This site learned from the official public account of Northwestern Polytechnical University that at 8:54:12 am on September 22, 2023, at the Chang'an Campus of Northwestern Polytechnical University at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, the "Homing Pigeon" developed by the Northwestern Polytechnical University's bionic aircraft research team The flight time of the bionic aircraft reached 3 hours, 5 minutes and 30 seconds, breaking the Guinness World Record for single-charge flight time of an flapping-wing drone of 2 hours, 34 minutes and 38 seconds set by the "Clouded Owl" bionic aircraft developed by the team.
It is understood that the same "Cloud" who set the Guinness World Record for the single-charge flight time of an flapping-wing drone on November 15, 2022 Compared with the "Owl" bionic aircraft, the "Homing Pigeon" has a smaller fuselage, its wingspan is less than half of the "Clouded Owl", and its weight is about a quarter of the "Clouded Owl". It is a technological leap for bionic aircraft.
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