An entrepreneur based at Dundee University is aiming to set a new world record by sending a drone on the longest ever hydrogen-powered flight for an unmanned aircraft.
Trias Gkikopoulos, from Greece, is a researcher in life sciences but he also has a passion for aviation and is a keen pilot and a designer of small aircraft.
He has designed and built an ultra-efficient drone with which he believes he can smash the world record and fly as far as Norway.
Trias said: “The current distance record is around 120km, set in the US, but I think we can get over 400km.
“As well as the record attempt, there is a serious side to this as well for the aviation industry as there is the pressing need to consider renewable energy sources.
“Hydrogen is a renewable, so if we can prove its efficiency then we can make it a viable alternative to batteries in the first instance and other fuels as time goes on.”
