fpvracing

Yep, and there's a list of upcoming events at http://fpvracing.tv/events

Hey, we're on HN! Anyone wanting to get involved in FPV racing can check out this guide: http://fpvracing.tv/guides/beginners

Where did I argue against restrictions? I would wholeheartedly welcome restrictions, as long as they are not draconian. But just so you know, there are already restrictions (in most countries) about where and how you can fly a quadcopter. People like this just choose to ignore them.

As someone who has been working with "drones" for the past few years, I am sick to death of these people who do idiotic things like fly over a crowd of people.

It's frustrating that when something like this happens, people tend to blame the drone, not the pilot. When someone gets drunk and crashes their car, nobody blames the car.

I hope they find this guy and make an example of him.

I don't mean to shit on your idea, and I do find it interesting. :-) I'm curious how a household might benefit from having its own server farm. I guess decentralization could be one benefit. Can you think of others?

Sorry, I don't get it. Why use mobile phones when you can just use servers that don't have redundant features such as screens, cameras and sensors?

Are you suggesting that the economy of scale has reached a point where the smartphone would be more cost-effective even with those features?

I haven't seen any completely autonomous quads racing. Can you give me a link?

You mean you fly up to 16 pilots in a race? What's your set-up? The most I've seen so far is 6.

Looks like a cool app and you've got some great reviews.

I would not add advertisements as you will risk damaging the good relationship you currently have with your users. Try adding a donation button and just see whether it brings in enough money. Adding support for other social networks also seems like a good idea, but a lot more work.

I'm actually in the process of developing my first Android app for our community at https://fpvracing.tv. Any tips / tutorials you would recommend?

FPV racing is a new sport that combines high-tech quadcopters (aka drones) with high-speed racing. Check out our rapidly growing community at https://fpvracing.tv

We're looking to hire an experienced rails and mobile app dev. Email admin@fpvracing.tv

Based in Brisbane but remote candidates and interns welcome to apply.

RUM is definitely a big value prop. I like keeping an eye on how quickly our site loads in different countries and on various devices.

For analytics we use Clicky and it's decent. There's a 3rd party Chrome extension which is useful for seeing, at a glance, how many people are on our site.

Another big value prop is integrations with services like Slack.

We use Pingdom and it's awesome. The dashboard is really nice and the service is very reliable. My sole complaint is that their starter plan only includes Real User Monitoring for one website. Have to jump up to the $46 / month plan for more RUM sites.

What are some good resources for learning about WebRTC? I'd like to figure out how we could use it to stream video from a quadcopter to our website and/or a mobile app.

Thanks! Sign up if you like. We'll be adding more content for beginner pilots and spectators very shortly.

This is very useful feedback. Much appreciated!

Not to my knowledge. Flight controllers will undoubtedly get to the point where a completely autonomous quadcopter can beat any human pilot, even through an unfamiliar course. At that point we'll need to impose regulations on the level of autonomy that people can use in races. I've got no idea when we'll reach that point though.

> I don't see what your site has to do with sexy female models, so I would be concerned how you expect that kind of advertising to result in "conversions"

Then I think you might have missed the context of this discussion. The parent comments were talking about the fact that sex sells. Motor racing, especially, has a long tradition of employing sexy female models in marketing. Do a Google search of "Formula One promo girls" to see what I'm talking about. And several of our users have suggested putting "babes" on the site.

Having said that, I'm not comfortable with it. Which is why it's a dilemma.

Here's my dilemma: My startup (https://fpvracing.tv) users are literally 98% male so it would seem obvious to target this demographic with images of sexy female models, but I'm concerned about the ethics of doing so. I don't want to perpetuate the gender disparity.

For anyone interested in getting into FPV racing, we have a rapidly growing community at http://www.reddit.com/r/fpvracing

Depends on the power and frequency of the video transmitter and the type of antennas you're using, but typically somewhere between several hundred metres and a few kilometres.

Anyone into this kind of thing may like to check out FPV racing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8510680

Not quite as fast, but just as much fun!