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Old 04-24-2022, 06:50 PM   #409 (permalink)
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You young folk need to have patience. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rectenna

The mistake all along has been treating light as a particle [with <40% efficiency] instead of as a wave [with 100% efficiency].

Once productized on a roll-to-roll manufacturing process for a conformal product, possibly on the backside of ETFE fil that's hydrophobic/oleophobic so it never needs washing by the lucky owner.... things change.

I don't want to wait. "I want the whole world and I want it now" Veruka Salt

If I make it happen I could a have an FUV parked outside right now. It would involve divesting everything else with wheels. I'd miss the Superbeetle more than the Metro.

Anyways -- Two solar panels about 2x3.5ft on articulated mounts at the rear of the roof. Stored as a convergent duct surrounding the rear wheel. Raised like dragonfly wings with three degrees of movement for solar tracking. Should be a 3x multiplier on the exposed area.
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