Blackbird: The homemade drone that hit nearly 700km/h

by asdefghykon 3/4/2026, 6:45 AMwith 2 comments

by ggmon 3/4/2026, 7:31 AM

If he was willing to make it single use and didn't care about thermal runaway he could do better.

Missiles only have to fly once.

by asdefghykon 3/4/2026, 6:45 AM

Meet Blackbird: The homemade drone that hit nearly 700km/h https://newatlas.com/drones/biggs-blackbird-411mph/

Melbourne engineer Benjamin Biggs designed, built and flew the world’s fastest drone. It flies at more than half the speed of sound.

Mu original link, but paywalled link..... https://www.theaustralian.com.au/weekend-australian-magazine...