Is First Person View or FPV drone racing actually interesting to watch? What happens at these FPV drone races, is it fun, who goes to them, and more in today's Drone Party Podcast.

I was invited to attend the largest in-person FPV drone race in the world (to date). It was held by The Drone Racing League at LoanDepot in Miami, Florida.

📝 Read this as a blog post: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1594

📖Read the KEY TAKEAWAYS and find the content referenced in this episode in the full blog post!

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💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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Connect with Mari!

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💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 Intro 

1:17 What are FPV drones 

2:49 How the FPV races work 

4:45 Seeing a ton of FPV crashes 

7:30 Who was racing 

8:38 Who was attending 

12:28 Where it was held 

15:22 Pro baseball player flies FPV 

18:52 What vendors were there 

20:00 The drone light show that never happened 

23:49 Would I recommend going to FPV races

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They’ve had 99 drone problems and (literally) swimming through a river in which every restaurant toilet empties out into was one of them.  These are some of the craziest drone stories I’ve heard. From drone crashes, to getting spare parts sent to remote islands (accidentally delivered the day after they’ve left), drones getting stolen, or controllers running out of batteries, literally NOTHING is stopping this content creating power couple Danni and Fede  @scratchyourmapa  from flying their drone.

📖Read the KEY TAKEAWAYS and find the content referenced in this episode in the full blog post!

https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1440

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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https://scratchyourmapa.com/

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 A literally shitty drone story

0:27 Intro

3:52 First drone in 2019 in Brazil

9:25 Drone accident number one

16:20 Systems for backing up drone footage

20:27 Broken controllers

24:08 Drone crash on the side of a cliff

32:36 What they wish they knew when they started

36:35 Drone controller runs out of battery

40:18 Why they won’t stop

#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot

Dennard Jackson lost interest in drones after he flew a cheap toy drone back in 2016, but later realized that “real drones” are totally different. Inspired by the point of view a drone is capable of capturing, Dennard of Destination Unknown Travels got the Mavic Air 1.

His first flight was also his first crash while he was traveling in Ireland, but it wasn’t his scariest flight. His crash in the woods required sending his drone to get fixed.

Fast forward, he now flies the Mavic Mini 1 and I’ve had the opportunity to fly with him in Sarasota Florida and the Bahamas.

📖Read the KEY TAKEAWAYS and find the content referenced in this episode in the full blog post! 

https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1013

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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🥳 Connect with Dennard: 

https://www.instagram.com/destination_unknown_dj/  

https://www.youtube.com/destinationunknowntravelvlog

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 Operating a drone and drone laws

4:53 Intro

6:52 Flying the DJI FPV

10:00 First drone was a cheap drone

14:05 First flight with the Mavic Air 1 in Ireland

18:20 Next drone was the Mavic Mini 1

19:34 Scariest flight

23:16 Best flight

24:22 Comfort level with flying drones

28:30 Location scouting and planning your flights

33:37 Drone names and special backpack

There is no easier way to get an establishing shot than using a drone. Meet Jacob Sigala, a photographer, filmmaker and creative director. His first drone was the Mavic 1 Pro in 2016 and his first flight happened while he was traveling in Iceland.

Amazing right?

Not really if you’re trying to figure out how to operate the drone AND you’ve got windy conditions. He was not prepared, his drone did NOT fly the way he expected it to, but I applaud him because he did it anyway (and kept trying!!) even in windy and challenging situations.

Deciding to fly the drone is half the battle.

📖Read more about this episode including the KEY TAKEAWAYS and content referenced in this episode:

https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=1008

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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🥳 Connect with Jacob Sigala:

https://www.instagram.com/jacobsmedium/

https://www.instagram.com/maediomedia/

http://maedio.co/

https://www.jacobsmedium.com/

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 Using a drone as an establishing shot

6:40 Intro

8:10 First drone was Mavic 1 Pro

9:12 First flight was the scariest flight in Iceland

12:58 How his Mavic 1 Pro died

15:37 Best flight in Scotland

18:33 Drone footage settings and filters

22:20 Editing drone footage

25:20 It’s not easy to navigate where you are allowed to fly

28:28 How I figure out how to fly in other countries

29:50 People get weird around drones

33:34 Flying in Mexico

35:37 Evaluating whether it’s worth flying at that moment

40:25 SEND THE DRONE HIGH as soon as you launch

#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot

Meet Curious Pavel! A videographer from Bulgaria who makes super fun videos about travel. His wife told him NOT to buy a drone. He bought the Mavic Air 2 anyway only to realize she bought him the Mavic Mini 1 as a gift.   

📖Read more about this episode (including key learnings and my fave content from Pavel!): https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=994 

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty 

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

🙋🏻‍♀️ Let’s CONNECT!

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🥳 Connect with Curious Pavel:

https://curiouspavel.com/

https://www.instagram.com/curiouspavel

https://www.tiktok.com/@curiouspavel?lang=en

https://twitter.com/curiouspavel

https://www.youtube.com/curiouspavel

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 Drone propellor tip

2:04 Intro

4:16 Why the Spanish authorities took his drone

12:47 First drone flight

17:00 Best flight above the clouds in Madeira, Portugal

22:05 Tips for flying in wind

24:16 Tips for flying using maps

29:50 Flying from a boat

35:17 Use a PRO Micro SD card

38:09 Drone joke

#dronepodcast #drones #dronepilot

Meet Candice a professional photographer who’s been flying “Dirty Bird” (her Mavic Air 2) for the last year and a half.

