FPV racing drones
Drone Racing League Will Be Regular Show On ESPN
We’ve told you before about the Drone Racing League (DRL) showing some special episodes on the sports network ESPN. Well, starting October 23rd, ESPN will have a regular DRL series covering the race to the US drone national title. The series will see races aired on both ESPN and ESPN2, starting on October 23rd at 9:00pm. There will be 10 one hour long episodes leading up to the championship ...
xCraft’s Rogue Adds Extra Propeller for Extra Speed
The xCraft Rogue is definitely one of the fastest RTF (ready to fly) FPV racing drones that you can buy today. The big difference between it and a regular racing quadcopter is the booster motor attached to the back of the craft. This motor drives a horizontally mounted propeller that pushed the aircraft to crazy speeds with the flip of a switch. While most racing drones use the 4 vertical propelle...
“Freedom Class” Drone Racing – Bigger and Faster
We all know that drone racing is poised to be the next Formula 1 spectator sport, with its 120 kilometer per hour machines zooming around a race course. But some people just don’t think that is enough! A team in Australia, known as Freedom Drone Sports, has developed and is testing a much larger and faster drone for a new class of racing it is calling “Freedom Class”. These drone...
Tips for FPV Flying
Flying FPV (first person view) is challenging. And racing at high speed through gates and other obstacles is even more challenging! If you want to get good, it takes a ton of practice. This video won’t let you skip the practice, but it will help you learn about and hopefully avoid some common mistakes that drone pilots make when they are first learning to fly FPV. Check out the 7 common mist...
Drone Racing in Abandoned Opera House
A group called the “Quad Squad” recently had a chance to zoom through the historic old Philadelphia Metropolitan Opera House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, which has been abandoned for decades. This group took advantage of the large, cavernous space to fly at high speeds. The hope is to raise awareness of these old historical treasures and to have some fun racing quadcopters. For flyin...
Grasshopper FPV Racer – More Brute Than Cute
If you look at the Grasshopper FPV racing quadcopter, you might think it looks like a cute little…well…grasshopper! But there is much more going on with this FPV racing quadcopter than you might expect! It takes a 4S battery and has insanely fast motors. This thing can really get up and go! If you are looking for an amazing FPV racer in a single kit (minus the goggles), then the Grassh...
Ford Motor Company Hosts Dronekhana
There seems to be a great crossover between drone pilots and car enthusiasts. And Ford Motor Company realizes this. They recently set up a drone race called “Dronekhana” that pit two top pilots, 16-year-old World Drone Prix champion Luke Bannister and his British countryman, Brett Collis, 22. The two pilots raced around a warehouse filled with various Ford vehicles and other obstacles....
A Web Site For Drone Racing Safety
The Drone Racing League recognizes that as FPV drone racing becomes more popular the need for more safety guidance becomes essential. So this year they launched www.droneracingsafety.org, a web site designed to provide guidance for international drone racers on best practices for conducting safe FPV racing events worldwide. “As the popularity of FPV flight grows globally, it has become more ...
DJI Has Opened A Drone Arena In Korea
DJI, the world’s largest designer and manufacturer of consumer and professional UAVs has opened a “drone arena” in Korea. The 1,395-square-meter arena is located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, 49 kilometers south of Seoul, and is designed for novice and expert drone pilots alike. This indoor venue features safety nets, charging stations, video screens and areas to do basic repairs...
FPV Video Wristwatch
Okay, I have been on a bit of a FPV kick lately, but I have one more device to add to your FPV arsenal. It’s a 5.8Ghz FPV wristwatch called the GTeng T909 and it’s less than $40 US dollars. The performance is pretty good for a screen at this price and the picture quality is certainly high enough quality to follow the action of your FPV racer as it zooms around. To see the specs or buy ...
Kylin FPV Goggles – Fat Shark Killers?
Since yesterday’s post was about FPV goggles, I thought I would continue the trend and talk about a new pair of FPV goggles I tested yesterday. They are called the KDS Kylin Vision goggles and they run on the 5.8Ghz band, which is the same as Fat Sharks. They don’t have a built in DVR like the newer Fat Sharks, but they do have a bigger screen, an “auto seek” feature to fin...
HD FPV is Here!
If you fly FPV, you know the challenges of analog signal dropout. The video quality is grainy and there are all kinds of issues with interference. That is about to change! Connex has introduced the ProSight HD FPV system which, if the reviews are to be believed, will revolutionize FPV. The ProSight HD FPV system broadcasts a 60 frames per second in 720P resolution. And, unlike analog, where signal...