How I built the fastest electric powered drone in the world. Two years of work summarised in one video. Thanks to: DronePro Hub PCBWay Amax Hargrave Technologies SMC Airshaper Bruce and Sasha 0:00 - Introduction 0:52 - The First Prototype 5:44 - Version 2: The Blackbird 6:46 - Component Selection 9:52 - Design Features 13:07 - The Build 14:22 - Flight Testing 16:56 - World Record Attempt 19:59 - What's Next The drone achieved a guinness world record for the fastest battery powered remote controlled quadcopter on 8 December 2025. Music Epic Cinematic | Last Hero by Alex-Productions | • Cinematic Inspirational Epic by Alex-Produ... Music promoted by https://onsound.eu/ Music: Crystal Noir Artist: Zylo - Music for Creators / @zylofreemusic Zylo Music MaxKoMusic - Dark Ages is under a YouTube Free license. / @maxkomusic Music powered by BreakingCopyright: • 🦸 Heroic Music (No Copyright) - "Dark Ages... 🔎 Find more music here: https://breakingcopyright.com Alex Productions - Tragedy is under a Creative Commons BY 3.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... / @alexproductionsnocopyright Music powered by BreakingCopyright: • 💔 Epic Dramatic (Free Music) - "TRAGEDY" b... 🔎 Find more music here: https://breakingcopyright.com Clips used: Tom Scott "I rode the world's fastest train." 00:22
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Awesome to see your process, and always keen to see what you come up with next!
My mother has a drone that looks very similar to this 😮
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The video cutting out is probably to do with the doppler effect, similar to why a siren changes as it goes past you, but happening with your signal
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This is the kinda arms race I can love.
Nothing beats a man who is passionate about what he's doing!
hi, look into Mike Arnold and his AR-5 construction video set. He goes into some aerodynamic theories that I believe, if you follow them, will result in your drone going even faster with minimal changes required. Your drone's fuselage shape is creating an undesirable pressure gradient in front of the wings which is causing drag. Eliminating that may be as simple as narrowing the fuselage slightly at its widest point, or if not possible, moving the widest point back closer towards the wings. This will help the laminar boundary stick to the skin for longer rather than arriving at the wings slightly turbulent like they are now. The improvement will be very slight in your drone's case as it is already very well optimized, but there definitely will be improvement. I've also got to wonder if the "top" wing is even necessary. You could eliminate the top wing and move the engine to the centerline which would reduce the front plate drag, but will move your cg back. Another thing to learn from Mike Arnold is the importance of extreme sanding and polish of the surface. His AR-5 skin was polished to standards better than production made sailplanes - and it makes a big difference to the laminar boundary. You may want to take a micrometer to your drone's skin and identify if there is waviness. If there is, it is slowing your aircraft down and polishing it out will result in higher top speed for nothing other than some extra time spent sanding. Glad to have found your channel. I've been following for a long while now. Keep it up!
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That glitch you described is called the Doppler effect. ;)
It’s bloody awesome seeing Aussies handling this. I’m even more stoked to find out the ESCs are made by an Australian company. Hell yeah, mate! 🇦🇺
My toxic trait is I see a video like this and think to myself, it’s doable 😂
20:30 The “LAND NOW!” warning at 700 Km/h seems to be a bit out of order 😂😂😂
Congrats mate! 🚀I am giving 2 years till normal, civilian smart people with reasonable fundings break a Mach 1 with a drone like this.
It looks like something straight out of thunderbirds, you really should polish the body to help reduce drag and add minimal weight doing so
Bring die speed controller in die einzelnen Flügel... Da können sie auch effektiv mit gekühlt werden....
Try cutting the props by axial rotation instead of straight cut or have props done with proper finish tips.
I feel there still might be space to optimize the surface finish. Starting wither cleaner CAD model exports an printer settings. That said, absolutely amazing! This video deserves more views.
Your video cuts out due to Doppler shift. It's why it also happens when you're flying directly at yourself or away. The best thing would be to have a receiver that can dynamically lock onto the carrier signal using various auto-correction methods (they vary based on signal encoding type).