FPT Industrial and Forvola broke the Guinness World Records of the heaviest payload lifted by a drone during FPT Industrial’s Tech Day event in Turin, Italy, on November 23rd.
Forvola’s megadrone, with its 16 propellers, was able to lift a box full of FPT Industrial engine spare parts weighting 101 kg at almost 1.5 meter for more than one minute and three seconds.
The record was officially certified by Guinness World Records on December 6th, 2018. Until then, the previous record belonged to the University of Oslo, in Norway, which lifted 61 kg up to one meter for 37 seconds in 2015.
Forvola’s drone presents itself as the first customizable megadrone in the world currently on the market. It has a power from 10 to 20 kW, can carry weights up to about 200 kg and fly until 30 minutes or more, depending on the payload.
