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alrighty_then Neat. Although there may not be practical reasons for a drone to travel at this speed…the challenge will get some people excited to build again, and that's a good thing. Reply
Notton I'm not well versed in drones, so I suppose that's impressive for a propeller drone. Unlike larger fixed wing aircraft, the propellers on that drone have a small diameter, so there should be a lot of headroom leftover for even faster speeds before the propeller tips hit Mach 1. I'll be impressed when those drones go faster than a Tu-95, which is 925km/h (575mph). Reply
USAFRet Notton said: I'm not well versed in drones, so I suppose that's impressive for a propeller drone. Unlike larger fixed wing aircraft, the propellers on that drone have a small diameter, so there should be a lot of headroom leftover for even faster speeds before the propeller tips hit Mach 1. I'll be impressed when those drones go faster than a Tu-95, which is 925km/h (575mph). One of the problems with fast is control. Very quickly you get out of range with a land based control station. You can bounce off a satellite ($$$$), but that also introduces latency issues. Reply
Scott_Tx I always thought competition for maximum altitude would be interesting too, like a prop driven rocket straight up. Reply
PEnns Also, it turns out that flying horizontally (head first) is faster than flying sideways…… Reply
USAFRet Scott_Tx said: I always thought competition for maximum altitude would be interesting too, like a prop driven rocket straight up. The highest altitude obtained by a piston-driven propeller UAV (without payload) is 20.430 kilometres (67,028 ft). It was obtained during 1988–1989 by the Boeing Condor UAV. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_flight_altitude_records Reply
jon pascka Congrats on the accomplishment! BUT; I am not well versed in drone FAA regulations but below 10,000 feet msl there is a 250 knot speed limit over almost all the US and close to airports it's 200 knots. As a aircraft pilot hitting your drone someplace where you weren't suppose to be could be disastrous! Jon Reply
USAFRet jon pascka said: Congrats on the accomplishment! BUT; I am not well versed in drone FAA regulations but below 10,000 feet msl there is a 250 knot speed limit over almost all the US and close to airports it's 200 knots. As a aircraft pilot hitting your drone someplace where you weren't suppose to be could be disastrous! Jon From a facebook post: "685 km/h. New world drone speed record. Built and flown in Australia " Reply
Dr3ams USAFRet said: One of the problems with fast is control. Very quickly you get out of range with a land based control station. You can bounce off a satellite ($$$$), but that also introduces latency issues. Maybe something like a drone AWACS system. Using another drone that loiters high above the area (or battlefield) do direct highspeed drones to their targets over greater distances. Reply
FunSurfer alrighty_then said: Neat. Although there may not be practical reasons for a drone to travel at this speed…the challenge will get some people excited to build again, and that's a good thing. No practical reasons? Try military reasons. This is perfect for suicide drones. Same story all over again, smart scientist create great invention, and some evil ruler use it for destruction, like the famous example of von Braun, the rocket invention and what SHitler did with it. Reply
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