alt Hacker Newsstill 100 mph less than piston-powered airplane speed record. Or 150 less than Tu95. Drones should be able to go that fast too
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daveguy • today at 3:58 PM
Yeah, big 'ol asterisks in this "world air speed record". This is for electric-powered flight, and is equivalent to 57% of Mach-1.
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Maybe, but the budget for an interceptor drone is much much smaller. Unless it fails at its job an interceptor drone is only going to be used once.