She lives in a van (she’s built herself), is an adventure tour guide and a general badass (who’s been on my Everyday Badassery podcast)

https://whereintheworldiscl.com/she-left-her-doctorate-to-drive-buses-in-alaska/

Her drone not only sliced her hand, but her face while she was in the middle of a lake in a floating (drink) cooler. Let's just say it's one heck of a story with a lot of learnings that came from it.

📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=958

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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🥳 Connect with Candice:

https://chasingcandice.com/

https://www.instagram.com/chasing.candice/

https://www.facebook.com/ChasingCandice/

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

He’s been flying drones since the original DJI Spark was out in 2015 and had a friend who had been flying drones and showed him the ropes. Since then he’s brought his drones around the world.  

We keep it VERY real in this episode and talk about the scary flights we’ve had. From flying with critically low battery, to signal lost to birds.   

Or that time his drone hit the window on the way back and as he ran downstairs to get it a van runs over it.. while he’s watching…

📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=881

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🥳 Connect with Ebis:

https://ebishernandez.com/ 

https://ebishernandez.com 

https://www.youtube.com/ebishernandez

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST 

Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.  

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

It takes just one bad crash in the wrong situation with the wrong people around to make you lose your confidence flying drones.

She may have put her Mavic 1 Pro drone on the shelf for a few years, but later she came back to the joy of flying a drone with her Mavic Mini 3 Pro.

Meet Rebecca, a photographer and blogger capturing the great outdoors and her solo travel adventures. I had an opportunity to fly drones with her when she took my drone workshop at TravelCon in Memphis and we realized: there were some key safety tips and flying skills that gave her a TON of confidence to start flying drones again.

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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Website https://roamfreerebecca.com/

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RoamFreeRebecca/

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Tik Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@roamfreerebecca

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 Avoid crashing by knowing the highest height around you

1:25 Intro

2:21 Rebecca

2:43 Mavic Pro 1 to Mavic Mini 3 Pro

5:24 Why having a larger drone is sometimes important

8:30 Losing confidence in flying

11:18 Best flights

14:30 Mini 3 Pro with DJI RC

16:24 Confidence in flying

17:40 Flying close to or through things

20:55 Self portraits

23:50 First drone flight

27:20 Drone party round

29:18 Size of Mavic Mini vs. Mavic Pro drones

30:43 Drone content for social media

Meet Carlo Vinci of CV Drone Productions! A drone enthusiast turning his passion into a business. He started with the Mavic 1 Pro and (many) drones later, now loves flying FPV drones.

📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=886

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/

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🥳 Connect with Carlo:

https://www.instagram.com/carlo_vnc91/

https://www.facebook.com/cvdroneproductions

https://www.instagram.com/cv_drone_productions/

https://www.cvdroneproductions.com/

Key Learnings

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast

💥 In this episode:

0:00 Drone maneuvers

4:57 Carlo introduction

8:33 BIGGEST mistake hand launch and hand catching drones

10:57 First flight with Mavic 1 Pro

15:48 From Mavic 1 Pro to Mavic Air 1

18:11 My first manual FPV flight failure

20:25 Carlo’s journey with FPV

25:51 Flying an FPV vs. regular drones

27:50 Tips for getting into FPV

31:05 Scary FPV flights

34:07 Etiquette when flying FPV drones

36:42 Most beautiful things captured on drone

39:50 Carlo’s next FPV drones

Tori started flying the Mavic Mini 2 in 2021 and she traveled with it to Costa Rica where she had her first flight. For her, being able to explore and see the world from a new perspective is why she loves flying drones.  

📖Read more about this episode: https://whereintheworldiscl.com/?p=862  

🔊Listen to this episode: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/G1NMOKPg1tb  

🎥 See the entire VIDEO playlist: https://bit.ly/TheDroneParty

💥Learn to fly drones with me: https://christinelozada.teachable.com/   

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🥳 Connect with Tori: 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyfjsIWg9x5FnOyZsw20xxg  

https://www.instagram.com/toritravels22/ 

See her house: https://www.itrip.net/st-augustine-vacation-rental/bayside-bohemia   

💥 ABOUT THE PODCAST


Drones are FUN and everyone is invited to join The Drone Party! A weekly video show by Christine Lozada interviewing drone pilots about HELPFUL drone tips and their BEST and WORST drone flights.  

Learn more: https://www.christinelozada.com/the-drone-party-podcast   

💥 In this episode: 

0:00 Confidence in flying 

3:04 Intro 

4:01 Tori intro 

7:20 First flight in Costa Rica 

11:00 Flying alone vs. in public and around people 

17:00 Etiquette when flying 

24:40 First drone crash cliffs and wind 

30:19 Realizing she needed a bigger drone than a mini 

34:40 Creative challenge 

37:05 Wanting the Mini 3 Pro 

40:09 Drone Party round