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A racing drone is a quadcopter, which is built for racing to compete in first person view (FPV) and drone racing events held in most major cities around the world.

Racing drones are different and not the same as the popular quads drone that are used to take high-quality video of surfing contests, real estate and landscapes.

Top 3 Racing Drones

The following three drones are ready-to-fly (RTF) or almost-ready-to-fly (ARF), may requiring minor assembly.

Model : Hubsan X4 H107D
Description : A palm-sized drone perfect for first-time racers (ready-to-fly FPV)

Model : Storm Type A S3
Description : An affordable and complete drone (ready-to-fly FPV) suitable for 250-class events.

Model : Vortex 250 PRO
Discription : Easy to repairs , lightweight and super-fast durable 250 class winner for experienced quad pilots.

Custom Built Drones

If you take a close look at drone race results, you’ll notice that pretty much every winning drone was custom-built by its owner.

Components in a FPV Racing Quadcopter

A typical FPV racing quadcopter assemble-to-fly or ready-to-fly includes the following components:

• Air Frame
• 4 motors + spares
• 4 ESCs + spares
• 4 props + lots of spares
• RC Flight controller
• Lithium-polymer (LiPo) battery + spares
• FPV Video transmitter (vTx) and receiver (vRx)
• Radio Control transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx)
• Antennas
• Battery straps
• FPV goggles
• Board camera for FPV feed
• HD camera for recording (optional)

Drone Racing for Beginners Tips

If you are new to drone flying , you should start using an inexpensive, ready-to-fly (RTF) mini drones.

Reason for buying an ready-to-fly drone is important, because you’ll want to learn how to race without losing time and money.

First you crash your drone several times, mistakes happens. Better always learn less expensive one.

People Race Drones Because it’s fun! This kind of fun:

Cool Drone racing Video courtesy : http://mashable.com/2015/06/11/drone-racing-australia/

Drone Racing Leagues & Meetups

The first thing you need to decide when buying a racing drone is whether you will compete in a racing league or in less formal events and meetups.

The racing format will dictate the type of aircraft, controller, FPV gear and budget you’ll need to compete and enjoy racing.

Drone Racing Leagues

Drone racing leagues are over the world right now. Each league has different rules that dictate the type of equipment such as (standard spec or open spec), the race environment, rules for combat and overtaking, etc. etc.

Here are some known racing leagues.

• Aerial Grand Prix: A gates-and-flags racing league for 250Mini, Pro Super Mini and Open Class drones. Events in major cities world wide. Indoor and outdoor tracks.
• Aerial Action Sports League: a 3-hour stunt drone and combat drone event, managed by Game of Drones.
• Game of Drones: a global racing league that uses Hiro drone kit sold on their website.
• Flight Club: local aerial combat events, organized by Game of Drones.
• FPVRacing.TV: a social network of racers organized into teams. Open-spec. Lists global events.
• NorCalFPV
• MultiGP: for first-person view (FPV) radio-controlled quadcopters only. Started in 2015, currently adding US city chapters.
• OpenPilot: a popular open-source autopilot system used by drone racers
• RacingFPV.com: Canadian indoor racing league; 250mm and open class. Flags and gates.
• SoCalRotorRacing
• TeamRaceKraft
• The Mini Quad Club: popular Facebook group where meetups and mods are actively discussed

Make sure you record the minimum and maximum specs for suitable aircraft in the league you like best. Many leagues today use 250 mm / 5-inch mini-drones.

You can check maps and upcoming racing events, this map maintained by the reddit.com/r/Multicopter/ community.

Local Indoor Outdoor Meetups

In addition to drone racing leagues, there are local User Groups, FPV Meetups and similar events happening in most US and European cities today.

Most local events are open-spec, meaning they’ll accept any and all types of aircraft and controllers.

The main purpose of a meetup is to have fun and to learn from each other.

Socializing is also a goal, but it can be difficult while everyone is wearing a pair of FPV goggles.

You can find local drone racing meetups and user groups on Meetups.com and Reddit.

If you prefer local meetups, because you are free to do whatever you want with your aircraft. And, you tend to learn more about mod options from racers who are constantly modding their drone. This may be differ from person to person.

Most league events indoor so no problem with the weather. Also ensure that no drone has an unfair advantage due to the environment condition on that day.

On the other hand, local meetups and user groups race wherever they can find a suitable course. Indoor and outdoor meetups exist in most cities.

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