
How to build a tiny solar-powered airplane using Arduino, 3D printing, and some DIY wiring
- October 28, 2021
Posted April 19, 2019 03:13:49I have spent the last several weeks building a prototype solar-electric plane.
The plane I’m building uses the Arduino platform and is powered by solar panels mounted on the fuselage.
The plane was constructed with only the most basic of materials and parts.
The only thing that I have done to make it work is make a few modifications to the wiring, which I will cover in a follow-up article.
To start, the basic design of the solar-power plane is pretty straightforward.
Here’s what the airplane looks like:I’ve also been building the plane to power a light bulb, a battery, and a couple of cameras.
I’ve made the plane with a few different materials, including a simple metal housing and a plastic housing made from an old refrigerator.
All of these are available at your local hardware store.
Each of the materials I’ve used for the plane’s body has a unique structure.
For example, the aluminum housing has a metal plate that extends up to the top of the body.
This plate serves as the frame for the body, so it has a lot of flex when it flexes.
When the airplane is in flight, this plate flexes up to about 40% of its normal weight, so the frame of the airplane has to be able to flex and support the plane.
The aluminum frame is reinforced with metal tubing.
As you can see from the picture above, the frame is designed to be a little bit larger than the body of the plane, which makes it easier to support the entire airplane.
Once the frame has been made, it needs to be attached to the wing of the aircraft using a bolt or rivet.
Bolt holes can be drilled into the aluminum frame, but I’ve found it’s better to drill holes on the body to hold the aluminum.
You can drill holes into the body for the batteries, but that can also make it difficult to get the batteries into the battery cage.
Instead, I’ve made holes in the aluminum body for these batteries.
Because the battery cells are mounted on aluminum, I also drilled holes into each battery cage to hold them.
The batteries are then secured to the body by welding the batteries to the aluminum cage.
While I’ve drilled holes in each battery cell, I haven’t drilled holes all around the plane and the plane has not been completely assembled.
If you look closely, you’ll notice that the battery cages are not entirely aligned, so I’ve added a little extra clearance to allow for the battery cables to go through the holes.
In order to fit the batteries in the body properly, the battery box has to slide in a little more than two inches into the fuselage, and the battery cable needs to have enough clearance to get through the hole in the fucelage.
Since the batteries are secured to a metal box, I’m attaching a bolt to the metal box.
There are several ways to attach the battery to the plane frame.
A common way to attach a battery is to use a metal hook on the side of the fuse.
Using the metal hook is a bit more difficult than attaching a battery box, but it’s possible.
Here’s how I attach the metal battery box to the fuzer, which is a metal frame that hangs over the wing.
Some of the connectors are hidden by the metal frame, so you’ll need to use your fingers to push them through the metal cage.
You can also use a screwdriver to push the connectors through the cage.
If you want to make the connector more flexible, you can cut the metal casing from the fuze and add another piece of metal.
Here are two pictures of the connecting parts.
An extra trick is to make a hole in one of the battery boxes so that you can install the battery in the other battery box.
The hole in my battery box is made to be one of those three slots, so there is no need to cut a hole into the metal body.
I just cut a small slot in the plastic box so that the metal can slide through the slot.
I also attached the connectors to the bottom of the aluminum fuze.
The metal fuze is now fully connected to the battery.
With the battery, the plane is ready to fly.
On the right side of this picture is a close-up of the batteries and their connectors.
I’ve attached the battery connectors to a wire hanging from the wing, which connects the battery terminal to the engine’s throttle position.
Another way to connect the battery is using a metal connector on the underside of the wing’s fuselage, or you can connect it to a small battery box by attaching it to the underside.
Lastly, there is one last trick.
You’ll need a screw driver to install the metal connectors onto the fuzier.
The fuze does not