The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) hosts an annual student Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) competition. For AUVSI 2019 the autonomous aerial vehicle must start by flying 4 miles through a series of GPS way-points. The aerial vehicle must carry a small ground vehicle which is released in a drop zone after the 4 miles of way-points. After that, the drone moves on to search a 0.125 square mile field for objects such as letters or brightly dressed people of interest. The popularized multirotor drones (typically just called drones) are well suited to these tasks, but typically can’t handle the necessary range of over 6 miles. Laki2 an interdisciplinary senior design project, built in conjunction with the UCF Robotics Club, combats the range problem with massive scale and improved battery technology. This drone is be over 6 feet in diameter, with 19.5 inch props and a maximum power consumption of 7 Kilowatts supplied by over 120 battery cells.