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2024 FAI WDRC e-Drone Racing World Cup

The racing track for the fourth event was the track designed for the 2024 World Drone Racing Championship (WDRC) held in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China from 30th October to 3rd November, 2024.

The length of the racing track was about 650 m with 3 laps to complete.

Access to detailed information for the 2024 WDRC track

The drone to fly was the Standard model with its default settings implemented in the simulator.

Registration: Saturday September 28 toTuesday October 29  - Qualification: Saturday 5 October to Tuesday 29 October - Competition: Saturday November 9 and Sunday November 10

COMPETITION - First ROUND - Saturday NOVEMBER 9 FROM 2:00 PM UTC +01:00

The 60 pilots placed in the qualification stage participated to the first round of the competition.

The first round included 8 races with 7 to 8 pilots per race. The 4 best placed pilots in each race had been qualified for the second part of the competition (32 pilots concerned in total), the other pilots being eliminated.

COMPETITION - SECOND PART - SUNday NOVEMBER 10 FROM 2:00 PM UTC +01:00

The second part of the competition concerned the 32 pilots qualified from the first round. All races were planned with 4 pilots per race. So, this part included 1/8th finals, quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals (16 races in total). The 2 best placed pilots had been qualified for the next round, the other pilots being eliminated.

This part had been livestreamed with an English language commentator with possibility to access in real time on the FAI YouTube channel, EreaDrone YouTube and Twitch channels.