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More and more people delight in the world for drone races. The pilots fly with a converted Quadrocopters to the bet. The first professional competitions attract a six-figure prize money.
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Trend Sports Drone Race
At the races drones to compete with speeds of up to almost 100 km/h against each other. Using a three-dimensional camera image projection in a special pair of glasses, the Pilot has the feeling of sitting in the Cockpit yourself. The Fans tune in for hours of your quadcopter and spend thousands of dollars for batteries, motors, propellers and camera equipment. What started as a Hobby started, has now developed into the international spectator sports. In may 2016 the “World Drone Prix was held in Dubai”, with a cash prize of the equivalent of more than 200,000 euros. Carefully produced Online Videos to help the young niche sport to a breakthrough.