MMDL VelociDrone Spring Sim Rounds Fuel Schools and Youth FPV Pipeline

Simulator racing continued its visible role as a feeder system for live FPV events when Minnesota Micro Drone League listed "MMDL VelociDrone: Micro Class Quads Sim Race 2 of 3" on Feb 21, 2026 via MultiGP. The MultiGP entry labels the event under "MMDL 2025-2026 - VelociDrone: Micro Class" and confirms the series format with the explicit Race 2 of 3 designation.

MultiGP’s Feb 21 table shows MMDL amid a crowded event slate, underscoring community depth on that date. The event table excerpt includes lines such as "Feb 21, 2026 | MMDL VelociDrone: Micro Class Quads Sim Race 2 of 3 | Velocidrone | Minnesota Micro Drone League | MMDL 2025-2026 - VelociDrone: Micro Class | VelociDrone: Micro Class Quads Join" and "Feb 21, 2026 | Test Race | Open | Underground.KL FPV Drone Racing | | Join." The listing concludes with "Showing 1 to 25 of 149 entries," a signal that dozens of community and regional sim and indoor events were active the same day.

School-focused sim competition remains structured and calendarized through Drones in School’s 2025-26 Simulator Series, which runs four monthly races. The program explicitly lists October, November, December, and January simulator races with specific track releases and deadlines: "October 1 - Velocidrone Track released," and "Teams have until 11:59 PM ET on November 10 to post their times"; "November 3 - Velocidrone Track released," and "Teams have until 11:59 PM ET on December 7 to post their times"; "January 1 - Velocidrone Track released," and "Teams have until 11:59 PM ET on January 31 to post their times." The series promises that "registered Drones in School teams can earn an invitation to the Championship Race in the Spring of 2026."

Drones in School enforces equipment and account rules that affect team operations. The October race carries a hardware restriction: "PILOTS MUST FLY THE TINYHAWK OR TINYHAWK II MICRO CLASS AIRCRAFT FOR THE OCTOBER SIMULATOR RACE!" For November the rules relax: "FOR NOVEMBER, PILOTS CAN FLY ANY MICRO CLASS AIRCRAFT FOR THE SIMULATOR RACE!" Teams are reminded: "DON'T FORGET TO CONNECT YOUR VELOCIDRONE ACCOUNT IN R.A.C.E.S!" and "For your race time to show up on the leaderboard in RACES, you have to connect your VelociDrone account to your team."

Technical logistics matter for scoring and advancement. Drones in School states that "At the end of the month all registered teams will be awarded placement points based on their fastest pilot's posted best time on the track. Teams will accumulate points through the four race series to earn a spot for the National Race." The program also confirms that "Simulator races are free to enter and participate for all registered teams" and offers licensing help: "Don't have Velocidrone? Contact Us for special academic pricing options." Account-connection procedures include two methods depending on licensing; the excerpted Option 1 opens with "Each pilot on your team has their own VelociDrone license and they are the only one using that license."

The combined footprint of MMDL’s VelociDrone series and the Drones in School calendar makes simulator competition a measurable youth pipeline into live FPV racing, with points, equipment rules, and leaderboard mechanics explicitly tied to a Spring 2026 Championship Race. Missing from the supplied material are individual race results and full MMDL series dates beyond the Feb 21 Race 2 of 3 label, so organizers still need to confirm Race 1 and Race 3 dates while teams continue to post times to R.A.C.E.S and chase national invitations.