Homemade solar drone smashes endurance record with 5+ hours aloft

Homemade solar drone smashes endurance record with 5+ hours aloft

Luke Bell's solar quadcopter flew for hours without a conventional battery

Luke Bell and his father Mike have done it again. Their new solar-powered drone – running on sunlight and almost nothing else – just claimed an unofficial endurance record for electric multirotors, flying for 5 hours, 2 minutes, and 21 seconds before Luke simply got tired and landed it.

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Category: Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology

Tags: Quadcopter, Remote-controlled, Solar Powered