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Fixed wing models are also flown First Person View and, increasingly, raced
Multiple motors provide resilience to safeguard expensive cameras
Quadracer navigating its way around a racing course
Quadracers are fully aerobatic but speed around a course is more usually the focus
Of course natural obstacles can also be used as course markers or obstacles
Quadcopter racing course at the RAF Championships
Precision aerotowing perhaps
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Today, racing drones can exceed 80mph
RAFMAA’s Drone Technology Hub being used by Air Training Corps cadets at RAF Cosford