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ASL's AtlantikSolar UAV breaks world endurance record with 81 hour flight
Two weeks after having demonstrated AtlantikSolar’s first 24-hour flight , the fixed-wing team at ETH Zurich’s Autonomous Systems Lab has now achieved a continuous flight of its 6.8kg AtlantikSolar Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that spanned a total of 2316km and 81.5 hours (4 days and 3 nights) and has broken the flight endurance world record for all UAVs below 50kg total mass.
by Stefan Bertschi
ASL’s AtlantikSolar UAV achieves 28-hourfully-solar powered day/night flight
by Stefan Bertschi