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Photographer Sets World Record for Fastest Drone Flight at 298 MPH

An anonymous reader shared this report from PetaPixel: A photographer and content creator has set the world record for the fastest drone flight after his custom-made aircraft achieved a staggering 298.47 miles per hour (480.2 kilometers per hour). Guinness confirmed the record noting that Luke Max...

Guinness confirmed the record noting that Luke Maximo Bell and his father Mike achieved the "fastest ground speed by a battery-powered remote-controlled (RC) quadcopter." The motor wires also burst into flames during full load testing causing Luke and Mike to use thicker ones so they didn't fail... This setback made Bell almost quit the project but he decided to remake all the parts and try again — which also ended in fire.

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