The team behind the Drone Racing League just set a Guinness world record for the Fastest ground speed by a battery-powered remote-controlled quadcopter. The drone called RacerX achieved an average speed of 163.5 MPH, and a top speed of 179.g MPH. Weighing in at 1.76lb, it's quad motors spin at 46,000 RPM, there is no mention on how long its two 1300mah batteries last.
Insane. I have no idea how that could be controllable, and the headset the pilot was using looks absolutely tiny compared to what I see from commercial models like from DJI.
In order to set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ achievement, the drone needed to fly back and forth across a measurement course of 100 m (328 ft.), with the official record set as the average of the top speed achieved on each of those flights. Therefore, the official speed measured for the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title is 163.5 miles per hour.
Gury flew the drone along a field in the state of New York and clocked in at the record speed while a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ adjudicator was on-site to verify the attempt. Earlier, prototypes of the drone burst into flames when hitting its highest point of acceleration due to the amount of power applied.
Insane. I have no idea how that could be controllable, and the headset the pilot was using looks absolutely tiny compared to what I see from commercial models like from DJI.
In order to set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ achievement, the drone needed to fly back and forth across a measurement course of 100 m (328 ft.), with the official record set as the average of the top speed achieved on each of those flights. Therefore, the official speed measured for the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title is 163.5 miles per hour.
Gury flew the drone along a field in the state of New York and clocked in at the record speed while a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ adjudicator was on-site to verify the attempt. Earlier, prototypes of the drone burst into flames when hitting its highest point of acceleration due to the amount of power applied.