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360° X 180° solar panel?

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jimmymcgoochie

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I don't know of any solar panels that have two axes of rotation. Given how many mods there are that add solar panels, maybe the reason that nobody has done it is because it isn't possible? What specific applications do you have in mind for this specific solar panel design?

It might be possible to build your own using the robotic parts, some static panels and a scripting system that automatically moves the robotics parts to try and get maximum power generation, but it's not something I've ever tried and would probably require quite a bit of coding know-how and quite a lot of trial and error.

I know that Near Future Solar has some static and deployable (but not rotating) curved solar panels which can capture light from many angles, maybe those will do what you need?

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DerekL1963

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On 8/15/2020 at 1:14 PM, jimmymcgoochie said:

I don't know of any solar panels that have two axes of rotation.

Angel125's MOLE has two of them...  There's also been a couple of ISS solar array mods with two axes.  They're not common, but they're out there.

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