International Drone Expo to Include Top Drone Racers

The world’s top drone racers will race up to 80 mph in the first annual Drone Race on an indoor race course custom designed by MultiGP, the sanctioning body and leading drone racing league for first-person view radio-controlled aircrafts. The specially designed drone race course inside the Los Angeles Convention Center will be larger than other indoor courses and feature more advanced obstacles. Expo attendees will be able to view the race from a massive spectating area.

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The IDE Drone Race event is two-part series. MultiGP hand selected perennial talent to compete in the SoCal Maker Convention qualification rounds at the Los Angeles Fairplex in Pomona, CA on November 5, 2016. Finalists from the SoCal Maker Convention have advanced – including an 11-year-old, and top racer, BrainDrain – to the IDE Drone Race Cup championship at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

<strong>Race Schedule</strong>

Friday 12/9: 12pm – 5pm: Qualifiers

Saturday 12/10:

9:30am: Opening Ceremony

1:00pm: Connex race with ProSight (leading drone technology)

1:30pm – 4:00pm – Championship races

About IDE:
IDE is set to host over 100 companies and more than 80 speakers throughout 50 sessions at the conference held December 9-10, 2016 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. For more information on IDE, including registration and admission information, please visit InternationalDroneExpo.com  If you’re interested in attending International Drone Expo, press registration is available here.