meet drone racing - the techie sport about to go viral
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Meet Drone Racing
Don Basile
The Techie Sport About To Go Viral
Star Wars fans, take note:
You have a shot at being a pod racer justlike the young Anakin Skywalker.
Quadcopter racing is about to take theextreme sport world by storm.
Underground quadcopter racing isalready hugely popular in Australia.
First person view (FPV) allows pilots to sit in lawnchairs and fly speedy little drones around amazingvenues while experiencing the rush firsthand.
Pilots wear goggles that transmit live video froma camera mounted at the front of the drone.
The footage is crazier than a rollercoaster ride.
Athletic ability or hours spent training ina gym does not make a successful racer.
Given a love of technology and an enterprisingspirit, anyone can excel in this sport.
International Drone Racing Association thinksthis sport will make for great television andhuge cash prizes in the not too distant future.
As the sport has grown so quickly, there are stilla lot of details that need to be figured out:
As the sport has grown so quickly, there are stilla lot of details that need to be figured out:
how best to view the sport as spectators
As the sport has grown so quickly, there are stilla lot of details that need to be figured out:
how best to view the sport as spectators
what the rules of competition are
As the sport has grown so quickly, there are stilla lot of details that need to be figured out:
how best to view the sport as spectators
what the rules of competition are
the best venues in which to hold races
Essentially, drone racing is only in its fledgling stage.
Money is also starting to flow into thesport by investors eager to ride the wave
of the next big sports tech trend.
The companies that get on the forefront ofdeveloping a better spectator experience, as wellas technology that’s less fragile, are sure to cashin on this emerging trend in extreme sports.
