Customized Drones Give Pilots an "Out of Body" Racing Experience

Ask Tyler "RaceDayQuads" Brennan what first-person-view drone racing feels like, and his eyes light up. "This is like the first week of having a brand new video game--except it lasts forever," says the 22-year-old drone pilot from Colorado. He says he's hooked, addicted. "There's nothing else like it," says Ken "Flying Bear" Loo, another avid drone racer. At the 2016 U.S. National Drone Racing Championships on Governor's Island in New York City early this month, drone pilots gathered to test their racing chops.