DDC Chicago Quad

02/10/2020

Ok my FPV friends and fam. I'm starting a micro drone/ whoop race league! I love micros/whoops. I feel they are more accessible to everyone, I feel the learning curve is a ton smaller (no pun intended lol) which will grow the community at a better rate. They are cheaper which makes it more appealing to new pilots, and we can fly them indoors so mother nature can stick it! Now I have no problem securing the dopest of locations for these race series'. We've also started grabbing locations in other states to broaden how the series can be played out (shout out to DDC Denver) Wouldnt you like to be in a league where the winners dont have to spend their money on travel simply because you won. I gotchu. Dont you want to be in a League where EVERY week you win cold hard cash to do whatever you want with. I gotchu. I've got the layout, I've got the locations, hell I even have the news blowing us up on the reg for the story of this movement. I've got a s**t load of sponsors near the hook but we gotta show'em this is something more than what it is right now cause they see DRL and DCL and MultiGP and they are like "we want in! keep sending us your content and milestones and when it's right, we'll be on board." This is where I'd like the community's help. If you like the layout of the League below, donate $5 to help get it started at the bottom of this message. I believe in this so I already gave my 5 on it (big ups to the Luniz) aswell as one other pilot and if you dont want to donate, Hakunamatata my friends! I'm still going to make this happen, itll just take longer.



2hrs of qualifiers are ran to separate the pilots into 2 different Circuit Classes. the "Pro Circuit" and "Freshman Circuit"

*Pro Circuit (Mobula 6's ONLY)-

Prizes

***Fastest 3 Consecutive Laps:

$200 DDC Chicago Quad Swag, Drone Parts/Accessories (your choice of one out of what's available) "3" two hour Gameworks cards.

***Second Fastest 3 Consecutive Laps:

$150 Cash, Drone Parts/Accessories (your choice of one out of what's available) "3" one hour Gameworks cards.

***Third Fastest 3 Consecutive Laps:

$100 Cash and Drone Parts/Accessories (your choice of one out of what's available)

*Freshman Circuit - Prizes

$100 Cash and Drone Parts/Accessories (your choice of one out of what's available)

$75 Cash and Free Entry Next Race Night

$50 Cash and Free Entry Next Race Night

Nahshon Davenport Indoor Micro Drone Park and Race League Towards the end of 2018, a buddy of mine returned from his trip to Amsterdam raving about the drone

01/30/2020

"THANK WHOOP IT'S FRIDAY"
DDC CHICAGO QUAD
Schaumburg

Prizes!

$150 Fastest Lap

$100 Second Fastest Lap

$50 Third Fastest Lap

Giveaways:

DDC HATS , DDC T-SHIRTS, WHOOP PARTS and ACCESSORIES!!

RULES:

*DUCKED QUADS ONLY (I'm now aware it's spelled "duct" but now I find it to funny to change lol) no weight limit. If you think your Cinawhoop can hang, you can try... but don’t expect to smash any records.

*25mw ONLY. We will be using Raceband 1 3 6 8

*No laps ran after 1am

***What to expect at GameWorks Schaumburg on race night***

1- The Fun Starts 5pm. Arrive later if you want or work late👍. GameWorks itself closes at 2am. Fly your little hearts out for 2 minutes to try and put in your fastest lap. After the timer rings at 2 minutes, finish your last lap landing at the Landing Pad. Lap timed races will go till 10pm. We will be running four person 3 minute rips that are not lap timed after which, until 1am.

2- Pilots flying pay 20 and you will get a Pilot's Tag, fill out your name and Pilot's name.

3- Go to the tech table to get your channel assigned by Cloudy McCloud Face.

4- Put on your gear and take your quads to the pit tables to get your stuff on channel between races. You will be let known when it’s ok to plug in to change channel. (Only pilots at the pit table will be allowed to plug in between races. To prevent crashes, absolutely no plugging-in in the pilots waiting areas.)

5- Your Pilot Tag is your place holder in the race lineup. You will move through the roster from “staging” to being “on-deck” then “on the flight line”. Your Tag will be announced when you’re “on-deck” in the next heat giving you roughly 2 minutes to have yourself and your whoop at the start gate to race.

6- Meet all 4 pilots in your heat at the starting gate to race as soon as the last pilots from the previous heat land at the Landing Pad. You will be told when your group is to plug in. If no one is at the pit table this will be very quickly following the previous race. All 4 pilots in your heat plug in together and go sit in the flight line (area location soon to be decided) to race.

7- We're here to have fun so fyi bring a lot of packs. If you crash during a race and need help, call for a marshal to flip you over, it helps if you know where you are to get a marshal there faster.

8- Your fastest laps are tracked in the timing system and on your pilot tag in the race roster.

9- Have fun, be kind, help your fellow pilots AND enjoy the night of racing.

-DDC Chicago Quad

01/28/2020

Making Real News Now!! Shout Out to The Daily Herald on the Interview!!

DDC Chicago Quad will hold drone races from 5-10 p.m. Thursdays at Drink Nightclub, 871 E. Algonquin Road in Schaumburg.

