Go Inside the World's First $1 Million Drone Race
2016 ж. 22 Нау.
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March 21 -- The World Drone Prix in Dubai was the first million dollar drone race, with the winning team taking home a cool $250,000. We meet the tech-loving thrill-seekers behind the sport who want to turn it into the next big thing. (Video by Austin Brown and Tom Gibson)(CORRECTION: An earlier version of this video incorrectly stated that a portion of the prize money was given to the winning team's sponsor, Tornado.)
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The whole video doesn't show a single race. Very disappointing.
X2
because i heard they kept crashing and when it came to a winner they were unsure as to who it would be
@@mickdaintith2553 dam really? Nowadays it seems like the tech has gone so far that this would be a walk in the park.
exactly my thought
@@johnnytech0309 i thought the tech and pilots would have been able to do it back then as well tbh. I'm not entirely sure what happened there..
6 minute long vid and no real racing scene. lame!
I was thinking the same thing
check out that Luke bannisters channel, its "BanniUK" some insane footage.
Blame the brits. God bless america!
The race that happened was very good though.
would have been good if that actually showed it. Would be better if they could fire projectiles at each other's drones. lol
I'm 62 yo. We've come a long long way from my little 3 piece balsa plane powered from a postal rubber band! I love watching you kids go! Looking forward to watching us landing on Mars before I pass.
:3
I hope u are alive now 3 years from your comment. We have landed on mars, the year is 2021.
@@brilliantz90 sheeeeesh
@@brilliantz90 holy fuck you're acting like 61 is old old 🤣
What kills me are the fire retardant suits 😂🤣😂🤣
yeah Its so stupid
Its a uniform. It brings unity to a team presents a professional face to the sport. Did you want them to do it in jeans and tshirts?
@@gusbisbal9803 yes. They can have a uniform that isn’t flame retardant suits lmfao. They aren’t at risk of flame
Hahaha, I didn't even think about that! Such a hilarious observation!
@@gusbisbal9803 STFU fool, of course they can.
Why drone operators are dressed like formula 1 drivers?? 😂
Why video gamer chair look like race car
why formula 1 drivers dressed like formula 1 drivers?
@@Le_Furret terrible comparisons lol
He said the industry would be worth $4 billion in 2020 but it's actually worth $22 billion. I think I'm going to get into drones
Its going to mainstream sports? Like esport? The problem is not everyone own drone (unlike game where fans might also play it)
Now they say $42 Billion by 2025, and more steady growth from there on out. Someone reply to me with an update in 4 years.
DJI have released their consumer, entry level FPV drone. I have ordered directly from DJI but they're out of sock. This is just getting started. I already foresee that in future, having AI fly the drone will be considered the new "doping"
@@FarfettilLejl Did they get the socks by now?
@@DrMcFly28 Yes! I got my drone soon after I posed the comment. I have already crashed it :D
I tried to organize this in the USA over 2 years ago, it was really tough to get support. UAE did It though .... nice job !
Warped Perception o
lol it's dubai, they bleed cash. of course you can't get this started domestically, there's not money for performance drones out here xD
Oil Barrens only!
NOBODY CARES
@@Jv-fn5xg your mama told me she care
Why are they all wearing racing gear like they're about to jump in a car? It's pretty ridiculous to try to look so "pro" when you're flying a drone.
+TheAmazingTwist Looks good and quads are pretty dangerous in general. mostly for looks though.
+TheAmazingTwist because that's what the event required everyone to wear
So when they play BattleBots, teams must wear suits of armor?
+TheAmazingTwist Was given to them. Part of the "Requirments" of racing at dubai.
+TheAmazingTwist Their putting up 1 million... I'll wear what ever they ask. I see nothing wrong with it.
This is nothing. Wait until teams are racing full size predator drones with mini nuclear power plants. That's a race is like to see. The track could be the entire Sahara desert. Or up to the top of Everest and back.
+TheActiveAssault THAT would be good!!
+Tivon Sanders that's where serious money would be. There big aerospace companies would have teams instead of today's car companies. Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, GE. They'd all be going at it. Shit they can even add missiles and countermeasures. That shit would be fucking sick
+TheActiveAssault Ive been building quadcopters and racing/stunting for a while, and that is probably the best idea I have ever heard in my life.
