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Oscar Liang’s FPV guide weighs latency, cost, and race-day performance

Five milliseconds can separate a clean gate from a crash. Here is which FPV system wins for racing pace, budget, ecosystem simplicity, and the next upgrade.

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Bengaluru techfest stages full-day FPV drone racing challenge for students

Pilots will bring their own drones for three rounds across an 11-hour FPV grind at S-VYASA, where ₹70,000 is on offer.

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Ice Storm Drone Racing returns to Milwaukee’s Pettit in April 2026

School teams and pro pilots will race under one roof at Pettit, where Ice Storm returns April 24-26 and turns a rare 400-meter oval into a Midwest FPV showcase.

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Northern Alberta FPV League returns to Lazerte for indoor whoop race Sunday

Northern Alberta FPV League’s indoor whoop series turned M.E. Lazerte’s atrium into a low-risk proving ground, giving Edmonton pilots a sanctioned place to race and learn.

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Australian FPV Association launches ambitious 2026 Drone Nationals qualifying series

The Pro Spec cut line already looks vicious, with 103 pilots chasing just 48 places as AUFPV’s national qualifier turns every verified lap into Nationals leverage.

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Anduril launches AI Grand Prix, global autonomous drone race with $500,000 prize

Anduril turned drone racing into a software fight, putting identical Neros drones on the line for a $500,000 purse and an AI job pipeline.

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Which digital FPV system gives drone racers the best edge?

The real FPV edge is not image sharpness alone. It is choosing the system that balances latency, range, and fleet lock-in before the season punishes you.

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Southeast Aerial Drone Championship brings teamwork and precision to UAH

At Spragins Hall, strangers had to race as one unit, with teamwork and split-second communication deciding Huntsville’s regional drone championship.

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SLOSS Drone Derby 2026 transforms historic Sloss Furnaces into FPV arena

A 1881 ironworks became FPV race terrain, with pilots threading steel, catwalks and a water tower while whoops lit up the site after dark.

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April 2026 FPV goggles guide compares DJI, Walksnail, analog choices

The goggles choice now shapes race-day speed, upgrade cost, and future compatibility, with 12 models showing where DJI, Walksnail, and analog actually help pilots.

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Skycutter shocks U.S. rivals, wins attack-drone contest at Fort Benning

Skycutter, a British-Ukrainian team with Atlanta manufacturing, beat California's Neros 99.3 to 87.5 in Fort Benning's first attack-drone fly-off.

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MultiGP expands Navy chapter, tightens Global Qualifier rules, collegiate pipeline

MultiGP is turning chapter racing into a true ladder, with new GQ rules, a Navy chapter, and a one-point collegiate title race sharpening the path upward.

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DroneBlocks pushes FPV racing kits to launch school leagues

DroneBlocks is trying to turn FPV racing into a school sport by bundling gear, lessons and simulator time into one $3,497 package.

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Belgian FPV pilot sweeps Heat 2 with TQ and victory

A Belgian FPV pilot turned top qualifying speed into victory at Heat 2, a sweep that could reshape the national F9U standings.

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Flywoo Firefly 20 Pro review spotlights tiny, fast FPV racer training quad

At 113 grams, the Firefly 20 Pro makes a bold promise: full-size DJI O4 Pro image quality in a two-inch trainer that could change how often racers fly.

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FAA launches DETER program to speed drone penalties at major events

FAA’s new DETER program speeds up minor drone penalties, and major-event airspace is now the pressure point for racers and organizers.

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FCC ruling threatens FPV racing parts supply, import barriers loom

FCC import limits could slow FPV rebuilds, with frames, motors, video gear and spare parts all exposed to new sourcing friction.

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U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton vanishes over Gulf after emergency descent from 52,000 feet

An MQ-4C Triton, callsign VVPE804 (registration 169804), squawked 7400 then 7700 during a patrol and vanished from public trackers after a 52,000-to-~9,500-foot descent on April 9, 2026.

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AI Drones Beat Human Champions, Reshaping FPV Racing Landscape

TU Delft’s MAVLab autonomous racer beat three former DCL world champions, hit 95.8 km/h and lapped a 170m course twice in 17 seconds, forcing leagues to rethink formats and hardware.

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Central Oregon drone teams close inaugural season with growing momentum

Ridgeview’s gym became a drone-racing proving ground as Central Oregon’s first school season ended with three teams, a robotics crossover, and expansion plans.

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MultiGP packs April calendar with global FPV races across three continents

MultiGP’s April slate spans Malaysia to Estonia, forcing pilots to choose between qualifier points, whoop races, and open-class titles.

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BetaFPV Air65 II launches with three trims, tougher frame, $99 price tag

BetaFPV’s Air65 II tries to do what most micro whoops cannot: give new racers, tinkerers and freestyle pilots a $99.99 path to a tougher, more race-ready 1S quad.

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U.S. and Russia test close-range rifle rounds to counter drones

U.S. and Russian troops are now testing rifle rounds built to shred FPV-style drones inside 100 meters, exposing the small kill window racing-like quads create.

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South Gloucestershire and Bristol Drone Club unveils 2026 summer series schedule

SGDC kept its fastest-three-laps format for 2026, turning six spring-to-fall race dates into a season-long test of clean, repeatable FPV pace.

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GICHD solid-state batteries push AI drone endurance to four hours

GICHD’s solid-state prototypes hit about 450 Wh/kg and kept an AI drone flying 240 minutes. In a sport decided by 9.405-second laps, that endurance does not automatically buy speed.

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MultiGP sets two-day Tulsa finals for 2026 college drone championship

Tulsa’s Skyway36 gave college FPV a standardized proving ground, with eight-pilot teams, unlimited support crews and a one-track national format.

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Avata 360 test reveals obstacle avoidance stutter versus Avata 2

Avata 360 looked like DJI’s FPV upgrade, but Jeven Dovey’s back-to-back test found it stuttered near trees and flew less sharply than the Avata 2.

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BETAFPV update breaks older VR04 goggles links, boosts P1 Air Unit

Older VR04 goggles on v1-series firmware lost their bind path, while P1 Air Unit pilots got cleaner OSD, safer OTA checks and tighter DVR handling.

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PrincessJ edges Kalli to win 2026 collegiate drone racing title

PrincessJ stole the collegiate crown on the final lap in Tulsa, where a split-second swing over Kalli decided a title race that drew 12 schools and more than 50 pilots.

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Chengdu World Drone Games launch multi-sport drone racing showcase

Drone racing shared the bill with fencing, basketball and weightlifting in Chengdu, but the real test was whether the sport stayed front and center.

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