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5 world records broken in Brazil

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Five world records have been broken by the Anequim Project Team in an aircraft designed, developed and built by enginering students and professors at a Brazilian university.

The team from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais created the “racer airplane” using leading edge technology from many fields of engineering. The team has been working since March 2011 and the first flight of the prototype happened in November 2014. Last week they set up camp at Santa Cruz Air Force Base, Rio de Janeiro, with the full support of the Brazilian Air Force.

“The team arrived in Santa Cruz last Tuesday,” said Professor Paulo Iscold, “and since then the work load has been huge. We’ve been working all day until 10pm, waking up at 3am. Flying early in the morning and late in the afternoon and using the middle of the day and part of the night to do some improvements on the airplane or to re-configure it for the next flight.

“Our record flights started last Friday and by Sunday we had already managed 5 world records.”

These are the records (FAI1 C1a category):

1 Speed over 3km with restricted altitude
Previous record: Nemesis DR-90 – 466.83km/h (Jon Sharp)
New record claim: 521.08km/h

2 Speed over 15km
Previous record: Nemesis DR-90 – 455.8km/h (Jon Sharp)
New record claim: 511.19km/h

3 Speed over 100km closed course
Previous record: W.Air Race – 389.6km/h (Richard Young)
New record claim: 490.14km/h

4 Speed over 500km closed course
Previous record: VariEze – 387.4km/h (Klaus Savier)
New record claim: 493.74km/h

5 Time to climb up to 3000m
Previous record: Pushy Galore – 3min and 8sec (Bruce Bohannon)
New record claim: 2min and 26sec

“With that result, we can now call Anequim the world’s fastest four-cylinder airplane, delivered as promised!” said Paulo. “If we can say anything about this result, it is this: teamwork! The Anequim project doesn’t have sponsors, it has a TEAM!

“Thanks to Catto Propellers, Sky Dynamics, Fibraer, Aeromot, Grove Wheels and Brakes, Alto Alumínio, Solid Works, Saber Manufacturing, Raphael Brescia, Brian Utley, and last but not least, all the students that spent hours working on the project, since its conception to now!

“Despite the wonderful result of setting five world records, the Anequim Project’s main objective is to improve the quality of UFMG’s Aerospace Engineering students, and we are sure this project will be a mark for the rest of their lives!”

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