TheActiveAssault Remember that futuristic racing game Wipeout? lmao Yeah...I'm reminded of that when I read your comment.
Everest would be a very short race. the longest part would be turning around
casey neistat would lose in the first fiew seconds
haha trueee
+Afdan 97 ikr but he's in it for photography
lmfao true
I was just about to say that lol
+Triggered you must not watch CaseyNeistat lmao
When my first wireless camera system's showed up at my door, i plugged myself into the equipment and I instantly saw the future. I told my friends in about 20 years you will see teams, race courses, huge prizes, betting systems along with televised media networks bringing a multi billion dollar industry to the fans, all they said was, "Vinnie i bet your right". About 20 years ago my first wireless video systems cost almost 2000 dollars, for that i got 2 full systems to set up two racing aircraft minus the aircraft, quad copter tech was not invented yet and i had to use a a fixed wing design for my model. The video systems that i bought were specked for about a 20 mile range, stable high quality video at close range is what i needed for the business model. Looks like the business model is still looking for that winning aircraft design.
299 dislikes by people who came to see a video of race footage rather than a video of talking and 7 seconds of race footage.
315 dislikes from people who wanted to know who won the race.
Haha yeah that too
try over 1 k now. this video is trash. it gives no insight or even footage
They really salty
I watched this vid when it first came out, and again just now. Wow the sport has come along way since the video release. Not sure on the scale they were expecting, however defiantly in technology.
now we will see abandoned high end drones along with forgotten supercars all over Dubai
I love when a respected business news outlet uses terms like "10-times less" :D
The road-racing race suit is clearly the right outfit for drone pilots. Oh wait...... that is a space suit!
"Even officials aren't sure who has won"
...and I thought my phantom 4 in sport mode is fast :D
I have one, and the ph 4 goes up to 23 m/s 23x3,6 = 92 km/ with wind in the back in sport mode windstill about 18 m/s meter per second
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I have the syma x8g and they is faster than my Phantom
@@215alessio the mavic mini can go up to 29 mph
@@jerryflames2937 that's a lot faster than I thought it could go. Fpv race drones are crazy tho
While todays tracks use natural landscape and buildings, and are nice, I would love to see a track like this come around again.
Flying drones and racing them = FUN and Excitement. Watching a race on TV = YAWN
Awesome idea, but it should evolve more, so the track can react on the pilot's achievements, and the public can be more involved to the show. You're pioneering the new kind of a sport here, don't make same mistakes as F1 did, which is boring as hell now. Make it powerful, make it kicking, clash real and digital worlds, create an amazing UX, while you can!
"even the judge dont know who won" " tornado miles up front all the sudden is lost" this is the big leagues lmao?
Imagine if the 100m Olympic final was like that, “can you guys spread out so we know the winner?”
"a big dawg?! how much that drone hitchu foh" ©
I dreamt about a drone racetrack like this year's ago. Wowza
Two words to become champ. "Muscle memory" if you can turn a corner without thinking and do it every single time you've got nothing to lose!
if you were to talk to someone 500 years ago they would wonder how your suppose to get a horse to run this track, when you tell them youll be flying a piece of plastic through it, at 100mph, while in complete control and not even looking at it, they would laugh or say you're a witch. Technology is amazing what a great time to be alive.
They'd ask what's 100mph 😉
I am just finding this video now!! Pretty cool.
Great advertisement for why I've never heard of Drone Racing before now.
What an amazing course...and just think.... if you took your time and were really careful you would beat some of the fastest racers.... that crashed. The only thing worse than going too slow is going too fast.... ;-)
Big Dubian dollars!
Emrati
+bliglum Does this really have to be mentioned? We get it
Malek Zalfana That's true. I was being a bit of a captain obvious there
bliglum lol
true
UAE back at it again with pushing the envelope...🤟🏿
Awesome, should be thrilling managing the speed on track which doesn't look easy.
This is actually pretty damn good in terms of making people craft better drones for future usage. Mastering drones will probably give us an edge on future VTOL cars. Just maybe.
So it only costs a $1 to race a million drones in Dubai?
Chris Bess I see what you did there and some people don't get it 🙄
Chris Bess lol wow
😂
@@danilochavarria7348 lmao... rip
XD
This will boost the engineering of Drones, respekt.
