Blackbird: The homemade drone that hit nearly 700km/h (opens in new tab)

(newatlas.com)

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ggm22d ago

If he was willing to make it single use and didn't care about thermal runaway he could do better.

Missiles only have to fly once.

Meet Blackbird: The homemade drone that hit nearly 700km/h https://newatlas.com/drones/biggs-blackbird-411mph/

Melbourne engineer Benjamin Biggs designed, built and flew the world’s fastest drone. It flies at more than half the speed of sound.

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ggm22d ago

If he was willing to make it single use and didn't care about thermal runaway he could do better.

Missiles only have to fly once.

Meet Blackbird: The homemade drone that hit nearly 700km/h https://newatlas.com/drones/biggs-blackbird-411mph/

Melbourne engineer Benjamin Biggs designed, built and flew the world’s fastest drone. It flies at more than half the speed of sound.

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