The California State Fair recently hosted the first ever Drone Nationals–a FPV quadcopter racing competition that brought together pilots from all around the world. After two days of races and freestyle stunt performances, we chat with the event’s director and the competition’s eventual winner about the developing sport of FPV aerial racing.
Thanks to Chad Nowak and Multi Torot Mania for their FPV footage!
Shot and edited by Norman Chan
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Preeeettttyyy e.p.i.c
Ibuy one .. i want it.
Well done!
Pretty soon these guys are going to be using some remote weapon in a war for the government
Wow, that’s a nice looking quad.
Oh, wait, they didn’t show it. Who edited this??
He just learned the word Epic.
Well done event Chad! I appreciate your incorporation of government agencies that have really had a sour taste in their mouth about RC vehicles in general and now focused on shutting down hobby drones. Your professionalism goes a long way to help them recognize this as a safe and controlled hobby with only a few outliers that need enforcement.
Remember folks as aircraft pilots (manned or unmanned) you are responsible for knowing and obeying flight rules.
u have any idea what fpv goggles will work on walkera 250 runner ive got basic 3 so has everything but fpv goggles and i cant afford expensive goggles.. im not sure
u have any idea what fpv goggles will work on walkera 250 runner ive got basic 3 so has everything but fpv goggles and i cant afford expensive goggles.. im not sure
I wonder if I could fit that microphone in my ass
I wonder if there’s a way to make the live video feed coming from the drones a bit clearer/less static. It’s good enough to the point where you can tell where you’re going, but it would benefit the racers much much more if the image was clear and stable without the static hiccups. Since every second counts in a race, these split second static hiccups may mess them up. Hopefully the technology gets better.
queria entender mais sobre esse campeonato , como que é feito a filmagem gravação do evento? quais tipos de camera são usadas nos drones “maquinas”?
How do you get rid of all the flicker and interference on the FPV Glasses? The Drones film such great video, but the streaming seems really unstable and just plain bad.
What a waist of videos. Choppy.
+Dale Bergeron Waist…
+TomVaillencourt You don’t, not if you want near-zero latency. Not yet anyways. It’s an analog signal (usually transmitted at 5.8GHz), it will take interference from all kinds of things.
They have separate action cameras on the quads for the sweet Youtube footage.
+u_wot_m8 It doesn’t really bother the racers. It’s fine enough most of the time. They care more about having low latency.
There are better techniques coming up though, since the sport has blown up. It’s just very weight-limited as well. They need to miniaturize everything.
Thats tough on racers. some day we will all look back at our kids doing this in ways we can’t yet imagine, and they will have no idea how we did it.
+TomVaillencourt It’s often the pioneers who have to suffer so others don’t have to.
@TomVaillencourt It’s often the pioneers who have to suffer so others don’t have to.
This is crazy! We are watching the birth of a new racing circuit in fpv.
Soo cool
How come you dont show the drone at 10:55 when he’s talking about it?
Yea Baby! Sports for Nerds!!! This is going to get huge….
How about more flying and less bullshit
????
How about more flying and less bullshit
?
hi. we are a group of first semester engineering students and we were assigned to design and create a drone built for racing. what do you feel would be something you, as drone racers, would like your drone to be as or to have? (Material, motors, cameras, props, etc) thank you for your time.
This “Bruce-Lee” dude is a biggest KISS-ASS (“Butt-Licker”, for less sophisticated) I’ve seen in the entire Cosmos (which is basically my moms basement hocked-up to the Holy Of Hollies, The Internet..).. I mean he was doing an interview on a freaking Football Field..! Weren’t there any Jocks that could’ve weggied him, or tied him naked to one of the poles..?! Where are those half-wit oafs when you need them..
The fpv quality needs to improve, wonder how they can fly with that resolution.
All we need now is floating powerups!
+Ashok teja Hehe, don’t bother complaining until you’ve tried it! 🙂
+Dennis Andersson I would love to try one, I’m sure its gonna be an awesome experience but just imagine the development that can go in a few years from now.
@Dennis Andersson I would love to try one, I’m sure its gonna be an awesome experience but just imagine the development that can go in a few years from now.
Hehe, yes it is! I was kinda kidding with that resiolution thing, it should def. be developed more.
I can’t believe he compared this to 90`s skate boarding and the X Games. What an insult.
If it was droneracing, I just let my drone race for me. Otherwise, it’s called quadracing basically.
9:06 I was like…. wtf?!
Here’s all you need to get flying:
1 X Eachine 250 Racer and Controller:
1 X Eachine EV800 FPV Goggles:
+Trabalho na net
Aqui está uma boa câmera FPV:
i WANT TO JOIN THIS CLNTEST, HOW CAN I JOIN !! CAN U TELL ME!!
ok
norms voice is kinda annoying. idk if its his gayness or his nerdness.
Cool … a nerd convention.
Haha that one guy failed at the start of the race.
Quadcopter racing event see website for detail and booking link:
Супер !!!!
this would give me wiked motion sickness i think
what a joke. NERD ALERT !!!!
Imagine star wars drones with lasers! IT WOULD BE AWEEESOOOOME
Are rc airplanes considered drones too or just quads?
Death Race with drones. Yes. Do it.
It got better @4:22 – PAUSE. Grab lotion. Enjoy the “feeelz” xD
planes IMO are just rc models. tbh they are all rc models. putting a camera on a model doesn’t make it a drone.
weaponising it us another story
2:20 Drone down! lol
^^^this idiot doesn’t know what he’s talking about… the term drone means an unmanned remote control aircraft, so to answer your question yes rc planes are technically drones
lol never seen Chad so serious.
would love to see the thing fly, NOT the camera on it, making me dizzy
hahahahahahah!! So true! Anyone doing anything interesting is a nerd! I’ll drink to that!!! DURRRRRR!!!
Lala Papa lmao
that looks pretty bad a#$
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F***** chinese is a weirdo, awkward as hell. Doesn’t know how to speak normally.
Fuck drones
Ive never seen anything like this, what does the user see through the goggels
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I see a lot of FrSky transmitters in the video…..are they better then Spektrum rc?
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Супер !!!!
Супер !!!!
Cool … a nerd convention.
Adam Savage has a drone, and he’s made some custom accessories and gear to optimize his flight setup, because of course he has:
ok
Imagine star wars drones with lasers! IT WOULD BE AWEEESOOOOME
that looks pretty bad a#$
Waw keren
lol never seen Chad so serious.
Cool … a nerd convention.
would love to see the thing fly, NOT the camera on it, making me dizzy
would love to see the thing fly, NOT the camera on it, making me dizzy