I had no idea this was a thing. Nobody ever lifted my rock up to let me know.
I miss the days when Chad, Mr.Steele, and everyone where still in Rotor Riot
a drone heavy lift competition would be cool too. You could have different weight classes.
+Georgeqaws start drinking the dronetein shakes or you won't make your weight class
That sounds kinda dumb
amaizing race for droneee.. like likeeeee
I really really love that this exists
I'm surprised no one has mentioned casey neistat
+RandomBi if casey was in this race he would crash it in .5 seconds
+RandomBi Casey wouldn't last a second. :p
+Kristofer “Kåkå” Karlsson Ehh, debatable considering he crashed it into a bridge :p
+Bardo tru
Who?
so a bunch of grown men get beat by a 15 y/o
+TheCrook spoiler!!!!!!!!
+TheCrook kids have sharper reflexes, it's just a fact. It's one of the reasons most pro gamers retire around 30yrs. I think in this case though the kid played it safe and thats why he won.
+TheCrook The 15 y/o have most likely have as much time as the grown ups to practice since its a new sport.
+TheCrook It's called Reflexes and an Adult can not match a Kid...
The best (trained) surgeons are kids because of their steady hands, reflexes and, ability to adapt. Might think this is bs but it's actually true.
That whole thing came and went faster than a drone can fly.
I wish I could double like the video. Its so fascinating
5:13 Mr Steele xd
It would be nice if you actually showed more that some seconds of race footage and not only people talking in ridiculous fireproof overalls (as if you had any fuel there that could burn...) I remember being looked at like a freak when I tried this in the 90s... ^^ With NiMH cells, brushed motors, analog ccd cams with potato resolution on makeshift VHF transmitters and one of the first gyro modules that cost an arm and a leg!
Wow what an awesome idea!
World : we introduce to you a building Dubai : creates burj khalifa World : we introduce to you drones Dubai : 1 million drone race track
entertainment? for who? the person controlling them yeah . watching? what a streak of light running around
aeroliner750 true
aeroliner750 or they could watch the giant video screens throughout the stadium that show the viewpoint of the camera mounted on each drone. That's a bit more interesting than being a spectator at a regular sporting event if you ask me
depends, they could what the point of view of the craft. People love shit like NASCAR and horse-racing. So its kinda similar
Even better, the spectators could bring their own goggles and get the exact same view as the pilots.
Can only assume you are talking about as a spectator at the event as at home we get first person views. At the track itself are monitors as Jelly Man said bring own goggles, none of which you can do at F1 (see the car pass at 150mph+, Nascar with big circles occasionally passing you by .. same goes for most sports with a circuit lol.
The title makes it seem like there's a million drones, competing for $1.
No, the "$1 Million" in the title pretty much means 1 million dollars.
Congratulations World you are now in the Future.
Wow everyone was racing like qav210 style quads.
"Now THIS is podracing!!!"
Plot twist contract specifies "250,00 Doll Hairs*
CHEAAAH
Astounding hobby/sport/innovators! The very best will have military careers.
The Force is strong with this one.
Welcome to sports in 2016
Beats Nascar and golf. Fuck it, go for your life I say.
4:33 Does he have a terminator eye?! :O
+icedragon2812 exaclty, WTF!
+Ace Case Just wondering if he could get that because of too much time spent using that headset thingy?
+icedragon2812 That's it, I'm contacting Sheikh Hamdan. The rules implicitly list all cybernetic upgrades to any pilot as grounds for disqualification and forfeiture of all winnings.
+icedragon2812 Oh shit! whaaaaaa??????
+Ace Case Yes, it is correct. Normally harmless.
Omg, I was there watching this!
thats just sick track all ive gotta say
How much latency is there in the video feed to the pilots?
For these types of quads, virtually none. It's real time. It's when you're looking at lower end first person view ( FPV ) quads that latency becomes a big issue.
can program a drone and it will flight all track on his own that simple
you can program a f1 on a track too you know. simple.
that's called cheating search up for it
you can't do that as technology is not there yet. I mean... Dji only just came out with a sensing system.
time to buy a wifi frequency jammer :-)
So you want to jam my internet connection? you'll be looking at fed prison time. go ahead, stupid.
