HOW DRONE SPORTS ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY

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HOW DRONE SPORTS ARE GROWING IN POPULARITY
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• Drones entered the sporting arena a few years
  back, and as technology advances, the
  opportunities for expanding their use within the
  field of e-sports, looks set to speed up and
  really take off. Pardon the pun.
• Drone racing
• Drone racing has been around for a while and
  seemed like a natural progression considering the
  availability of devices and how anyone can
  potentially pilot one, and the DRL or Drone
  Racing League was even created. The league
  organizes races all over the world and films them
  to stream online some events have even been
  shown on TV stations like ESPN.

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• With the camera that each racing drone comes
  equipped with, spectators can see the race from
  the same viewpoint as the pilot, making it more
  dramatic as images are streamed live to FPV or
  first person view goggles that the pilots wear.
  Not only does this make it more thrilling for
  spectators, but the pilot is given the sensation
  of sitting right on the tip of the drone as it
  zooms around the stadium, warehouse or marquee.
• Some drones with the newest technology can fly at
  speeds of up to 160 miles an hour, making it even
  harder to keep your eyes on the racers and
  establish who is in the lead. Affordable drones
  are encouraging sporting pilots

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• With the cost of drones and the technology
  associated with them decreasing swiftly, more and
  more members of the public will be able to afford
  to buy a drone and compete with it in a sporting
  venue. With packages at entry level costing
  little more than a couple of hundred of bucks,
  more people will be encouraged to give it a go,
  and as industry insiders tell us, the best way to
  start out in drone racing is to take part in one.
• Drones and the changing face of how we watch
  sports
• While helicopters have been used to record
  sporting events such as surfing competitions and
  golf tournaments, they will never be able to
  record events with

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• the dexterity and ease of a drone, and of course
  the cost and organisation involved is far
  greater. With their ability to film virtually
  anywhere, they really are changing the way we
  watch sports, and spectators are given an intense
  and far more emotive viewing experience.
• Drone sports and social media
• Online channels such as YouTube, Twitch, Facebook
  and Twitter are important platforms for engaging
  with todays modern spectator, and drone sports
  and other forms of eSports are skilled at
  maximising their potential for engaging with
  audiences through such sites.

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• The future for sporting drones
• Drones are already being used more frequently to
  film major sporting events and have been used in
  recent Winter Olympics to cover snowboarding and
  skiing competitions. With the FAA working on more
  lenient regulations for drone usage, it will soon
  mean that more of us can not only get our hands
  on affordable drones, but fly them with less
  restrictions, too. This can only be a positive
  step for drone sports, and their popularity is
  set to increase tenfold as prices go down, and
  technology gets better by the day.

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• So, if you want to be part of the sporting
  worlds newest phenomenon, why not get yourself a
  drone starter kit and register with your nearest
  club or association to get in on the high flying
  action!
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