What Would it Take for a New Drone Sport?

same of what it takes to get a game of kick ball going,... other people with similar interests...

Most sports start with a single low tech device like a ball.

For this you need people with a similar interest.. and bank account.

Drone racing sounds great.. plus lasers!? better..

Add voice control and I'm out!

Alexa! Fire! Alexa! bob and weave!

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on topic.

Set up a facility (old grocery store.. or better .. a $huttered mall) in suburbia where everything can be rented..(and sold at the pro shop) use collision avoidance and see what happens to the investment.

It's going to require some

Quidditch.

That too!

OH, I like that!

Pretty cool but it needs a lot of air space. A drone could hover behind a corner in wait for a target. Laser tag reduces the chance of making a mess. Firing button required on the controller.

This is a little more complicated than a "ball" game. It requires a starting point and a finishing point, and perhaps some rules. Nets can be hung to protect areas off limits to drones. Drone collisions are likely but most are made with easily replacible parts.

Camera signals would be fed from various if not all players so a replay is possible but it would require a TV control board like that of a television studio. So, I don't think this would be easy, but it would be a lot more exciting than golf.

That's interesting.

Interesting? That's like saying Sophia Loren has pleasant features.

That - plane - is - awesome!

The main gun is a little underpowered for my taste, but it's a toy.

Personal finances, and FAA flying regulations permitting, you could certainly have one-on-one, air-to-air, drone-combat, lazer-dueling...

I'm not going to name, names,... but, there are people where it's never enough... they'll push beyond the limits.... and before you know... it puts someone's eye out.

Well, putting someone's lights out is another way of saying it less bluntly?

Of course, this is why we have to have "Fuhrer bunkers", and the whole show, don't ya know?

Do the military soldiers who conduct military training exercises, while under fire from (lazer-rifles), not wear adequate eye protection?...

The drones could be programmed to display increasing 'damage' in the form of sputtering, reduced performance, fire lights and maybe puffs of 'smoke' from a vape device.

Of course, there could be the HEAT round paint balls too!

Where do I sign up?

Next level disruptive game changing paradigm shift stuff.

Is there a digital bugle, flag, or Christmas tree?

Ribbon cutting is already the preferred means of combat in the FPV world for both planes and copters. Everyone chases everyone else to cut each others ribbons short. Whoever lands with the longest ribbon wins and after reviewing the video, whoever cut the most off their opponents wins.

Sort of like flag football meets fighting kites meets RC.

Great idea! Ribbons are thin paper? Or could a laser ignite a chemically treated piece of paper ribbon? Fly your drone through a nitrogen filled tube shaped chamber to extinguish the flame...

Yeah, crepe paper ribbons. Props rip right through 'em.

I'm thinking that the ultimate thrill would be first person video (FPV) combined with a helmet which picks up brain waves (mind control) to control the drone. I want one!

While I like the idea.. I'm curious as to what level of performance will be obtainable.

How would distractions play out?

"Team ZEN has been on a winning streak ever since putting their wallets in their front pockets."

That's cool! And it runs on Ubuntu!