Jeezzzz...... Never knew this day would come....
This video really droned on... Get it? Droned... on... Hehe.... ok i will see myself out now.
GlintTheStrong 😁😂😂😂👍
Coming up to a racing event when at the end "not even the officials are sure who won" doesnt seem much fun.
+Pedro Santos happens all the time in sports. Buzzer beaters in the NBA that get reviewed. Photo finishes in horse racing. Etc...wtf are you talking about?
One of these days, I'm going to try and build the first real drone podracer. Better hope that Dubai's willing to build us a Boonta Eve Classic sometime soon. XP
Did you do it yet?
I can see VR taking over the need for all the physical stuff, would love to watch stuff like this on TV
The best thing about esports and drone races are that you can make the races far more extreme as no danger is involved :)
Best part of racing to me is that it is all real; multirotors built and tuned by real people in their sheds and whizzing around a real track at 150km/h... No fake people kicking a ball or real people moving pixels on a monitor.
5:12 Steele?
stop at 4:34min ... Zombies incoming
Effektiv ́eMusic lmaooooo
That is so cool!
I'm curious how they are going to film this so spectators can watch, I don't think filming the same as a NASCAR race will work. Also, I think the 4 Billion dollar industry is a stretch by 2020. This stuff is interesting, keep it coming.
+Bannanas22 You don't have to be curious, they had HD cams on the quads that broadcast a signal to a video receiver that a director displays on the stream and on screens around the track.
Legend Length Neither is Nascar or F1, but people still watch them.
Legend Length You do realize I meant not everyone likes them, but some do and they still have a massive audience. And some watch just because they like motorsports in general, but aren't huge fans of F1 etc. I watched F1 and Rally for decades and wasn't that into it in general.
+Legend Length Except with drone races you have more risky track options since they are not manned, therefore crashes can be commonplace. Extremely technical and dangerous tracks can be developed, I'm pretty sure fire hazards may become commonplace. Flying around a track with some pylons would indeed get boring, but what about a track which requires flying through a gave, dodging a crusher, then an inversion over a pit of fiery doom? Granted, public interest will be tested, but as someone in the middle of it all, it has been amazing to see it grow.
Legend Length They need to make the quads a bit bigger for a bigger audience impact, like Italdron Drake is prntscr.com/aq3k9o
Screw this, give us Pod Racing.
You go out and invent an anti-grav system, then.
VestedUTuber be right back...
UFO's are Alien drones!
yes they are
@@gigachad6804 Range 100 LIGHT YEARS only
This is the future, also the future to flying cars maybe.
This kind of entertainment failed. Notice that the video is from 2016.
KZhead user " metalldanny " is hands down my favorite KZhead quad racer. Side Note: And I sure as hell wish people would stop referring to these type of craft as " Drones ". They're hobby grade craft that aren't flown autonomous and therefore don't qualify as " A drone ".
what about the on road rc industry, hmm? no it will stay a hobby
Stop talking just show the race 🤔
This is really cool, better than those other nerd sports like e-sports which unlike this have no productive outcome. This kind of competition can do for commercial drone technology what the Schneider cup did for airplanes in the early 20th century, as long as these guys have the freedom to improve their designs every year some benefit comes out of this. Good on those guys in Dubai for supporting this, hopefully we'll see this again next year.
Actually, e-sports does have a huge productive outcome, the massive consumer market for gaming PCs and therefore high-end computer equipment is one of the big forces allowing AI technology to have the big leap forward it's currently seeing. People's computers are simply much better now and gaming was a huge part of that.
dubai is amazing
Geeks similar to Bill Gates?? He's definitely stoned. Flying drones will make you a billionaire.. lmao
Similar to bills friends and team
you calling drone flying garbage?
dude it kinda is. The graphics suck
lol, i can understand if you say you dont like minecraft (i dont do either) but the point is not having good graphics but using you creativity and mind
not the future. its already arrived ;)
4:33 what is up with that guys eye?
+Jagster It looks like pink eye. It's the same kid at 2:48 and his eye is normal there.
***** That is one bad case of pink eye, his eye is literally red.
Because he has such a small head, he has to go cross eyed inside the goggles. It happens to most young pilots and it sucks. It's not pink eye though.
