March 21 — The World Drone Prix in Dubai was the first million dollar drone race, with the winning team taking home a cool $250,000. We meet the tech-loving thrill-seekers behind the sport who want to turn it into the next big thing. (Video by Austin Brown and Tom Gibson)(CORRECTION: An earlier version of this video incorrectly stated that a portion of the prize money was given to the winning team’s sponsor, Tornado.)
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I would recomend *1STMILLIONROAD* definitly
how much would it cost to build one?
IT’S HAPPENING!! GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!1 ALL THAT HYPE!!!
Dude I live in Dubai I did not know it was in Dubai shit
1:56 gangnam style!
boring
Didn’t see one female throughout the whole video in a position more
significant than eye candy. Hmm, a little worrying for what is suppose to
be future technology and industry.
a then what?
Every time I hear a drone pleb call himself a “pilot” I cringe so hard. Why
the hell are they wearing those uniforms?? Haha! Christ, I have a drone,
and I enjoy it, but calling yourself a “pilot” because you can operate a
toy is so annoying.
but can they blow rach other up and oppress women? or can women even fly? i
prefer a sport that violates basic human rights loljk
This is a recruting for droneflying contract killers. fast, silent, non
retraceable.
One of these days, I’m going to try and build the first real drone podracer.
Better hope that Dubai’s willing to build us a Boonta Eve Classic sometime
soon. XP
a kid with no responsiblities who has 24 hrs a day to play games, wins this
drone race. not surprised.
what goggles are those?
i hope this is the new nascar
i love it 🙂 but i currently cant afford my own racing drone 🙁
I guess i have to stick to my own slower drone ;)
time to buy a wifi frequency jammer :-)
Made with very dirty petrodollars.
rofl officials confused who won. fail
boring track
Didn’t anyone realized that this race is only in dubai uae ? And also i
live in abu dhabi and will have a dji phantom 4 later and this race isn’t
1,000,000 dollar it could be 1500 derham/AEDso if you want to join then
come in united arab emirates didnt you see sheik muhammad in there he is
the prime minister of the uae also non of you had to go in the middle east
cause you hate the bueatiful arab countries!$&@”‘z
with that much money on the line you wouldn’t be surprised if people start
using signal Jammers to interrupt the racers I think more implementation of
rules and safety measures should be in place signal frequency protection
fields or something like that
I cant even get my drone to fly straight!!!!
Uninteresting doc.
dubai is amazing
so this is in Dubai means I can go to watch
THRUST UVA is coming.
The sound is SOOOOOOOOOOOO BAD
Wip3out
that 15 year old just won 250 grand the little dick
Lucky kid
I live their
They didn’t bring in the koreans
If you want practise before buying a drone, you can test this android app
the model is a Parrot bebop with two virtual joystick
drone racing is a dead sport
Have we heard anything of this overhyped so called league come 2017 or has it crashed and burned like XFL
как задолбали эти видео, ну нахрена мне эти рожи? ни в одном таком ролике я не увидел трассу и как они летают. 1.5 секунды и вырубают.
I do not see any entertainment for the spectators, unless they are given those glasses and can play as well.
I dislike this!
Racism will never die
3:24 “his main business is selling drugs” ?!
Team X blades? What is this? Disney’s Brink!?
Drone best item!
Dress like F1 racing pilot…. ????
Dress like F1 racing pilot…. ?
Dress like F1 racing pilot…. ?
Dress like F1 racing pilot…. ?
This is a cover for world destruction and you guys don’t see it. Why do you thing those sand rats offered a million dollar price and a track like this. They get people all over the world who build drones find the best and have you build them drones. You don’t need a very large drone to fly in a emp or bomb at night under cover and take out cities.
Yay where clapping for Saturday
The announcer in the last video of this race didn’t know what color each team was so he had no idea who was in the lead. Then their not sure who exactly won or how they did it. Best lap or first to finish? I know things will improve but leaving a noob like me confused about this hobby and race is not good. Chances of me returning now are very slim.
Oh so these rich people can give money towards building a $ 1 Million dollar toy race track, but don’t seem to show any sign of sympathy towards those who have nothing no food no water our generation need to take a second to think about each other’s well being not individual satisfaction beyond the bare necessities
Big whoop should lose for having a stupid ass name
Onboard ?! Racing ?!
i cant wait for this sport to get big as big as soccer/football and to see world cups of this sport i got into it but i donot have a real drone i have a toys r us quad copter 🙂
I wish Room 2 made these type of vids!
PSY?
they have drone racing now…… i miss the days where kids would just go outside to play ball climb a tree or just have fun outside with no electronics now its all they do and its really sad. don’t get me wrong i do support playing video games cuz it helps with hand eye coordination but there has to be a limit.
they have drone racing now…… i miss the days where kids would just go outside to play ball climb a tree or just have fun outside with no electronics now its all they do and its really sad. don’t get me wrong i do support playing video games cuz it helps with hand eye coordination but there has to be a limit.
this is more peoples backs than racing, poorly made video…
I’m a drone fan. A lot of fun to fly around . But this is stupid lol
Who else skipped the video forward expecting to see actual racing footage?.
