MiniRollsRule

Today I'm in Japan and I'm off to meet some Tiny Whoopers who have a drone race organised to see if I can take part. Mai kindly sent me the location, and two short train rides—and a lot of faffing about in between—landed me in the Tokyo suburbs, wandering around in the rain. Try as I might, walking up and down the right bit of street, I could not find Studio316. I had to pop into a ramen shop and ask in there, and luckily an old boy out for dinner with his lady knew enough English to point me...

December 7th saw the TWUK League head to BTW Club for an intense night of indoor FPV racing. Twelve pilots tackled a tight, fully 3D track packed with elevation, technical turns, and nonstop action. With sub-20 second laps, dramatic finals, and league points on the line, this round delivered edge-of-your-seat Tiny Whoop racing from start to finish.

Final whoop night of 2025 and a nugget of Antihype wisdom came floating back to me. In a competition, you'll usually only get 6-10 qualifying runs at a track to get your fastest time. So there is no point grinding 100's of packs on a single course. To prepare for a real race, you need to be able to read, memorise, and fly great packs very quickly. It's a skill worth training to help boost your competition results. So going into 2026 I'm going to set a track at each whoop night, but then...