Unofficial Endurance Record For Electric Multirotor, Flying 5 Hours, 2 Minutes, 21 Seconds Luke Bell’s solar quadcopter flew for more than 5 hours without a conventional battery, according to New Atlas. The key to accomplishing the record was adding a new backup circuit using diodes and an auxiliary battery. Luke and his dad, Mike, have a goal to push past battery limits and show how drones could be used longer for things like farming or surveillance. Their new solar-powered drone – running on sunlight and almost nothing else – just claimed an unofficial endurance record for electric multirotor, flying for 5 hours, 2 minutes, and 21 seconds before Luke simply got tired and landed it.
