One of our readers just sent in this clip of Panasonic’s AA battery-powered plane attempting to set a flight distance record in Japan. Just a quick refresher, it sports a single-seat and a 31-meter (102 feet) wingspan — powered by 160 AA “Oxyride” batteries from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Video after the jump.

One of our readers just sent in this clip of Panasonic’s AA battery-powered plane attempting to set a flight distance record in Japan. Just a quick refresher, it sports a single-seat and a 31-meter (102 feet) wingspan — powered by 160 AA “Oxyride” batteries from Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Video after the jump.

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