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Wednesday 23 January 2019
Aruba Drone Racing FPV Aruba presents:
“Caribbean Heat 2019”
ORANJESTAD — Drone racing is a new sport Drone racing has taken over the
for young and old who love the adrenaline world by storm and can even be seen
rush of high speed racing action. Drone on big sports channels such as ESPN,
pilots use video goggles to get a first person EURO SPORT, FOX SPORTS & more. Big
view/live video feed from their drones that prize money is also part of this sport
travel over 120 km/h. A typical race consists and top competing pilots are making
out of heats with 4 pilots racing head to over 100k a year with prize money
head on a 3 dimensional race track with alone on leagues such as DRL. One
gates, flags, dive gates, and more. Because of the founders of “FPV (First Person
drones are so maneuverable watching View ) Aruba”, Aruban son of the soil
them race is a real show with high speed “Vince Irie”, is a professional racer
finishes, crashes and collisions. and has travelled to over 15 countries
last year to compete solo and as a
team, in amazing events such as DR1
(Eurosport), DCL and Tech drone
league Race Turkey. He won gold in
more than 10 races in 2018, silver and
bronze in many and is well-known in
the drone racing world.
Vince Irie and FPV Aruba, the
organizers of the 3rd event, which
will take place this Saturday the 26th
at the re-opened Aruba Vacation
Park (ex Aruba Water Park) in Sta.
Cruz, want to make this experience
an even bigger one with huge
audiences following the action on
our 4-way split screens and at the
race track listening to commentators
while drones roar through the air.
The event will start at 9 o’clock in
the morning and will be filmed and
posted on YouTube channels and
transmitted by our local TV-station.
The culmination point is reached at
about 3 in the afternoon during the
finals.
A typical race with practice rounds,
qualifiers, double eliminations and
finals usually engages one complete
day, depending on the number of
competing pilots. FPV Aruba will be
hosting pilots from Aruba, Curaçao,
Trinidad & the Netherlands, which
guarantee a full action-packed day
of racing.
FPV Aruba offers an impressive
prize pool for the competing pilots,
rendering the event an alluring status.
After the event everyone is invited to
meet the pilots, take a dive in the
pool, check out the restaurant while
listening to some live music. q
