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"textContent": "Luke Bell and his father Mike have done it again. Their new solar-powered drone – running on sunlight and almost nothing else – just claimed an unofficial endurance record for electric multirotors, flying for 5 hours, 2 minutes, and 21 seconds before Luke simply got tired and landed it.\n\nContinue Reading\n\n**Category:** Drones, Consumer Tech, Technology\n\n**Tags:** Quadcopter, Remote-controlled, Solar Powered",
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