Drone speed record falls again as Blackbird hits 453 mph using custom carbon fiber propellers

May 27, 2026 - 03:34
Updated: 2 months ago
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The Blackbird drone flies at 453 mph during high speed testing with custom carbon fiber propellers.

The Blackbird, built by the Drone Pro Hub duo, hit 730 km/h, or about 453.6 mph, during a downwind run on the second day of testing. Its return leg into heavy wind topped out at 640 km/h, giving the pair a two-way average of 685 km/h, or about 425.6 mph.

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Christopher Holloway

Christopher Holloway is the founder and director of Progressive Robot, a UK-based technology company. A full-stack engineer with more than two decades of experience, he works across PHP development, ecommerce, Linux infrastructure, technical SEO and AI automation, and writes here on technology, AI, hardware and software.

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