Liberty Cup FPV Drone Race
Jersey City, NJ
July 30 – 31
Last year’s film festival had upwards of 5,000 participants and Randy expects similar crowds at what is being plugged as the first drone race set against the New York City skyline. The event scheduled for July 30th and 31st will take place at the Liberty Science Center, the same venue as the film festival. Pilots from across the northeast are expected to participate in this two tier competition. The Miniquad racing will feature 100 racers with the top three qualifying for the U.S. Drone Nationals to be held on August 5th-7th on Governor’s Island, just 800 yards from lower Manhattan. ESPN plans to cover the event live. The Freestyle competition will include only twenty pilots who will be pre-selected via a video qualifier. The top freestyle competitor will also qualify for the U.S. Drone Nationals.
For interested pilots, registration is available here.
More at: www.libertycupracing.com
US Drone National Racing Championships
Governors Island, NYC
August 5-7.
The 2016 US National Drone Racing Championships is the official 2016 World Drone Racing Championships qualifier event for the United States. Winners from the Drone Nationals will be selected to represent Team USA for all the categories, including Individual, Freestyle, Wing and others*. This is America’s chance to enter the world stage.
More at: http://dronenationals.com/
The Aloha Cup
Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii
October 18, 19.
The Aloha FPV Cup is the last, official, qualifier event for the World Drone Racing Championship Tour across 30+ Countries. It’s your final chance to qualify for the Mini Class (formerly 250 Class), individual championship race. It will be held a couple days before the championship main rounds start. The top ten winning pilots will advance into the Championship mains. Please note: you can only join a Country Team by qualifying in the in-country event, not by finishing in the Aloha Cup Top 10.
More at: http://droneworlds.com/event/
Extreme Freestyle
Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii
October 18, 19. Final October 22.
The Extreme Freestyle event will be like nothing you’ve ever seen before, and will be a mix of natural and made obstacles that you can use to impress the judges. This event is a mixture of pre-qualified pilots from countries that want to send a freestyle representative and pilots who want to qualify in Hawaii.
More at: http://droneworlds.com/event/
World Drone Racing Championships
Kualoa Ranch, Hawaii
October 20, 21, 22
The championship races will start on Thursday, October 20 and will all feed into the Grand Championships on Saturday, October 22. Official qualifier races will be the Mini Class, Team (including country races), and any of the other races (Wing, Extreme Freestyle, Micro Smakdown, etc.) that produce a finalist grouping.
More at: http://droneworlds.com/event/