Championship Race: Xfinity CA Drone Speed Challenge, 2018

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Aerial Sports League presents The Xfinity California Drone Speed Challenge - Level 2. The Biggest Drone Race in California History. $25,000 prize purse as Esports meets Drone Sports live and online. Charlie Suangka and Colby Curtola on the mic.
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[@LaugHaRiot708]

Wow!!! I haven’t seen racing like this since the boonta eve classic, on Tatooine, in a galaxy far far away

[@copelandbowen7766]

Lol

[@azendantforces1897]

Now that’s drone racing!!!

[@liam_granath]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[@AutoSearPin]

**SW theme begins BLARING**

[@stare4539]

Yooo

[@omni8568]

Pov: You were watching Mark Rober’s new video and came here to see what drone racing looks like

[@ezatullah2015]

There is already a comment like this beforehand you so....

[@antimassacr]

Comment stealer.

[@wardawg50]

YOUR EXACTLY RIGHT

[@hilman306]

What a fuck

[@patricksheils9551]

Ye lol

[@mynameisjeff5397]

Pov: You're here from mark rober

[@seboyce0409]

LOL yup

[@Wolfie-mv8ty]

How you know? jk 😆 yup

[@ratato5714]

Stop calling me out

[@bruh3997]

Yeah lmaao

[@madpro8561]

I didn’t know this was a thing wtf this is dope

[@stick-itproductions.3307]

This looks like something that you would read in a sci-fi novel written years earlier, trying to predict the future.

[@BrandonTatamiBakukin]

Astronauta collection is a series of sci fi books that described perfectly how "boring" the day to day life on the future Earth will be and this can perfectly be found there as a replacement of nowadays activities such Formula Uno may be.

[@greatwavefan397]

Or an anime series.

[@bigbluebuttonman1137]

Someone said that drone racing "felt like F-Zero." It's not an exact replication of the feel...but it is definitely as twitchy.

[@dakotamahlau-heinert3529]

@@BrandonTatamiBakukin bro could you give me a link to where i could read it?

[@stare4539]

yoOo

[@cheempuff]

No one: The flies in my room

[@ultrabingus961]

Yes

[@notfamous4387]

POV: no I didn’t come from Mark Rober stop saying I did

[@foxgaming76yt24]

Yeah me neither

[@VfxArsh]

@Se Google Nutzer same

[@anndy6450]

lol shut da fuck up no one cares :D

[@foxgaming76yt24]

@@anndy6450 lol shut da fuck up no one cares :D

[@marti2474]

The crowd excitement is uncontrollable

[@Zrohh]

Cryin 💀😭

[@joshholgate3074]

Class 😂😂

[@mac4060]

they should make championships in abandoned buildings under construction. i think that would be more exciting to see

[@kakyoindonut3213]

until the drone catch a ghost

[@OmegaF77]

@@kakyoindonut3213 *hits a ghost in the face full throttle

[@kakyoindonut3213]

@@OmegaF77 *pass through it, the drone hits a wall, drone broken

[@carstenpoulsen7076]

@@kakyoindonut3213 hard to catch something that doesn't exists though.

[@kakyoindonut3213]

@@carstenpoulsen7076 shut up take the joke

[@Submersed24]

The arenas definitely need to be bigger. Hopefully eventually courses for these tournaments will be giant and allow for much more compelling races. I think this can become a huge sport if the drones get a little bigger as well.

[@Worldofourown2024]

Right I was thinking that too. The technology and this new sport is only in it's infancy. Looks like it will take off for there are good prize monies for the youthful players who need funds to participate and then sponsors will come about if there's increase in spectators to maybe profit from advertising. However, bigger, faster, and more powerful drones could be dangerous where spectators may then have to view from behind a wire fish net screen. Hopefully political and military interests are not to be the future big time sponsors to develop it to get into kids heads with all that propaganda military patriotic brainwash and other funky messages of falsehoods.

[@conureking7748]

It’s small for the challenge though.

