What do you think about drone racing?

[beaker15]

Hey guys and gals been doing some looking into the subject of drone racing and am very much interested into it and with ESPN recently announcing that the'll be broadcasting drone racing I started to get curious about how many people are interested in it. So who likes it/ is interested in it?

http://strawpoll.me/7364553

P.S. - I have been mainly watching the Drone Racing League (DRL)

[Takaharu]

It's also in the UK, according to ComputerWeekly

The European Rotor Sports Association (ERSA), an organisation set up to support the new sport of drone racing, has hosted a freestyle event at Wembley Stadium with support from EE’s 4G network.

Working with both the mobile network operator (MNO) and mobile components supplier Qualcomm, the 90,000-seat stadium was turned into an aerial raceway (including slaloms through the players’ tunnel, banked turns around corner flags, and barrel rolls above the royal box) with drone-mounted 4GEE Action Cam devices streaming the action over the network.

I think it's interesting, though I'm not sure whether I'd watch it. Maybe if they beefed up the drones a bit and equipped virtual weapons.

[anon85933304]

I would like to see Drone skeet shooting.
Or Cowboys vs Aliens, combining cowboy action shooting with drone shooting.
The Laser tag equip makers may find a new market for their wares. Laser tag with drones

[emosun]

it's a slower more boring version of model airplane racing

[FaunCB]

I think I'd put a couple CO2 capsules in the back and win because I could.

[anon4458306]

I would live to see drone racing as long as they take it seriously and don't make it look like garbage to the viewer