JoeCool edges Sky Ready RC by 0.149 seconds in Micro Drone Race final
JoeCool won Expert FPV in 9.841 seconds, beating Sky Ready RC by 0.149 as the entire podium fit inside 0.561 seconds.
JoeCool won the Expert FPV final in 9.841 seconds, edging Sky Ready RC by just 0.149 seconds in a finish that left CruStator third in 10.402. The three fastest runs in the class were separated by only 0.561 seconds, a reminder that in micro drone racing a single bobble through a gate can flip the order.
The result sheet from the 2026 Micro Drone Race showed how little separated the leaders in the most technical class on the card. JoeCool and Sky Ready RC both went under 10 seconds, with Sky Ready RC stopping the clock at 9.990 and CruStator still close enough at 10.402 to stay within striking distance of the podium pace. In a format this short, that gap is the race.
The Sportsman FPV class also produced a clear leader, with Phillip listed first in 14.594 seconds. Captin Insano appeared as the second-place finisher in the visible excerpt, although the posted time was cut off. Even with that incomplete line, the standings show the event was tracking multiple classes and publishing results for pilots to compare across the weekend.
That final came out of a larger indoor meet at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio, held Feb. 20-22, 2026 and presented by Ohio Drone Repair. The structure mattered: 64 pilots qualified on Friday and Saturday for 48 spots in the final race event on Sunday, turning Championship Sunday into the payoff for a full weekend of heats and elimination rounds. The Whoop Group post framed the action as a return to the museum for that Sunday finale.
The setting matched the sport. Tiny Whoop FPV has moved well beyond its early brushed-motor roots and into a legitimate indoor racing discipline, where line choice, throttle discipline and recovery speed can matter more than raw power. JoeCool’s margin over Sky Ready RC showed exactly how that plays out in the Expert class: no cushion, no room for error, and no margin beyond the last clean run through the course.
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