WOOTIMSOAWESOME1111 What?
WOOTIMSOAWESOME1111 that's the funniest shit I've read all day haha
I cant wait til this sport gets so big where anyone can compete from around the world remotely
Everyone, this proof that boys don't grow up our toys just get bigger and more expensive. How fun.
hyped version of fpv racing.. money ruined it.
+Google+ SUCKS BALLS - the worst forced social network 100% agree.
This is a recruting for droneflying contract killers. fast, silent, non retraceable.
I can imagine a swarm of these each with explosive, and a distributed AI control system :)
That's idiotic. If you've been in the same postcode as one of these you'd know about it; you can hear them scream from miles away. Weight is also a big factor, every gram counts with how they fly so explosives and firearms are right out. As for blunt force... well I can give you a pretty bad paper cut, that's about it really.
Mitchell Corry These things fly nothing like the Predator or Reaper platforms. There are no multirotor drone weapons platforms as they are simply not viable being loud, fragile, complicated and with extremely short flight times limiting effective range.
Mitchell Corry Not even comparable. The X-19 and X-22 prototypes are more close to the V-22 than any multirotor helicopter.
That's what I was thinking also........"non retraceable"???
1million dollar drone track. Can't wait to see what a billion dollars would do.
That’s so awesome!
What a nice track ! .... and sooo worse presentation .... one seconds scenes, filming always the back of the people, unsharp & blurred pictures ...How a pity, unfortunately 6 minutes only crap 16 sec quite ok
like there was zero explanation as to who won and the confusion?! what the fuck
It annoys me that they use "drone" instead of "go". For example, "3,2,1,drone". This gimmick shows they aren't ready to be popular. "Go" is standard. Want your sport at the Olympics? Then use "On your marks, set, (then a horn or fake gun blast).
1:28 Tareq al Saadi: The most unbelievable RC heli pilot ever
Cool! Line of sight with different orientations is a lot more difficult than FPV. 🚁🤟
TBf yeah, line of sight is hard af, I don't enjoy it as much tho
i can fly both los and fpv in acro mode i startid los as i build a drone but had no cash for fpv cam vtx googles so i flew losfor about a year then i tryed fpv. los has its hard bits and so does fpv getting used to the googles and feeling sick a bit when i first flew fpv id start off faceing one way and end up turned around and los for oreantation but i love them both but i dont los much these days
thrill seekers ? LOL Next they will be calling them Athletes...
+William The Whale yes I race helipals drones. Not expensive at all compared to my scuba diving, skydiving , sport bikes, and rock climbing equipment. Are these guys athletes ? Not even close. Overweight men in wheelchairs with greasy comb overs can do this. End of conversation. All your replies will be blocked .
"Pilot"
John McJohnson yeah...i mean people study for years and years to call themselves pilot, and these guys called pilots because they can fly a little drone with two joysticks?? fuck that...
Exactly what i thought.. and real pilots carry the whole responsibiltiy for hunders of people. It's a fucking disgrace that they really think they can be called "pilots"
jános kovaćik Haha have you flown one of these racing drones? takes an incredible amount of patience and skill to be able to fly it well
what is the correct term then?
Marcos Calderon Kids with toys
Looks fun as hell
The day they create a large plastic pipe that these drones fly through will be the day I will be truly impressed.
Dubai is such a fucking joke. This race pretty much confirms they have no common sense. They could do so much good, but nope, lets build flower shaped islands, gold plate bugati's and race toys for 1mill. Awesome track, but why the F is the prize a million? Ruins it for me. They're trying to make flying toys as prestigious as F1 when it simply isnt. Just ridiculous.
It says the prize is 250,000 which is still a lot for toys.
You are a joke
Eric B they aren’t really toys and it takes skill and practice
drone race............... honestly, who gives a shit?
Ya this is sad racing planes is a sport and has serious risk on the line just to say the least
+Rory McCabe ... What? You went from talking about how drone racing is sad to how flying planes for a sport is dangerous.
+google sucks major dick why did you click on this video from the first place?
+google sucks major dick I know it seems ludicrous, but i can tell this is going to be a big thing down the line.
It will be, once people can actually afford to race them.
would be cool if this events comes up every year...
Can't wait for the first drone war
Go to Afghanistan