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Everything You Need To Know About the DRL (Drone Racing League)

By Chad · On February 22, 2021

The DRL is a professional racing League. Where top FPV pilots fly high-speed drones at the iconic location around the world. DRL is the global, professional drone racing property for elite pilots. With custom-built racing drones traveling 90 MPH, pilots race through the most insane courses across virtual and physical competitions. Merging the digital with the real.

DRL drone is scored based on a combination of completion time and checkpoint. Each DRL drone is custom designed and built by a DRL engineer to exactly the standard of speed, performance, and endurance and optimized for close racing.   FPV stands for First Person View. Pilots wear goggles that display a real-time video feed from an onboard camera.

This is a new high-speed competitive racing sport. Where skilled pilots fly quadcopter drones through the three-dimensional courses at speed up to 120 miles per hour. DRL drones are custom built for speed, agility, and performance. Pilots steer from the point of view of the drone by wearing FPV goggles that display a live image transmitted by an onboard camera. Flying a drone competitively at top speed in FPV is an intense, immersive experience. You can even bet on these races at sites like best online casinos USA.

All DRL drones are identical in spec but are covered in hundreds of ultra-bright LEDs to help viewers easily follow the action.  Mostly built for speed rather than stability, DRL drones differ from commercial drones. DRL pilots have flown three types of drones: the Racer2 in 2016, the Racer3 in 2017–2018, and the Racer4 beginning in 2019.

Racer2

The Racer2 had two or three minutes of battery life, topping out at 80 MPH. The drone weighed slightly heavier than a normal racing drone due to the LED lights covering each craft.

Racer3 

The Racer3 is more powerful and agile than the Racer2 and can accelerate from 0 to 80 MPH in less than a second and fly as high as 6-8 kilometers.  Unlike the Racer2, the Racer3 has a hardshell or canopy to protect it from crashes.

Racer4

In the 4th season, DRL introduced the all-new Racer4 drone. While visually similar to the Racer3, the Racer 4 boasts larger props at the expense of added weight to what was already a powerhouse of a quadcopter. In 2017 Allianz and the Drone Racing League (DRL) announced a global multi-year partnership. As the title sponsor of DRL’s race circuit, Allianz will leverage its motor racing heritage to bring the “Sport of the Future” to a rapidly growing worldwide audience.  In January 2021, DRL officially announced that DraftKings would be awarded the official betting partner label. This enables the company to gain marketing advantages in its league

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When I'm not droning on about... well, you get the idea, I'm spending most of my time climbing plastic at the local rock climbing gym. Believe it or not, drones and rock climbing go hand in hand.

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