[@Submersed24]

@@conureking7748 I'm thinking gas powered drones like those gas powered F16s

[@Freedom2286]

I agree, we need spectators if we want to get more people involved in the awesome world of drone racing!

[@captainAlex258]

we need a crowd

[@kyleblecha1]

i'm honestly impressed by this, ive tried flying a drone before and could barely get it to land properly. must take a lot of practice and coordination to do this

[@gdgd5194]

And engineering and fine tuning

[@SirensAndAlarmsOfNorthernIL]

Agreed. I am an FPV pilot myself, but I can only do freestyle. I can barely go through a simple race course on a sim without crashing lmao. I would only not crash if I go super slow

[@dbzkings2626]

I just had an awesome idea. They should put sensors at each obstacle so that the color of that obstacle changes to a different color. Some sick sound effects would also grab attention.

[@blacksheep.to.blacksheep]

Badass idea!!

[@nevergetagooduserid]

What a shitty feed for the pilots. A huge downside to racing indoors. Hats off to the pilots tho

[@vonster22]

THEY NEED CLEARVIEW RECEIVERS

[@christianfelix1580]

@@vonster22 They were, look at the tripods at the 0:51 second mark

[@RollingStonedify]

I was thinkin the same thing, must take some skywalker like reflexes with feed the pilots get

[@ianbreen149]

Alan Pentland dji just came out with a new pfv system and it makes the pfv goggles clearer then the drone cam

[@julianpetit4180]

DVR always looks worse than when you actually look to the goggles

[@dronesamurai]

Awesome race! I love this type of racing events....

[@Globalflavor]

What an amazing thing that technology has allowed us to do and to be able to make a sport out of it. I think that they will come up with even greater types of competitions in the near future. It is a little tough for the spectators to watch and keep track of. Maybe future races with base competition on multiple capabilities of the drones, like a race through a small canyon, with placements of repeaters for the pilot to stay in contact with the drone and maybe a race to a high altitude where they have a ballon stationed to have to come within a certain proximity. I don’t know, maybe a competition for lifting capabilities. I love this stuff and just think it is amazing, I would love to get into this but I’m certain that my hand eye coordination isn’t up to speed to compete in this type of race.

[@GameFreak7744]

You thinking laser cannons? Because I was thinking laser cannons.

[@benjaminbertils4453]

Q

[@wackjob7]

This is wayyyyyyyyyyyy to futuristic for me. It's amazing, its what I thought 2050 might bring but 30 years earlier. Anyway, going back to my R.C. plane for now and flying high and slow. Maybe I could pull a loopdy loop on a good day!

[@Ninja-JT]

Not once in my life did I think the words drones and racing would come together like this

[@r35ct12]

So you’re telling me that flies entering my room can do this and dodge at the same time but they can’t fly through the same window?

[@cryptopetshop7090]

Where’s the... spectators??

[@ryanmarshall8925]

Where are you planning on putting them?:)

[@tivo552]

online

[@iwasadeum]

@@tivo552 *ding ding ding* - this looks boring as hell when watching in a view that isn't FPV/POV. It looks sick in FPV/POV.

[@Worldofourown2024]

They can be in seats too and are probably around the camera area. The sport is so new in it's infancy and the tech has much further development to go so it's still a small hobby special interest group of young people. That would be so cool to be young again among this generation into all that I thought as a kid to only be science fiction for we didn't have high tech yet when the original Nintendo was the so interesting I'd stay up all night. When you get older, the intriguing fascination factor is not so strong to play and play a video game nonstop despite something like the PS4 being like a science fiction dream come true where you might do it for 3 hours instead even if you have time. I don't think I could watch this on a cell phone, but would rather go see it or watch it on one of those huge $250 4K TV's widely available now for such a rock bottom price.

[@afrog2666]

"Where is the spectators"? But yeah, they`re at home I guess, watching online, like us..

[@TheFerretofEarth]

So cool, watching different colored dots moving around the screen for 20 mins

[@CHROMIUMHEROmusic]

had no idea drones were this quick now, awesome

[@conureking7748]

You should see the ones that record drag races and other cinematic events.

