Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Solar-powered UAV Drones breaking world records
The Zephyr is a winning machine. QinetiQ's solar-powered drone completed 7-days in the air in july 2010. Now, the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) has confirmed that Zephyr completed that record-breaking flight with a solid 2-weeks in the air (336 hours). If that wasn't enough to put other drones to shame, FAI found that Zephyr also destroyed records for flight duration for a UAV of its class, and the altitude record for that class at 21,562 meters, or 70,741 feet. So keep the records coming, Zephyr, because everyone loves a winner, even when that winner is a unmanned war machine. via engadget
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