FPV Car Chasing

While most drone filming of sports cars continues to be with gimbal stabilized rigs, FPV pilots have caught on.  FPV racing drones can fly much faster and thus keep up with sports cars even traveling at significant speed.  It's not for the faint of heart though; one false move and the drone can be destroyed and an expensive car dented.  Top contributor JohnnyFPV shows us how it's done with this epic FPV video from Miami, in which he chases a very expensive Italian sports car.

FPV drone pilots are beginning to get the attention of car companies and marketers, who see the power of using camera-mounted racing drones to film sports cars from the air.  The perspective is unique, much different from the one afforded by gimbal-stabilized drones such as the DJI models.  In this video, an advertising company teamed up with some top drone racing pilots to create  commercial for a car dealer by chasing a car through the streets of Minneapolis.

FPV drone pilot and contributor Yubeta.Blv FPV has broken much ground filming fast-moving off-road vehicles with an HD camera mounted to a racing quad.  This requires extraordinary piloting skill, in many ways more difficult than FPV chasing cars which are confined to roads and have more predictable motion patterns.  This video is a highlight reel of his best quadcopter-chasing-4x4 clips, each of which is epic in its own right.  

This adrenaline charged video shows the convergence of fast cars, a closed track, and a highly skilled FPV drone pilot, namely Australia-native Harley Queen FPV.  While she's captured much of the natural beauty down under, she also took note of the thrill of car drifting. Aside from riding shotgun, there's no better way to take in the rush of high speed, purposeful oversteering, and the loss of traction...the quadcopter wins! 

The chill backdrop of his home state of Colorado is usually the focus of FPV drone pilot FlyLife...except when he had a chance to chase a Lamborhghini Aventador at sunrise. This exotic supercar owns all roads and steals all scenes, but when those scenes are captured by a nimble, racing FPV quadcopter, the car chase hits new levels of excitement.  Looks like the morning 'golden hour' can be just as exciting...

Watch out for those cones! Don't worry, FPV pilot Mac FPV is right on track with this cinematic car chase footage that was taken at the golden hour.  As the race cars speed through obstacles on the road, Mac rolls and spins around the cars in the air.  Watch this flight as he does laps around these autos with ease.

Sometimes, first time is the charm. So is the case in this first-timer’s tracking fight by Phety_FPV. He got in his proximity flying during this round of the 2018 French Drift Championship. If you find it hard to believe that this was his first go, you might change your tune once you hear that Phety_FPV used to be the one behind the steering wheel. That unique skill must give him the advantage he needs when it comes to chasing such speedy machines.

The tight following shots in this FPV edit are so good! Tayla_gang_ gets after it in this cinematic freestyle ride along with friends, ripping past motocross riders and above trucks whipping donuts in the sand. It's a quick, one minute edit full of fun and inspiration. 

JohnnyFPV does it again! With promises of a good face-melting he kicks things off with some slow-mo action of his quad flying through that thick tire smoke.  Keeping his racing drone in close proximity to the speeding drift cars, he shows no fear and has his expert level flight skills on full display. Get right into the action in this wicked drone chase with JohnnyFPV.