Wanda Solar Capture Helper

Solar yaw & gimbal planner for fixed-row layouts

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Set yaw and gimbal before takeoff for a single-axis solar row inspection flight. Assumes typical north/south tracker rows.

Inputs

Site: (not set) — click to edit

Site name

Latitude (°) Longitude (°)

Date (local) Time (local)

Use current time (auto-refresh every minute)

Duration (minutes)

Advanced settings (optional)

Shown values are what the tool uses. Defaults: max tilt 60°, gimbal −90°…−75°, pass threshold 25°, min irradiance 500 W/m².

Panel angle override (° from straight up) Leave blank to use the tracker model Tracker max tilt (°) ± rotation limit

Gimbal max pitch (°) Most downward Gimbal min pitch (°) Least downward

Pass threshold (°) Max signed panel↔camera delta Minimum irradiance (W/m²) Dotted line on charts

Row geometry (optional) — shadow / glare hints

Row pitch and panel top height enable extra columns in the week table (shadow, glare, neighbor reflection).

Row pitch (feet) Not set by default Panel top height (feet) Not set by default

Estimated sun-facing tracker plane-of-array irradiance (W/m²) from Open-Meteo.

— W/m²

—

During flight window

Full day

Dotted line = minimum irradiance threshold.

Best contiguous time each day when recommended yaw/gimbal meet the pass threshold (5‑min checks, 6:00–18:00).

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