Unleash your drone racing abilities and be part of the brand new e-sport problem towards different pilots from around the globe with out having to depart your favorite gaming chair: the very first FAI E-Drone Racing World Cup is right here!
FAI is thrilled to announce that 2024 will additional develop this fast-paced, accessible sport with a brand new E-Drone Racing World Cup based mostly on a collection of 4 or 5 occasions, every with a unique shock circuit.
E-Drone Racing: a model new, accessible and fast-paced sport
Simply as real-life drone pilots compete on a observe at prime speeds, so E-Drone pilots can now do the identical, on-line at house and from wherever on this planet.
Rivals want minimal tools to compete (a sport controller or radio transmitter with a Home windows laptop) and the racing takes place remotely, on-line. that means that it’s simply accessible to anybody with a steady web connection. Rivals will even want an EreaDrone licence to be bought through: https://ereadrone.com/fr/play#trailer.
The EreaDrone simulator permits designers to create a circuit in any setting, from mountains to cities, harbours to castles, and so on. The competitors observe could also be on a closed circuit with a number of laps to be accomplished, or a observe to be flown as soon as time solely.
The entire distance to finish in a race shall be round 2 to three km. The quickest pilots will have the ability to full the race in simply 60-90 seconds: fast reactions are every little thing on this e-sport.
Qualify. Compete. Conquer: perceive how the World Cup shall be run
Rivals might want to register upfront for every occasion, through the EreaDrone web site, and pay an entry payment (5€ most price).
The registration for the primary 2024 FAI e-Drone Racing World Cup occasion will open on 18 Might 2024.
Aapply flight session shall be deliberate earlier than every occasion to familiarise the pilots with the circuit.
A qualification stage shall be organised to pick out the pilots for the competitors itself: Qualification flights shall be asynchronous, i.e. pilots fly alone on the circuit. Every pilot may have a most variety of makes an attempt, with the quickest time recorded for the qualification stage rating.
The preliminary rounds of the competitors shall be run with 8 pilots per race, with the 4 greatest positioned in every race qualifying for the following spherical and the opposite pilots being eradicated.
The 32 pilots certified after the preliminary spherical(s) undergo to the ultimate a part of the competitors. The ultimate shall be run with 4 pilots per race, and so will embrace 1/eighth finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals (16 races in whole). The 2 best-placed pilots shall be certified for the following spherical as much as the ultimate race, with the opposite pilots being eradicated.
The ultimate of the competitors shall be livestreamed on the FAI YouTube channel with an English language commentator.
For every occasion, factors shall be allotted to the individuals relying their rating within the competitors. The entire World Cup rating of the opponents would be the sum of their greatest three occasion outcomes (numbers of factors).
One of the best positioned pilots within the World Cup rating shall be awarded the title of 2024 e-Drone Racing World Cup champion, and CIAM medals and diplomas shall be awarded to the three greatest positioned. Different prizes can also be awarded as accessible.
Do you know?
2023 noticed the primary ever FAI E-Drone Racing competitors takes place, with the ultimate half run in Namwon Metropolis, Republic of Korea as a part of the FAI World Drone Racing Championships. French pilot Swan Versmissen took the champion title in a hard-fought contest towards pilots who had certified for the ultimate race.
