Aircraft:

• Modified from record setting Gamera IID Human Powered Helicopter
• Weight: 226 lbs (132 lbs vehicle + 94 lbs pilot)
• Largest dimension: 116.5 ft (diagonal blade tip to blade tip)
• Footprint: 100 ft. x 100 ft

Solar Power System:

• Direct solar power, no batteries
• 12 Solar panels, 3 per arm, wired into pairs of 6 panels
• Power: ≈ 1200 Watts (1.6 horsepower)
• Voltage: 21.5-22.5 V open circuit -> 16 volts under load
• Weight of solar panels: 25 lbs

Motors/Transmission:

• Four electric motors: 10,000 rpm
• Custom gearbox
• Gear Ratio = 481.75 : 1
• Output RPM: 20
• Motor + Transmission weight: 14 lbs

Structure:

• Carbon fiber truss-of-trusses design
• Four arms, 31 ft long
• Positioned in a “plus sign”, each propeller on the ends
• Structure weight: 51 lbs

Rotors:

• Quadrotor design, 2 blades per rotor
• Rotor radius: 24 ft
• Rotor thrust: 60 lb per rotor @ 20 rpm
• Total rotor weight: 42.5 lbs