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Liberty Multirotor Racing 2018 – Cluj Napoca

This unique competition has been attended by 26 multirotor pilots from Ireland, Germany and Hungary.

Liberty Multirotor Racing 2018 – Cluj Napoca
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26 August 2018, 19:59

City of Cluj Napoca hosted, on 25-26 August 2018, the second edition of Liberty Multirotor Racing, organized by the Romanian Aeromodelling Association (ARA), in partnership with Liberty Technology Park in Cluj.

Sports enthusiasts and those with a passion for drones have had the opportunity to witness a unique competition attended by 26 multirotor pilots from Ireland, Germany and Hungary.

Multirotor Racing is a new type of sport, with controlled airplanes, that race against each other on an open track. During the race, the multirotor can reach up to 160 km/h with an acceleration from 1 to 100 km/h in less than 1,5 seconds.

Having a racetrack of approximately 20.000 sqm, equipped with flags, gates and a tunnel, a visual and acoustic traffic light system, a chronometer system and big screens to see the images sent by the multirotors, Liberty Technology Park Cluj is the perfect host for this kind of competition, says RRA Correspondent in Cluj, Claudiu Pădurean.

“Liberty is a dynamic ecosystem where people and companies innovate and create together, and this event is exactly about this the joy of being connected with technology” said Nina Moldovan, CEO Liberty Technology Park Cluj.

“Pilots are flying their multirotors using two RC radio controlled joysticks and First Person View glasses, similar to the VR kits. Multirotors are equipped with video cameras that transmit the image in real time. Best pilots have a steady hand and quick reflexes. This year, the format of the competition has allowed the pilots to fly 4 at the same time during the qualifying period and 2 at the same time during the competition”, explained Babos Andras Sandor, honorary member of the Romanian Aeronautical Association.

From a technical point of view, a multirotor is a “quadcopter”, meaning a flight controller ruled air model. With a well set starting and finish line, the race track is three dimensional, and the planes have to fly upwards, downwards around and through different control points, obstacles, tunnels, and gates.

Source:RRA, ARA, Liberty Technology Park

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