Drone racing
Drones racing | |
| Highest governing body | Fédération Aéronautique Internationale |
|---|---|
| First played | Australia |
| Characteristics | |
| Contact | No |
| Team members | Yes (depending on category) |
| Mixed-sex | Yes |
| Type | Air Motorsport |
| Equipment | Unmanned aerial vehicle, head-mounted display, remote control |
| Presence | |
| Country or region | Worldwide |
| Olympic | No |
| Paralympic | No |
| World Games | 2022 |
Drone racing is a motorsport where participants operate radio-controlled aircraft (typically small quadcopter drones) equipped with onboard digital video cameras, with the operator looking at a compact flat panel display (typically mounted to the handheld controller) or, more often, wearing a head-mounted display (also called a "FPV goggle") showing live-streamed image feed from the aircraft. Similar to full-size air racing, the goal of the sport is to complete an obstacle course as quickly as possible. Drone racing began in 2011 in Germany with a number of amateur drone controllers getting together for semi-organized races in Karlsruhe.