India, May 20 -- A team of aerospace engineering students from a MIT Art, Design and Technology (MIT ADT) University has developed and successfully flown a large radio-controlled (RC) electric fixed-wing aircraft, which has now received entries in the India Book of Records and Asia Book of Records.

Named 'Project GARUDA', the aircraft was developed by 'Team Skytrek' from the Department of Aerospace Engineering under the School of Engineering and Sciences. According to the team, the aircraft has a wingspan of 9.25 metres and an all-up weight of 261 kilograms.

The aircraft received recognition in four categories - India's heaviest RC airplane, India's largest wingspan RC airplane, Asia's largest radio-controlled electric airplane and Asia...