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Drone Racing

Drone racing is technical drone air sport: pilots fly small racing drones, often from an FPV perspective, through gates and courses. Valid laps, line, reaction, battery and repair management decide.

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Classification

Category Air sport

Family Air Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Racing small drones through marked gates, usually via FPV goggles or screen.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like tech, reaction, building and clean lines.

Cost Simulator and tiny-whoop/club session are cheaper than immediately buying a fast racing quad. Controller, goggles, drone, batteries, charger, spares, tools, club/event fees. MultiGP chapter, FPV club, model aircraft club, makerspace or indoor whoop group. Check local drone and airspace rules before every spot.

First progress Simulator gates after hours; stable real laps after several sessions.

Fitness level low

Was du brauchst

simulator or controller
racing drone
FPV goggles/screen
batteries/charger
gates
safe flying site
spare props

First steps

practise in simulator
find local FPV group
fly a slow whoop course
learn failsafe and battery basics

MultiGP chapter, FPV/tiny-whoop group, model aircraft club or makerspace.

Fly only legally and with safety spacing; take props, batteries, spotter, failsafe and spectator zones seriously.

Weitere Angaben

Tags outdoor, drone-racing, air-sport, luftsport, drohnenrennen, fpv-drone-racing

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Fly the drone course through valid gates and laps faster or with fewer errors than the opposition.

Teilnehmer

pilots.

Teamgröße

solo; team scoring by event possible.

Spielfeld

drone racing course.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

time, gates, laps, heats and penalties.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

drone
controller
FPV
batteries
gates

Wichtige Regelpunkte

missed gate
course error
unsafe flight
technical/frequency breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World Air Sports Federation
MultiGP (MultiGP)
World Air Sports Federation (FAI)

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