[@seenitalready]

This is awesome & terrifying at the same time

[@judet2992]

I just started flying my DJI FPV as my first FPV drone. It’s great, but the camera had no glitches up to 1 kilometer. I have no idea how these people fly with so many glitches and unclear visual. It’s amazing and really cool. I feel like this is some Last Gunfighter pilot school or something.

[@ragnorockcookie2868]

Love these so much

[@jaiyahh]

why is everyone here from mark’s video 😂

[@1cjoseph11]

Never would’ve knew this even existed if it wasn’t from him lol

[@gracie99999]

mark the protein dude ?

[@gracie99999]

markaoplesomehin

[@guidedmeditation2396]

As amazing as these drone pilots are and the prize money at stake you cannot have a spectacle without people. It is like a NPC boring event. There needs to be spectators.

[@threadoor1890]

it's too dangerous as the drones can seriously injure people.

[@Jumboy3]

@@threadoor1890 You mean like a baseball? Glad, that no one go to baseball games. ;)

[@DV7Dave]

@@Jumboy3 NASCAR or hockey come to mind. You can solve anything with a well placed net.

[@Jumboy3]

@@DV7Dave It can help, yeah. :)

[@spyweb314]

They have hundreds of spectators in the vip area due to safety of the folks who would likely be hit by a plane..... Dumbass

[@largegrape]

yayy watch little dots fly around for 20 minutes yess

[@banktella1537]

Wow tech has gone a long way. Can’t wait for what we’ll be doing as a species in ten years.

[@marvinpolanco2227]

Damn we said the same thing 50 yrs ago :/

[@lunchbox1553]

Well this aged poorly

[@conureking7748]

marvin polanco And we went to the moon in that time and now we have like 5 rocket launches a month sometimes.

[@ryanfisher8597]

what a turn out

[@-allaasilki-rc3853]

Holly Molly wtf that cameras on drone fpv we are in 2018/2019 bad quality 2:05

[@ShabazzTBL]

I hope their video feed is better than what we were shown. Although if it actually looks like that then that makes it about 100 times more impressive.

[@Dazzletrain]

I didn't think I'd ever find drone racing to be rad...but it's rad.

[@upplsuckimcool16]

THIS is how you do pit stops... no mandatory just make it so the racers have to decide what the best strategy is and how many they should do.

[@incognitoburrito6020]

I know this was a year ago, but you understand the difference between a one pound racing drone and a one ton racecar, yes? If a drone fails midflight because you choose your pit stops, then someone, somewhere, _might_ get a plastic shard to the eye, at worst. If a 200 mph metal race car filled with gasoline fails, people die.

[@upplsuckimcool16]

@@incognitoburrito6020 What does that have to do with anything? Are you saying it's more dangerous to not do a pit stop? I'm not sure what you're even saying. Pit stops were heavily regulated because THEY were dangerous. The sport started out with the safer route of NO pit stops until intuitive people realized that if they could change the tires and gas in a certain amount of time they could actually finish a long race FASTER. So...

[@aldobmusic]

Cool. I can imagine drones being used for future special fx scenes

[@alecingersoll4589]

Thanks mark

[@herculean616]

I feel bad for those pilot's eyes about the feed, it shouldn't have been done indoors, it could be fine but it's so dimly lit. Props for the pilots.

[@jerryxbob1509]

Ya it's bad lol

[@conureking7748]

Most drone racing’s indoors because it creates a controlled environment+ it allows you to bypass most FAA laws. Y’all clearly don’t know much about the laws and reality’s behind drone racing.

[@mdstmouse7]

@@conureking7748 faa laws only apply near airports and above 1,000 feet afaik

[@conureking7748]

mdstmouse7 That... is very, very wrong... particularly if your drones in a higher weight class.

