DocumentCode
3611303
Title
Is u.s. drone racing legal? Maaaaybe
Author
Schneider, David
Volume
52
Issue
11
fYear
2015
fDate
7/7/1905 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
20
Abstract
Star Wars fans will remember the pod-racing scene from Episode I: The Phantom Menace, where the young Anakin Skywalker speeds through the landscape in a levitating scooter. A similar adrenaline rush is available through the new sport of drone racing, which typically involves quadcopters zooming around a course low to the ground. The quadcopters are piloted by people wearing video goggles or some other means of obtaining a first-person view, a form of radio-control flight that goes, naturally enough, by the acronym FPV.
Keywords
aircraft control; autonomous aerial vehicles; US drone; adrenaline rush; first-person view; levitating scooter; quadcopters; radio-control flight; video goggles;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Spectrum, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9235
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MSPEC.2015.7335890
Filename
7335890
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