Canberra drone racing meet tightens Australian FPV championship battle

Canberra Multirotor Racing Club's sixth 2026 series meet did more than fill a club grid. Posted as an AU Nationals Qualifier and run at Kambah District Playing Fields on Saturday, June 13, 2026, it came with only 16 of 32 spots filled before race day and fed directly into a championship battle that is narrowing fast. In Open Class, Davey FPV led the Australian FPV Association standings on 291.0 points after six events, with BEAR on 182.0 and Whodeany on 176.0, and the drop-two scoring system meant every clean finish mattered as much as raw pace.

The late-round heats showed exactly where that pressure was landing. In Round 12 Race 4, Whodeany won with a total of 203.784 and a best three-lap segment of 48.758 seconds, holding off timmytron, who finished on 188.752 with a 49.455 best three. Nacho took third in the same heat on 305.050 with a 51.465 best three, while Snapper FPV, Dellogator and Flightless Avian completed the field. For Whodeany, the result was especially important because it kept him firmly in the chase behind the leader board's top two names.

Djay added another swing point in Round 12 Race 3, where he won on 199.960, ahead of Philbyc on 159.038 and Damo FPV on 105.224. Round 12 Race 2 was equally revealing about the depth of the field, with Littel FPV posting 78.399, TommyD 87.609, Wedge FPV 106.826 and CALLSIGN 93.176, while Has0 and Aussie Dog FPV also got their turns in a crowded ladder. Those were not isolated club-night numbers. They were the kind of margins that decide who can keep pace once a championship starts dropping bad results.

The broader AUFPV standings made the picture even tighter. Multiple pilots were clustered inside the 26- to 30-second window at the top of qualifying, which meant every new heat could reshuffle the order. Davey FPV still looked safest at the top, but BEAR and Whodeany remained close enough to stay relevant if they keep banking finishes through the final stretch. Meet 6 did not decide the title, but it sharpened the line between those who can absorb a mistake and those who cannot, which is exactly what a nationals qualifier is supposed to expose.