it to the batteries to help charge and have a longer flight time What advise me ?. I thank you for your collaboration.
To confirm, when you say “drone” you mean an aerial quad copter?
50k rpm seems incredibly fast for a drone - most smaller / medium sized drones work best using a 500 to 1500kV motor and a 3S to 4S LiPo battery pack, so 6k to ~22k rpm.
The MATEKSYS Flight Controller F411-Mini includes only grommets and screws and doesn’t include accessories like connector cables, mounting plates etc.
A solar panel will (likely) have an almost negligible effect on flight time: On a medium sized quadcopter, each motor can easily draw 10A, for a total of 40A, not including the little current used by the flight controller, GPS etc. A large panel will severely impact the aerodynamics, causing huge drag in any direction, and the slightest wind will force the motors to work more to correct. The flight time of the drone depends a lot on on how the drone is flown - hovering in place consumes less current than moving in any other direction, accelerating or decelerating. The added weight of the solar panel will force the motors to consume even more current, likely requiring them to draw much more extra current than the solar panel can provide. This having been said… anything’s possible if you really set your mind to it, so if you want to pursue adding a solar panel, the above are likely some issues you will have to overcome.
If the goal is to get a drone which can last longer in the air using solar power, you might consider an airplane or a blimp style design, as they have a far larger surface area. Alternatively, create a “dock” for a quad copter which uses a solar panel to charge a battery which charges the drone.
