![]() NEW YORK, July 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -HalcyonTV.com - Today, the Drone Racing League (DRL), the global leader in professional drone racing, tested the fastest racing drone, and set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™title for the Fastest ground speed by a battery-powered remote-controlled quadcopter. Hand-built by DRL's Director of Product, Ryan Gury, and DRL's team of expert drone engineers, the drones fly at unprecedented high speeds. The fastest racing drone, the DRL RacerX, zooms at a never-before-seen top speed of 179.6 miles per hour. Weighing only 800 grams (1.76 pounds), the RacerX flies with its:
In order to set the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ achievement, the drone needed to fly back and forth across a measurement course of 100 m (328 ft.), with the official record set as the average of the top speed achieved on each of those flights. Therefore, the official speed measured for the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title is 163.5 miles per hour. Gury flew the drone along a field in the state of New York and clocked in at the record speed while a GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ adjudicator was on-site to verify the attempt. Earlier, prototypes of the drone burst into flames when hitting its highest point of acceleration due to the amount of power applied. For more speed, fans can tune into the 2017 DRL Allianz World Championship finale on ESPN on July 28, 2017 at 9pm EST -- as elite pilots compete with DRL custom designed and hand built pro racing drones through insane three dimensional racecourses in iconic venues across the world. Watch the 2017 Season Teaser here: https://youtu.be/32FbtCrEDAU.
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