FPV Mini Quadcopter Racing Videos

We were on the frontpage of HN a few months ago with a project called Oculus FPV[1]. Having stereoscopic vision helps immensely when judging the distance when flying fpv like this. And the immersion from a wide fov makes it very fun to fly. It was a cool prototype, and should be even more useful with the new generation of Rifts. Sadly, most stock fpv goggles only works as a screen taped in front of your nose.<p>Maybe Transporter3D will add support for DK2, then it will be as easy to set up as &quot;normal&quot; fpv gear. Edit: Seems like it has basic support at least.<p>[1]: <a href="https://github.com/Matsemann/oculus-fpv" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Matsemann&#x2F;oculus-fpv</a>

You know what? Get more birds in the air, a tighter track, and this could actually be a popular spectator sport. Imagine watching the external views a la regular old racing, with commentators, then plugging in to watch the first person view at any time, and if you have an OVR, watching the OVR version as well.

This reminds me of pod racing in Star Wars: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_krCKECpzrU" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=_krCKECpzrU</a>

I wonder if the latency over the net is low enough to do pay for play on these kind of things. You could pay for a permanent raceway then.

For anyone interested in getting into FPV racing, we have a rapidly growing community at <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/fpvracing" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;fpvracing</a>

I organize a drone enthusiasts group in Fort Collins, CO, and we have some members working on similar custom racing rigs. One member has his own CNC and is designing frames for around ~$200 cost of materials that can jet around at 60+mph. It&#x27;s incredible to watch.<p>I&#x27;ve focused more on building a custom rig for getting great video of backcountry skiing, but there&#x27;s a lot of overlap in the video&#x2F;radio tech. If anyone has drone questions, feel free to send them my way.

Pretty amazing control, I got a pretty good case of motion sickness after watching for a few minutes. What is the range on these?

Add some augmented reality to this and you could reenact the speeder bike scene from Return of the Jedi!

This looks so awesome, could easily be a spectator sport like the pod racers in Star Wars :D Would get even more intense if you add some motor disablers on each racer so if you &quot;Shoot&quot; another racer they crash lol

Is the first video (in the forrest) sped up? Seems they are plying a lot faster than in some of the other videos.

If these guys started couriering packages, they could kickstart a ridiculous subculture ;)

Endor!