[@mdstmouse7]

@@conureking7748 well wtf are they then

[@alvinoflys7504]

I'm surprised we don't have this televised with international teams and weaponized drones and dangerous courses. Like hot wheels world race meets death race with drones

[@agiantsquid8552]

these videos are fascinating

[@ermonski]

This is like live-action gameplay of the old WipeOut racing games

[@vtinkooctoling]

Came from Mark Rober i never knew this was a thing, this is awesome

[@bliz4967]

I'm sure everyone's here rn from Mark Rober

[@FARSIKATZ]

Actually I searched “drone” as I heard about a video of a guy who uses a drone to spot his wife cheating on him, they had been married 18 years. This happened to be the third option and it triggered my curiosity so I tapped on It, can’t say I’m disappointed honestly!

[@youmadthotv]

Knowing how to fly a drone like this is amazing by itself

[@ramus9]

Goggles.

[@jc-px8ox]

@@ramus9 so?

[@ramus9]

@@jc-px8ox Makes it easier. Try to fly a quad without the goggles and see how well you’ll do.

[@jc-px8ox]

@@ramus9 I agree that goggles makes it easier but that's why it's called FPV anyway. But still, it's incredibly hard to control a drone in acro. This is next level.

[@tacos928]

This is so cool to watch. You should work on developing an Oculus Quest sponsored game so you can drum up more interest. It will also train more pilots to be comfortable with FP flying

[@randomvideos5820]

Wow just Amazing

[@kaptkrunchfpv]

Had no idea the video and lag were so bad. amazing to even keep them in the same room.

[@KevinGarcia-hz5jo]

Why is this a thing lol

[@gracie99999]

who knows someone told me if true that fighter pilots are no longer and controlled by geek square type

[@shane_mafia5684]

As soon as mark robber sai Drone racing world champion, I came straight up here 😂😂😂

[@gracie99999]

cause it fast af and tiny! Like little devils

[@qzyf811]

POV: You’re here wanting to watch drone racing and didn’t watch mark rober

[@parkerfinley1347]

Wow, I never saw anything like this before!!! Neat!!!

[@InconsistentTechDad]

To everyone here saying there should be spectators or making fun of them for no one being there watching... Google something like "drone workbench injury" or "drone prop injury". These things make insane power, and (speaking from personal experience here lol) the props WILL slice through skin like butter. I made a very stupid mistake at one point and tried to hand launch a race drone, cut my finger to the bone like it wasn't even there. So imagine with these guys awful fpv feeds having thousands of people within the line of fire of that kind of potential? Yeah people would get hurt at every race.

[@myworld5391]

Wow, what amazing skills they have

[@khanyosontange4634]

This is gonna be huge

[@587ontop]

I have no idea whats happening but it is fun to watch

[@iamzid]

not that makes a huge difference but it's a bit disappointing that the official scores weren't listed at the end.

[@colinstate]

The second Mark Rober said they couldn’t fly a racing drone in the dome I came here

[@ResoRonnie]

Question. Is the video they see as blury and distorted as what we see when they sho the FPV view?

[@newhawk]

Needs to be made more fun for the watcher. Maybe change the track color depending on who's leading. More angles, better quality for the fps footage. It's an activity that definitely has potential for a following.

[@shin-ishikiri-no]

I wonder if there is a solution to the FPV latency issue. The quality is horrendous. Maybe each drone should be mandated to have an HD streaming camera for better playback during re-run shots. Even if the drone operators themselves get to look at static.

[@brodydawson6200]

Now this is Drone Racing

[@deepakjoyce979]

Best video

[@chipsahoyboy5407]

That first shot of what the pilots are seeing made my eyes tingle.

[@ember_falls]

what's up with those drone cameras? if someone could explain why the spectator cameras in the drones are so terrible

[@GreenArrow0]

I wonder how they can see properly when the screen seems to be glitchy like that.

[@Kewleymtb]

yo imagine comintating drones for a living couldnt be me

[@ashantaylumpkins]

What type of drones are these and do they take gas. Something going that fast would drain through electric quick

[@somemysteriousguy7114]

now this is drone racing!

[@sandorhahn9441]

Why are the POV shots to lo-fi? I wanna see more pov at 1080p

[@Foxtrot2500]

That is CRAZY fast and accurate!!!

