More massive information from the world of drone racing: Drone Racing League (DRL) has introduced a multi-year, world partnership with insurance coverage model Allianz. Allianz would be the title sponsor of DRL’s race circuit. In 2017, the Allianz World Championship collection will embrace six races to check piloting talent and …
Read More »Freedom Class: This is Drone Racing on Steroids
12 months within the making, four toes throughout and weighing in at over 66 kilos: This is drone racing such as you’ve by no means seen earlier than. This is the Freedom Class big racing drone, and it’s an absolute monster. If there’s one main criticism levelled at drone racing, …
Read More »What Can We Expect From DRL in 2017?
As 2017 gets underway, many drone racing fans will be wondering what the future holds for the self-proclaimed ‘sport of the future’. 2016 will go down as the year that DRL helped guide drone racing toward the mainstream. The next twelve months will define whether it establishes itself there or …
Read More »Olympics Authority Establishes the Rules of Drone Sports
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, or FAI, claims to be “the world governing body for all air sports recognised by the International Olympic Committee,” and as such, “responsible for world drone sports.” The Federation has issued a statement announcing the formation of a Working Group for drone regulation, “comprised of members …
Read More »MultiGP Registers 11,000 Drone Racing Pilots in Under 2 Year…
In a further testament to the growing appeal of drone racing, MultiGP a major drone racing league has announced that it has reached a milestone. Last month MultiGP registered its 11,000th pilot. The racing league is under two years old an amazing accomplishment from a racing league less thantwo years …
Read More »Eurosport Partners with DR1 to Broadcast Drone Races Across Europe and Asia
wp-image-43220″ src=”http://dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-8.40.46-AM.png” alt=”Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 8.40.46 AM” width=”290″ height=”248″ srcset=”//dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-8.40.46-AM.png 381w, //dronelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screen-Shot-2016-10-18-at-8.40.46-AM-300×257.png 300w” sizes=”(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px”/>In another sign of the growing interest in and appeal of drone racing, Eurosport today announced its partnership with DR1 Racing, the international drone racing series, to exclusively distribute content for broadcast in …
Read More »Huge Step for DRL as Drone Racing Hits the Mainstream
There was a time when FPV drone racing was little more than a YouTube phenomenon. At one point it was just a few French guys flying around a forest. From there it progressed to parking lots and abandoned warehouses, before a hardcore community began to spring up all over the …
Read More »Drone Racing League Heads to UK in Million Dollar TV Deal
For a while there things had all gone very quiet at the Drone Racing League (DRL). After a couple of revolutionary races in New York and Miami, we were starting to get wonder what was going on. There were rumors of races taking place, but nothing substantial coming out. Now …
Read More »Drone Squad Leads the Way with Social Racing Application
Sure, drone racing is relatively new to the mainstream media. Even plenty of tech fanatics are surprised at how quickly the sport is taking off. But to assume that FPV racing has come from nowhere does a disservice to the thousands of pioneers around the world who have been organising …
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