Need more battery capacity

snipped-for-privacy@home.com wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Just wait until you figure out what the word "atmosphere" means.

Maybe you should eat a loaf or two of moldy rye bread. Tell us about your trip.

Why can't you pause in mid-flight to charge the batteries? As you ascend the Earth's gravity weakens reducing the drain on the batteries. If you stop ascending, at some point you should be able to charge the batteries again. Then resume your flight.

In fact, you will reach a point where the gravity of the Earth and Moon are equal and from then on you will need to fight the much weaker gravity of the Moon. I bet you can land with nearly full batteries.

I think instead of lighter batteries, you need lighter solar cells.

Uuuuh huh. How does it get lift?

More specifically, how does it get lift when the air gets too thin for props to bite?

Mark L. Fergerson

Some people are so literal.

Yes, literally!

On a sunny day (Thu, 08 Aug 2019 20:09:51 -0500) it happened snipped-for-privacy@home.com wrote in :

Air? not in space and not on the moon.

Well, there's your answer - your error is in using /solar/ panels to charge the batteries. Your drone is going to the moon, right? So you need /lunar/ panels. The nearer you get to the moon, the brighter the light, and the better the charging.

But don't go for cheap panels - spend a little bit more and get some which are more than 100% efficient. That'll mean you can cut down on battery weight, too, as you can drive the drone's motors directly from the panels and charge the batteries at the same time.

...but the solar cells are lit by the sun..

And be sure to shape the lunar panels so they double as the propellers.

Cheers

Maybe once in space you should switch to ion propulsion. (Or was it iron propulsion, using the magnetosphere; I'm unclear about that...)

Mike.

Jeff Layman wrote in news:qij4s5$8fr$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

And that, folks, was the layman response. Just wait until the pros chime in. ;-)

Clive Arthur wrote in news:qij9uk$v9t$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:

You spelled loonar wrong.

Mike Coon wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@news.plus.net:

Obviously. You are supposed to use CLEAR iron.

So a slow night ??

snipped-for-privacy@home.com wrote

Consider using a rubber band launcher. Remember to lead target though, the moon will move and if you do not lead target then you will fly away into space.

Tom

Major Tom wrote in news:qijvh5$1p8b$ snipped-for-privacy@adenine.netfront.net:

Come back and try again on the return trip aboard Haley's comet.

Since the OP attempted humor, maybe it is ironic propulsion.

Neither works.

John Larkin wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:

Netherworks. Travelling through the nether is like travelling through the ether.

It should be a nethercraft. Travels on strings of dark matter. No batteries required.

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