How fast and high can drones fly?

The two limits set by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) for high you can fly is 400 feet and how fast you can fly is 100 mph while, in Europe you can fly up to 500 feet high.

• These limits however are generous, as not many drones can fly as high or as fast as the limits are set. The type of drone also affects the speed.Nano drones are best for speedracing indoors versus a traditional drone.

Most drones are locked via software for their max height to not go above 1500 feet, however, one man was able to take his drone 11000 feet, No one knows how he did it, the controller probably looses connection at that much distance but it was done and here is the proof.

Now, we know that the height is limited on the drones. But the speed how fast can you go if you really try, of course we don’t encourage you to break the law and most drones won’t be able to anyways, but still here are some ways to get the maximum speed out of your drone.

The fastest commercial drone ever released is the Yuneec Typhoon H Pro. It has a top speed of 70 mph.

How to fly your drone at max speed? How to fly your drone fast?

First of all, let me get this straight it is almost impossible for you to break the law, most drones only go up 50 mph and even with the tips I am going to give you, you aren’t goanna go over the limit by the law.

First things first, lighten up your drone, remove the camera if possible, remove the landing pads make it as light weight as you can.

While you are at it make sure to focus on the shape of the drone, anything that flies through the air faces something called air friction. Not to get too detailed and scientific.

Basically, air is a fluid, if you have swum you know how slow the water makes you, compared to air in water you can’t go anywhere near as fast.

Similarly, air has the same affect on you, it just our bodies have adapted to it and don’t feel it at rest. However, stick your head out of a car when the air is blowing towards you and you will feel this Intense blow back from the air.

Exactly like this a drone feels when rushing through the wind and making it aerodynamic allows the air to not slow it down as much.

The shape of your drone is the shape of your drone, but there will be apart of the drone which is pointier or shaped in a way that lets air slide over it easily, that’s the point from you are going to accelerate through the air.

This will make sure that the air gets pierced through easily, just like when a diver dives into a pool and the water displaces for him.

Now, that you have that done, last two things are fly in the direction of the wind not against it.

And lastly go full throttle lets see what your drone can do, just do this in an open field not in the middle of your home.

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What is a drone?

A drone usually refers to an unmanned and remote-controlled aircraft, drones are used by the militaries for operations of recon sense and attacks. There are places so dangerous that you just wouldn’t want to send a person in there, a drone will do just fine as its job is to go literally go places where it is dangerous to send men.

Drones used by the army look like this, but this is not the only drone they use.

There are different kinds of drones, from quadcopters to Fixed wings. There are tons of drone kinds and as time goes by I believe there will be even more.

What is a Quadcopter?

A quadcopter is a kind of drone, that refers to the drone which has 4 wings on it hence the name quad, quadcopters come in all shapes and sizes just like drones.

But the most common shape looks something like this.

Drone vs Quadcopter

Drone refers to a flying device which is un manned and controlled via remote control.

Quadcopters are a certain kind of drone referring to the drone that has 4 wings.

Quadcopter vs Fixed Wings

Fixed wings are the kind of drones which have as the name says fixed wings, these also may or may not have propellers inside the wings for stationary take off.

The propellers help the drone get altitude while the wings help it glide around seamlessly.

Quadcopter on the other hand have 4 propellers and the wings are used to lift the drone up and off the ground.

Once up the speed of 2 propellers is increased or decreased in order to make it pitch towards a particular direction resulting in it moving in the direction.