FPV racing drones
3D Printed FPV Racer
While FPV drone racing continues to grow in popularity, many find the off-the-shelf designed quadcopters bulky and expensive. 3D print designer Ben Pickard has come up with an alternative: a free 3D print design that produces an amazingly strong and agile FPV racing drone that is fairly easy to assemble. The drone is called the “Fiber Fighter” because certain components of it are made ...
Meet the TANKY FPV Racing Quad
The team developing the TANKY FPV racing quadcopter is looking to raise $225,000 USD on Kickstarter to develop an amazing but affordable new FPV racing drone. The TANKY promises to be very fast with powerful, brushless motors, very agile and features a motorized tilt camera that can adjust its angle based on your style of flight. Tanks has a blend of carbon fiber skeleton and a plastic “ski...
Mashable Produces A How To Race FPV Video Series
If you are interested in learning to fly or race FPV, this video series is a great place to start. In the series, Sam Sheffer, a media producer from Mashable, who has very little drone or FPV flying experience, meets up with several expert FPV racing enthusiasts and learns the tricks of the trade. Everything from how to build his own drone to the basics and even advanced flying techniques. If you...
Beginner FPV Racing Drone
If you want to get into FPV racing you can either spend hours and a fair amount of money building your own FPV racer or you can spend several hundred dollars buying a ready to fly FPV racer from one of the big manufacturers. Aerix is offering an alternative idea – a ready to fly FPV racing drone for under $200. With novice-friendly features like interchangeable batteries and an altitude hold...
There is Real Competition and Real Prize Money in Drone Racing
As the popularity of drone racing increases, so does the prize money at stake. This past March, a British teenager won $250,000 at the World Drone Prix in Dubai – and there was another $750,000 in prize money awarded at that event for a total of $1,000,000 in prize money for a single event! And with the rise of the purse, there has also been a rise in competition. Clubs that once only had a ...
Drone Racing – A Great Overview
This is definitely one of the best articles about drone racing that has been published online. It discusses the origin and growth of the sport as well as how it will grow to become the sport of the future. If you are interested in either watching or participating in drone racing, this is a great article to help you understand where it is today and where it is going tomorrow! Click here to read the...
Overcoming the Hype of FPV Drone Racing
If you visit this site regularly, you know that we talk frequently about FPV drone racing and the excitement that the hobby is generating. At the PSFK 2016 conference in New York, Nick Horbaczewski introduced the audience to the new sport of drone racing, and his organization, the DRL (Drone Racing League). However, despite all the hype and excitement around this fledgeling sport, Nick cautioned t...
Aerix Talon Micro is a Good Option for Inexpensive FPV Flying and Learning
If you want to get into flying and eventually racing FPV drones, the initial cost and investment to learn how can be quite high. Most racing drones cost more than $200 USD to buy or build and that usually doesn’t even include the FPV goggles or radio transmitter to control the quadcopter. However, Aerix has provided a good option with the Talon Micro, a full FPV racing drone that includes ev...
Canadian Company Offers Easy To Assemble DIY Racing Drone
The Raptor 190 FPV is a drone kit that you can invest in on Kickstarter. It takes inspiration from several top FPV racing drones and is currently being developed for people looking for an easy to assemble DIY drone. The kit can be assembled in less than 15 minutes and even includes all the tools you need get the job done! Find out more and how you can support this Kickstarter project here: http://...
Nissan Builds Custom Drone To Keep Up With Its GT-R Sports Car
Nissan recently designed and built the GT-R Drone – one of the fastest accelerating First Person View (FPV) racing drones ever produced. The GT-R Drone is designed to keep up with the 2017 Nissan GT-R while shooting video on the test track. The GT-R Drone is able to reach 100 kilometres per hour from a standstill in a mind blowing 1.3 seconds. Nissan felt that the newly redesigned GT-R racing car ...
Drone Racing is Taking Off in Canada
In the past 12 months, drone racing has grown significantly in Canada. This year’s Montreal Drone Expo served as a testing ground and qualifying run for FPV drone pilots who want to make it to higher levels of national and world drone racing competitions. Jason Mainella, who organized the Montreal event, says that although drones have been around for more than 4 years, racing has only grown ...
For a Small Place, Hawaii is Big on FPV Drone Racing
A year or two ago, few people had heard of drone racing on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, but today that is different. Hawaii is a force to be reckoned with growing to 150 pilots in less than one year. Hawaii Drone Racing will send six pilots to the state championships with hopes of grabbing one or more of the 10 qualifying spots for the 2016 World Drone Racing Championships, which will take place i...