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That craft had two pilots onboard, this one had a single remote pilot. It's a real challenge to design a small craft that maximizes payload and minimizes fuel consumption along with scores of other constraints.

Voyager also needed a long runway for launch and probably costs vastly more than this drone. Its use case as an emergency communication device is revolutionary.

It seems that not having to have pilots onboard would make things easier, though.

This is meant to be portable, weighing only 150 with fuel and payload.

ZPG-2 did 11.5 days back in 1957. Maybe consider more than just the raw duration number?

They are considering more than raw duration. That's why they're comparing a prop plane to a prop plane.

These are two completely different things: Rutan max weight was 10,000 pounds, and this one is 150 pounds..