Ok so now flying drones has become a racing sport?!? What a fck joke! Buch of wannabes! They look so lame by trying to look like real professional racer drivers with their one-piece white suites. Please please don’t tell me their suits were made with Nomex! Lol They’re not seating inside their drones next to a fuel tank! Colorful cool team gears yes ok that would makes perfect sense. But not “I wanna look like Lewis Hamilton” kind of gear. But the biggest idiots are the arabs who financed that race if they put the one-piece suit mandatory. Geeze they can make cheesy events and wasting their easy-earned money.
Race it like 20+ years ago, no goggles, just guess-timate and skills…
The professional flyers will work eventually for the CIA SPECIAL OPT AND TERRORIST TO KILL AND CARRY OUT ASSASSINATIONS
Haha 15yr old smoked all those guys. Wish I had my adolescent reaction time back.
Pilots? Jesus okay Lol
Looks fun as hell
Meh
First time flying a drone.. in a park full of people!? think before you hurt someone..
nerds..ha
Fags
This is a neat hobby, problem is that it become too bussines directed, there is too much complication, confusion, unclarity, components have no instruction, it all causes that it require tons of money, time, knowledge. Manufacturers do that on purpose but for end used hobby is nothing but a lot of spend money and nothing works right, i end up at 2000$ and one day swiped att in one garbage bag and its over, hobby shell be fun, i shell not be a electronics engeener and programming engeener and life time you tube watcher in order to be able to build, repair, tune, program and f…. fly a drone. Coponents come with unclear instructions, products require too much hassle to achive effect, forget this bs im out!
Fuck dubai
Well they’ve turned playing video games into a sport.. at least these guys are outside…
Video games help with hand eye coordination but flying a drone doesn’t? I don’t follow that logic at all.
I really want to race.
lol that’s what i thought that you misread my original post
lol that’s what i thought that you misread my original post
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Why the fuck are they called pilots??? Thats bullshit
4 billion is chump change. The future is Drone Delivery Canada. Look at UPS’s market cap.
Suggest copilot like rally racing
Shows how stupid people are. Drone racing
??? the us military global hawk and raptor are worth more than $1 million. Whats the big deal about this drone?
i thought my spark is fast b4 dis vid
i thought my spark is fast b4 dis vid
Still waiting for the actual ” *_racing_* “
would be cool if this events comes up every year…
You should see it like this: ……….. the more comments you get for your movie……… the more populair you are. So the rating for this event is not very populair.
Fix your audio please, super annoying.
Fix your audio please, super annoying.
i piss on your video ! I WANT TO SEE ACTION, NOT INTERVIEWS!
Has anyone seen any googles other than fat sharks?
This…….is ……soooooo…..fucking…..gay.
Damn, Dubai got everything.
I’m 62 yo. We’ve come a long long way from my little 3 piece balsa plane powered from a postal rubber band! I love watching you kids go! Looking forward to watching us landing on Mars before I pass.
Only in Dubai…
Was that guy serious saying what they are doing is similar to what Bill Gates did??? They are racing drones! What they are doing is a joke.
No racing just talk.
Just a trend that hit the r/c community caused great problems to real r/c flyers and is now just peaking before extinction also , racing suits? That is a joke
OMG, what a sausage-fest! Any ladies in that competition or did the Saudis bar them? Looks like fun game! 4:38 looks like a 10 year old
I just hope those suits are fireproof
Rainbow strip irl
I did like to participate in this
I did like to participate in this
That’s the kid who won 250k Lol someone’s alittle butt hurt.
XC MTB
Racing? Meh..
Make them fight each other!!
Racing suits what a fucking joke let me guess they will be wearing full face helmets with googles
Racing suits what a fucking joke let me guess they will be wearing full face helmets with googles
5:14 mr.steele?
I want to build a big drone and fly around in it.
Oh wait, we already have those. Aren’t they called helicopters? Yeah silly comment I know. But the video itself is silly.
one dollar million?
Anyone wear anything other than Fatshark in vids…..ha ha ha
In the future you will use satellites and your cellphone to control the drone controller which will be attached to the drone. Then you can fly anywhere. Solar panels that charge while in flight. People will try to fly across the oceans. I see the future. Super highways in the sky.
In the future you will use satellites and your cellphone to control the drone controller which will be attached to the drone. Then you can fly anywhere. Solar panels that charge while in flight. People will try to fly across the oceans. I see the future. Super highways in the sky.
amazed at 5.08 into the video, lady’s in short short, T shirts and NO burkas covering there body. and the local church did not have them (self censored for pc) attended to.. but the real money here is in the “off track” betting.
Always video issues at championships. Don’t get me wrong. It is amazing what the VTX manufacturers have done so far. I just can’t wait till it gets better.
5:12 Steele?
I came to see a race, not 6 minutes of stock footage
This is a real joke and it won’t last….
Alright boys let’s suit up in our race car suits and get in a raceca.. sorry not get in just fly a drone so unescasary
from the drones to their white suits, everything made by underpaid slaves
?
One cannot have “ten times less” anything, or to be pedantic, ten times less one million would be minus 10 million.
One step closer to Wipeout 2048.
Soon these human racers gonna lose their job once robots take over this drones race!
5:12 Mr Steele?
I had no idea this was a thing. Nobody ever lifted my rock up to let me know.
The title makes it seem like there’s a million drones, competing for $1.
I almost spit my water out when the guy compares himself to Bill Gates.
Weres the race ?
As usual, Dubai and its useless achievement
Any one learned anything just money, money focus on race next time
Hardly heroic stuff is it.
Winner winner chicken dinner! Lol