Meet Charpu, the Drone-Racing Megastar | WIRED

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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

Source: Meet Charpu, the Drone-Racing Megastar Who Doesn’t Feel Like Racing | WIRED

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