World Drone Prix 2016

In Dubai, the World Drone Prix World Championship was a success , in which drones competed. The winners received prizes worth a million dollars. For the first place - 250 thousand dollars, the owners of the second and third places - 125 thousand and 50 thousand dollars, respectively. In a separate category “freestyle,” participants demonstrated their skills in aerobatics, but the prizes here were modest - the winner received $ 50,000, second place was estimated at $ 25,000, and the third - $ 12,500.



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As part of the race, drones, which were controlled by VR helmets and remotes, were supposed to fly at a speed of about 100 km / h along a special route with obstacles.



A total of thirty-two teams participating in the flight in twelve rounds took part in the championship, the length of each of them was six hundred meters.



The winner was the Tornado X-Blades Banni UK team, led by fifteen-year-old Englishman Luke Bannister. Russian Vladimir Meshcheryakov took the honorable third place, and also won a special prize for the best lap of the circle.