Meet Charpu, the Drone-Racing Megastar | WIRED
Meet Charpu, the Drone-Racing Megastar | WIRED
A drone-racing ace charts his own course as the sport goes mainstream.
by Andrew Zaleski 09.06.16
Carlos Puertolas maneuvers an X-shaped drone high above a grassy field in a Los Angeles park, then spins it sharply to face the ground and sends it full-throttle into a suicide dive. Inches before impact, he levels out the machine, its propellers gnashing the grass like a weed whacker, and gently lands it 5 feet away. He takes his hand off a radio controller and peels off a pair of opaque white