[@Okiknox321]

Cant wait to get muh hands on one of these

[@johntomik4632]

Maybe add a chase quad overhead just to change the angle ever now and then. This is awesome racing!

[@alexgrin4963]

super

[@70MikeMike]

You would think by now the video feed would be faster and more clear!

[@FinnJohnson]

70paladin2012 the analog video has much lower latency than a digital one so that’s why they still use it. It’s a trade off of quality for quickness

[@kirill2525]

what the pilot sees sometimes has less distortion then what is picked up from the recorded feeds yu see in vids. im not sure how anyone could fly fast and acuratly with that kind of vid feed

[@FinnJohnson]

Kirill Obraztsov very true

[@paulgeorge1069]

There's no way that's thier video feed. They wouldn't make a single gate like that. Terrible coverage compared to drl. Is that the reason drl brings their own drones?

[@jboycs5483]

Its usually better than that. That's the worst I've seen and this is a competition??? Wow..

[@Gavin_m101]

Dude what the pilots see

[@krishna-xv4nr]

Hearing Drone race for the first time

[@439530]

ON ESPN 8 “The Ocho”!!!!!!

[@fatrat137]

I could see this developing

[@malizec]

I guess I am old-fashioned, fpv championship search got me here

[@ToddJambon]

I am now convinced that a lot of ufo sightings are drone racing practice. Haha.

[@gracie99999]

there ain’t no green people people

[@anon7219]

So do they control these from observing the entire course at a distance, or do they control them using VR and the POV of the drone? Either way, I can't imagine how difficult it is!

[@DaveyFPV]

It's done through FPV goggles. The footage from the drones is the live pilot view.

[@stephenlavella5826]

How can they see!? I get half of what they are flying with I crash

[@e4Bc4Qf3Qf7]

Stephen Lavella the video quality is significantly worse then what the pilots are actually seeing, dvr is always much worse then the video you get

[@BlackInventorsShowcase]

What would be more interesting is to have them racing in vastly open areas and the course is an Augmented Reality/Virtual Environment that gets displayed directly to the goggles of the racers and to the spectators on jumbo tron!

[@WheelSeeChannel]

Massive crowd on hand, I could barely hear the sportscasters with all of the fans screaming.

[@monkeybeasts]

fun race but the video quality in the head set looks terrible

[@driftaway2806]

Is that how poor the pilots vision is?? Where they showed the POV of the drone?

[@Maxler5795]

There are 2 types of people: peopke who are here because of mark rober People who are here because of judgment.

[@CrashTestSkater]

Why use radio cameras here whenever you could easily use IP cameras? 🤔

[@Kernalpanik]

That whole venue is empty was this during covid or does nobody come to these things

[@leannecurtis6005]

I love drones abd fast 4 speed drones

[@tommypoteat9433]

Hello drones are what I’m into now just started I think it’s cool but how can I get into the league

[@jamxiety4672]

I have no clue how they race with such speed and precision while being unable to see almost anything

[@DaltonJ995]

put plexie glass over the crowd like hokey but a lot more get the people in there protected obv and I really think this would be insanely popular especially with the tron esk theme plus the jumbotron switching between diffrent fov's

[@falvalisious]

Thanks Funhaus

[@foreignwarren7361]

I think drone wars would be more exciting...like robot arena...arm drones with guns flame throwers etc

[@hurricanezaza]

lol the announcers intro was hilarious. He can sing tho

[@gracie99999]

what’s his name

[@sillerc9652]

Eine richtig tolle Sache aber sehr schwer

[@warframewarframe5095]

How can they see a damn thing with the quality of those cameras

[@MLanzoni]

Mi domando come si orienti con la prua che cambi ad ogni curva così velocemente🤔

[@unclemarky3]

holaaa muy buen video deseo que permanezcan haciendo material de calidad... Voy a continuar mirando sus creaciones. Les mando un saludo nos estamos viendo ☝️👍🏽

[@joekev27]

So my new conspiracy is if you scaled these up I could totally see people confusing them for a UFO.

[@asurashun9695]

I should've searched for this sooner