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15 Apr 2024

Weston Park 2024

The BDRA will be hosting a BQE at Weston Park Model Air Show 2024 on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th June. This year’s Weston Park is going to be bigger than ever. The BDRA

15 Apr 2024

2024 Ruleset Released

The new rules for the remainder of the 2024 season are out. The BDRA Committee would like to thank the “Ruleset Working Group” and LiveTime for their work putting this to

22 Jan 2024

BDRA Rules 23/24 Season

Our EGM will take place this Wednesday (24th January) at 8PM. The purpose of the EGM is to advise members of the changes to the rules following the consultations that hav

02 Jan 2024

BDRA Membership 2024

Happy New Year pilots! The 2024 membership is now available here: https://www.ifpv.co.uk/bdra You will need a current BDRA membership to join the EGM on Discord, 24th Jan

27 Dec 2023

BDRA Discord Server

The BDRA have launched a Discord Server! Along with our many other forms of communication, we will post updates, event dates and host future meetings on Discord. Once you

10 Dec 2023

December 2023 Newsletter

We trust that you are all well and if not out flying at the moment are perhaps enjoying some SIM time! This is a note to you about what the BDRA Committee, sub-groups and

05 May 2023

BDRA Bulletin 2023 #3 – Publishing of track layouts ahead of BQE Events

Yesterday (Thursday 4th May) the BDRA Committee were contacted by a number of members who were concerned that a track layout was being shared ahead of a British Qualifyin

18 Apr 2023

BDRA Bulletin 2023 #2 – British Championships Announcement

Public Announcement from the BDRA Committee The BDRA are pleased to announce that the 2023 Championships will be held on 16/17th September at BMFA Buckminster. The origin

08 Apr 2023

BDRA Bulletin 2023 #1 – Rules Update

With the first BQE event of 2023 taking place tomorrow with the Team over at Hull FPV Racing and Freestyle it seemed a prominent time to share the following pieces of inf

26 Mar 2023

F9U (Drone Racing) ‘Team GB’ Manager Announcement for 2023 Season

After a robust application process, it is with great delight that the BDRA Committee wish to announce that David Allen (pictured above in full race regalia) has accepted

31 Jan 2023

CALENDAR UPDATE: BDRA British Qualifying Events 2023

As per one of our earlier posts, we have been taking bookings from interested race organisers and clubs to run British Championship Qualifying Events for the 2023 race se

19 Jan 2023

Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)<br>Thursday 2nd February – 7:30pm

Ahead of the season starting, based on feedback received at the AGM in October and from the 2022 season as a whole, the Committee are proposing some adjustments to the BD

09 Jan 2023

Team Manager Position – 2023 F9U World Drone Racing Championship

Applications are invited to the post of Team Manager for the 2023 F9U World Drone Racing Championship, which will take place in Namwon, South Korea Oct 6–9 2023 – https:/

08 Jan 2023

2023 British Qualifying Event (BQE) Applications

The BDRA are now taking applications from race organisers to apply to host qualifying events for the 2023 season. Planned national-level, BDRA ran, events can be seen at

03 Jan 2023

Sign up for 2023 Membership – Now Open!

We are welcoming both new and existing members to join us for the upcoming 2023 season. Please do not leave it until the evening of your first event to sign-up – lots of

03 Oct 2022

BDRA British Championship 2022 Report

The BDRA British Championships took place at BMFA Buckminster on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd October. The Top 60 UK Pilots as ranked by qualifying events ran by either BD