Racing cars drifting at speeds of more than 300 km/h while we are immersed in the smoke of their tires burning on the tarmac. The most impressive part of it all is that we are there, just inches away from the action where the cars compete to be the best at drifting.
The above might seem like a synopsis of the next “Forza” game, but it’s actually a video that is fascinating everyone right now, where photographer and drone pilot Johnny Schaer, better known as Johnny FPV, who tells us, shows off his skills on fly a racing drone and film a Formula Drift competition with a GoPro HERO7.
We can almost feel the smoke on our faces.
Drone recording of sporting events is nothing new, but in this case we are looking at a custom racing drone operated by a real racing drone pilot, where one of the most spectacular competitions is also recorded. , which is Formula Drift, or simply Formula D.
As you might imagine, the result is amazing because Schaer has the ability to not only capture aerial footage, but get right into the action of two cars competing to see who can drift better. It puts us just inches away from vehicles, even brings us closer to the windows and lets us pass through the impressive screens of smoke and dirt that are created.
As we can see, at the end of the video, Schaer tells us a little bit about the equipment he uses to capture this type of footage, and even lists the components in the video description for those interested in building this type of drone.
The advantage of using this type of drone when recording competitions of this style is that the perception of speed is not lost like when it’s done for broadcast TV, where even though the footage is varied, what was achieved in this video with this equipment is impressive. In fact, the TV networks could take note of their upcoming coverage.
On the other hand, and as we mentioned earlier, Schaer used a new GoPro camera, the HERO7, for this video, so the company’s YouTube channel took the video and edited it into their format to include it among their highlights, giving it more reach and now being explored by many both racing drones and Formula D.