The official BDRA events list has been updated with the some new events for the Northern region. You will always be able to find the most upto date listing over on our events section https://bdra.uk/calendar/ And of course registration information for each event will be posted over on ifpv.co.uk who more often than not also deal with the actual registration process (and BDRA entry fee discount) on behalf of the event organisers.

We at the BDRA are currently working out the best way to notify our members of when these event sign ups go live to give you the best chance of competing at an official ‘British Championship’ qualifyer!

The first official race of the season happened on Sunday at Drone Base in the South East region! Congratulations to Alfie Mitchell on overall 1st place, Gary Kent on 2nd and Daniel Peters on 3rd place.

This race was both a regional and a national ‘British Championship Qualifying Event’ so points earned as a member of the BDRA will go to both leaderboards. These are the points awarded and the points system is based on your QUALIFYING position, if you are greyed out you were not a member of the BDRA at the time of the event.

A big shout out to Chris Knight for a great start to the season as TQ so currently number 1 UK pilot for 2019.

Another official announcement and another date for your diary! Weston Park 14th 15th and 16th June 2019. This is for sure the pilots favorite event of the year. Make sure you ‘like’ this page so you don’t miss out on registration details

Also if you are a member of the BDRA you can enjoy discounted entry to Weston Park and all the other British Championship qualifying events hosted by some amazing race organizers all over the UK 👊👊

If you haven’t signed up already what are you waiting for? Head over to https://bdra.uk/join/ and get registered! Membership also entitles you to 15% discount off the annual www.rotorrush.com simuator subscription and 10% off purchases fromwww.menacerc.co.uk 🔥🔥


*Photo by Alfie Mitchell

After lots of hard work by the committee we are pleased to officially announce that we will be hosting a FAI F9U World Cup in conjunction with the BMFA at their Nationals event on the 24th-25th August 2019 in Barkston Heath, Grantham. This is a great opportunity for drone racing pilots to qualify for the FAI World Championship that is being hosted in China at the end of the year. One of, if not the biggest event on the UK drone racing calendar for 2019 so be sure to keep on eye on registration details which will be announced on here and on our facebook page.

The committee would like to wish you all a ‘Happy New Year’, and we look forward to making the 2019 race season the best the UK has ever seen. You can sign up or renew your BDRA membership here.

The migration over to the new site was a slow process but is finally complete, you can find all the committee’s new email address’ on the committee page.

You may have seen a post that the association has purchased an ImmersionRC LapRF system for clubs to borrow. The committee hopes this will improve the standard of races in the UK for clubs that don’t have a LapRF, and those clubs already using LapRF can borrow the timer to add in split timings for their events if they wish to.

As part of our ongoing efforts to promote drone racing in the UK, Lee Robinson (BDRA Treasurer) wrote an article for DroneUser Magazine. Online copies of the magazine can be found at droneuser.co.uk and a printed version will be available in all good newsagents from Feb 7^th 2019.

The recent applications for both ‘National’ and ‘Regional Qualifying Events’ have been reviewed and approved, so check out the calendar to see all the events being put on for you in 2019. We have never had so many events planned this far in advance.

Plans are starting to be made for the 2019 British Championship, with a date near the end of September currently penciled in. This means we will need to cut off qualifying near the end of August to give us time to form the pilot list and send out invites. This date may change if we can find a suitable indoor location to hold the Championship. If anyone has any suggestions, then please let a member of the committee know.

Again, we hope you all have a happy new year, and look forward to seeing you at an event soon.

BDRA Members, your Menace RC discount code has been emailed to you, as we have changed website address and email addresses there is a good chance this email has been directed to your junk/spam folder so please check and add the email address as a trusted sender.

Menace RC have awarded BDRA members a 10% discount code for use when purchasing any products from the Menace website https://menacerc.co.uk/

If you are not already a BDRA member then you can sign up here

Not only will you be eligible for discounted entry to BDRA sanctioned ‘British Championship Qualifying Events’ at both National & Regional level but you will also be entitled to discounts and promotions with our partners. Once a member you will also be able to earn points on the official national and regional leaderboards which hopefully will earn you an invite to participate in the end of year championship race.

The BDRA ‘LapRF 8-Way’ has arrived! A good timing system is imperative to having a successful race. We have invested in this equipment purely to loan out to affiliated clubs who are hosting race events that have been sanctioned by us as a ‘British Championship’ qualifier, whether that be as a part of the new ‘Regional’ series or  a ‘Qualifying Event’ or ‘QE’. If you are a race organiser hosting a qualifier and want to borrow the LapRF then please just get in touch with Will Annison to arrange.

The BDRA values both its members and its supporters, without both we wouldn’t be able to put on events like Weston Park, the British Championship and the upcoming FAI F9U World Cup

We believe that the future of the BDRA is in providing benefits to our members at the same time as enhancing strategic partnerships with current supporters of drone racing in the UK.

One of the manufacturers/retailers that has been supporting the association for several years is Greg Spencer from Menace and we appreciate everything he has done for the association in the past and his sponsorship is truly valued.