{"id":213218,"date":"2024-08-26T16:49:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/26\/sa-father-and-son-team-break-guinness-record-for-worlds-fastest-drone\/"},"modified":"2024-08-26T16:49:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T16:49:59","slug":"sa-father-and-son-team-break-guinness-record-for-worlds-fastest-drone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/08\/26\/sa-father-and-son-team-break-guinness-record-for-worlds-fastest-drone\/","title":{"rendered":"SA father and son team break Guinness Record for world\u2019s fastest drone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_104\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/5a3a82be-1273-50bb-adc6-f26e9e552a3d&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x0&amp;resize=1280x720\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Were you impressed by Red Bull\u2019s 350km\/h drone that chases Max Verstappen\u2019s F1 car around the track? Of course you were. But did you know South Africa has a drone that\u2019s said to be even faster?<\/p>\n<p>A father and son team from Worcester in the Western Cape recently broke the Guinness World Record for the world\u2019s fastest battery-powered, remote-controlled (RC) quadcopter.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Bell and his father Mike managed to achieve an average speed of 480.23km\/h (298.47mph) by doing speed runs in opposite directions to negate the wind, taking the official world record in the process.<\/p>\n<p>The previous world record was set at 360.50km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>The local drone builders say their creation can accelerate from zero to 300km\/h in just two seconds and reach a theoretical top speed of 510km\/h.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast year I created the fastest drone in the world, but I always felt like it was a kind of prototype and not quite fast enough. This year my dad and I decided to improve every aspect of the original Peregrine drone to create an epic successor,\u201d said son Luke Bell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd yes, this drone is even faster than the Red Bull Formula 1 drone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The father and son pair spent around four months working on their latest quadcopter, and have documented the process in the YouTube video below. Skip to 8:49 to see the first high speed runs.<\/p>\n<p><strong id=\"strong-35d9752f57f0d73c97ed029a785379c5\">IOL<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Were you impressed by Red Bull\u2019s 350km\/h drone that chases Max Verstappen\u2019s F1 car around the track? Of course you were. But did you know South Africa has a drone that\u2019s said to be even faster? 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