Flexible solar arrays

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From: Gordon Hlavenka
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 1990 21:55

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A while ago, there was a post from someone looking for flexible solar
arrays.  Here's a source to try:

     (From NASA Tech Briefs, July 1990)

     "Only 0.12 mm thick, Sanyo Electric's new Amorton (TM) solar
      cell film can be shaped to conform to three-dimensional
      surfaces... The film's light weight yields a power-to-weight
      ratio of 200 milliwatts per gram...  will be demonstrated
      in July, when it will be used to power the experimental
      Sunseeker aircraft during its flight across the US."

     (No address or phone for Sanyo given...)

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Gordon S. Hlavenka                 cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us
Disclaimer: He's lying

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From: cgordon@vpnet.chi.il.us (Gordon Hlavenka)
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Subject: Flexible solar arrays
Keywords: solar cell, flexible
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Date: 10 Jul 90 21:55:05 GMT
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