Anatomy of a Racing Quadcopter

Written by Patrick Sherman Advanced Flight Technologies Column As seen in the March 2017 issue of Model Aviation. The most pernicious mistakes that we make flow from the things that we know best. This fundamental truth was brought home to me after my article about the US National Drone Racing Championship appeared in the December 2016 issue of Model Aviation. Shortly after it began arriving in mailboxes, I received an email from a longtime AMA member whom I’ll refer to as Ron—because that’s his name. Ron wanted to congratulate me on a remarkable “first…