01/27/2020

Breaking News...

01/25/2020

Big Ups to Maseo, Dirt and TK for showing DDC Chicago Quad Love!!

01/22/2020

...... you might want to stay tuned for this one!!

01/18/2020

Watch "Drone vs Tornado the best drone video in history of a tornado, close range 4k Sulphur, Ok ORIGINAL" on YouTube

One of the best drone and tornado videos ever captured. First ever close range tornado video shot from drone. Shot by Brandon Clement as the drone gets withi...

01/17/2020

FPV The Planet

01/17/2020

And FPV Thursdays Fastest Lap of the Night Winners Are.......(sorry if I butcher this! I started drinking soon as everyone cleared out and I finished cleaning up lmao!!)

Fastest Lap - JROD : 20.1 sec. $200.00

2nd Fastest - PraseFPV : 22.4 sec. $200.00

3rd fastest - Fazed FPV : 23.01 $100.00

4rd Fastest - Jared Goodall : 23.3 sec. $100.00

Just want to say thank you to everyone who came out and everyone who participated in the races and CHICAGOLAND FPV's very own Josh Bishop and Dave Goddard for moderating, Scott Richard's for being the course Marshal, DJ Kenny Green, Paul aka COOT!!, Chris Weber, and Mr. Josh Hardee for the Photography Skillz Documenting the nights events (Josh Hardee that Photography equipment is insane!! Mad Props and I ain't talkin pi**ed of propellers) , My Beautiful Wife Natalia, Tristan, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard's for lending a hand (happiest of birthdays to you Mrs. Richards) JROD for not only crushing the fastest lap but helping out Moderating the race, AV class styling up the TV's and setting up your gates upstairs on the course( dope gates by the way), Good Venture Drones, for the swag giveaways Big Ups to Francis aka Kiko!! Our Parent Chapter DENVER DRONE CO. for the free "WHOOP THE MOUNTAINS" EVENT TICKETS going on over in Denver, Colorado to prize out to the top 20 headz, Heli-Nation and Mr. Michael Olivier for the Social Media Live Stream
Flavor in your ear!! and Mitch And the Drink Nightclub Family without them none of this would have been possible. And to anyone I missed.... just cause I'm drunk right now dont mean I ain't got love for you, cause I do!!

Till We Meet Again Yall! Stay Black My Ninjas!!

01/16/2020

FPV Thursday night race rules and regulations

Prizes
1st - $200
2nd - $200
3rd - $100
4th - $100

RULES:

DUCKED QUADS ONLY, no weight limit. If you think your Cinawhoop can hang, you can try... but don’t expect to smash any records.

25mw ONLY. We will be using Raceband 1 3 6 8

Winning laps must be DVR reviewed by a marshal.

No laps ran after 10pm will count toward cash prizes.

What to expect as a pilot at Drink on race night

1- Arrive before 5pm. Arrive later if you don’t need practice or work late.

2- Pay $10 and get your Pilot Tag with your pilot name on it.

3- Go to the tech table to get your channel assigned by Dave or Josh B

4- Put on your gear and take your quads to the pit table to get your stuff on channel between races. We will tell you when it’s ok to plug in to change channel. (Only pilots at the pit table will be allowed to plug in between races. To prevent crashes, absolutely no plugging-in in the pilots waiting areas.)

5- Your Pilot Tag is your place holder in the race lineup. You will know when you’re racing by your tag moving up through the roster from “staging” to being “on-deck” then “on the flight line”. Your Tag will be announced when you’re “on-deck” in the next heat giving you roughly 2 minuets to have yourself and your whoop at the start gate to race.

6- Meet all 4 pilots in your heat at the starting gate to race as soon as the last pilots from the previous heat land at the Landing Pad. You will be told when your group is to plug in. If no one is at the pit table this will be very quickly following the previous race. All 4 pilots in your heat plug in together and go sit in the flight line in front of the bar to race.

7- Fly your little hearts out for 2 minuets to try and put in the fastest lap. The timer rings at 2 minutes and you finish your last lap landing at the Landing Pad below the stairs. If you crash during a race and need help, call for a marshal to flip you over, it helps if you know where you are to get a marshal there faster.

8- If you want your fastest lap to be counted for that race you must provide DVR immediately following that race to get your lap verified.(I don’t want to dig through a bunch of videos because you walked around for an hour with your goggles on recording everything) We will have a marshal station for you to pop out your DVR chip and export your race to a laptop at the flight line for your lap to be verified. This is only necessary when you break your record as only your fastest lap will be counted.
If you don’t have a DVR tell your race organizers and we will record for you.
It’s a long and technical course, pro pilots get below 30sec laps while the rest of us are lucky to get two laps in total.

9- Your fastest laps are tracked in the timing system and on your pilot tag in the race roster. If your tag has a lap time that hasn’t be verified by DVR your next fastest lap that you have verified will count as your fastest. So get us that footy!

10- Have fun, be kind, help your fellow pilots AND enjoy the night of racing.

01/15/2020

Some Mo Deets!!