ETH Zurich's AtlantikSolar 2 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle during its continuous flight of 2316km and 81.5 hours (4 days and 3 nights) that took place between July 14th-17th 2015 and broke the flight endurance world record for all UAVs below 50kg total mass. 

In addition, the fully solar-powered flight is the longest-ever flight of a low-altitude long-endurance (LALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, the second-longest flight among any UAV, and the fifth-longest flight ever shown by any aircraft worldwide. From an applications perspective, the flight proves the central commercially-promising advantage of solar-powered UAVs, i.e. their capability to stay airborne for multiple days while providing telecommunication services in large-scale disaster-scenarios or live-imagery during industrial sensing and inspection missions.

video of their flight

https://youtu.be/8m4_NpTQn0E

Web page

http://www.atlantiksolar.ethz.ch/?p=670

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  • :O , Impressive.

  • Can't believe you guys didn't get any response here! Belated well done!

    • I think It is published in another part I remember I saw that video great job.

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