Research Article
Development of Design Methodology for a Small Solar-Powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Table 1
Comparison of current and previous small solar-powered UAV designs.
| | Research UAV | Aircraft | Mass (kg) | Wing span (m) | Endurance (hr) | Cruise power (W) | Power/take-off mass (W/kg) |
| | AcPropulsion | So Long | 12.8 | 4.75 | 48 | 95 | 7.42 | | Technion | Sun-Sailor | 3.6 | 4.2 | 11 | 40 | 11.11 | | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich | Sky-Sailor | 2.4 | 3.2 | 27 | 15 | 6.25 | | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich | Sun Surfer | 0.12 | 1 | — | 1.77 | 14.75 | | Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Zurich [10, 11] | AtlantikSolar AS-2 UAV | 6.93 | 5.65 | 28 | 39.7 | 5.73 | | University of Minnesota [7, 8] | SUAV:Q hybrid | 3.364 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 8.92 | | Cranfield University | Current work | 3 | 3.7 | 23.0 | 15 | 5.00 |
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