I am super excited this is happening!

If we can plan an event a few months in advance, I'm sure we can all make adjustments and do something. If LHS get involved too(Sagnik is very active, which is awesome), it will be even bigger.

I'm sure there are plenty of large indoor warehouses in most cities. Most of these warehouses have very high ceilings so there will be plenty of room to fly. Of course, the floor will probably be concrete, so that sucks.

In Mumbai itself, there is one place called Richardson and Cruddas and another large warehouse that belongs to Piramal. I don't know how expensive it would be to rent it for a day, though.

We can also fly at a farmhouse if someone has one. Or some field in the outskirts of a city like the video at the start of this thread.

Looking forward to see what comes of this!

@Gulzaar, really nice suggestions regarding the warehouse. Just checked richardson, looks awesome for some indoor flying 
Farmhouse is also a very nice alternative or a stadium though not sure if that will be cheap.
We will soon form a small group of flyers from each state and hopefully each member will be able to locate some nice spots with costs/availability etc and then we can sit down and decide a location together.
Yup LHS participation can make a night and day difference when hosting such an event so hopefully looking at sp4mm3r, RChyper etc chiming in 

maybe you can get students studying in colleges to hold some sort of event? like on campus? they generally have a lot of space...

@aniket, yeah i do have this option in mind. Only if i didnt graduate last year would have definitely held it in my college itself  . Pretty awesome locations inside the campus (Delhi Technological University and since there is a popular UAV team there any major tech society would have gotten funds for it). Will still see what i can do but i think if someone here knows people in IIT Bombay, then it can be a huge event as well given iit Bombays fests are good and popular   and they have plenty of space in their campus. If anyone knows someone there who would be willing to host such an event do see if its feasible and update here or PM  

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Thanks Himadri 

IIT B is cool! 15 mins away from my house. I had gone there for the Tech fest event and they have a huge ground(full of grass, well maintained) where the competition Phoenix was held. People were actually flying deltas at full power and fpving around. It was a pleasure to watch. It would be great if we can hold an event there

Hi Guys! Would love to participate in such event. Currently I fly mini quad in East Delhi. IF there is anyone flying fpv near around Delhi, please catch up so we can fly together (Y)

Great initiative guys.IIT-B would be cool theyve got good space not sure if we can get the permissions though. There is an abandoned factory in front of my society thats a good place as well to fly, though we may require permission from authorities for an event.

Location

This is the park where I fly my quads. The park is closed from 10am to 3.30pm for the public. We can use this to our advantage. If we get the permission from the Municipal Commissioner to hold the racing event when the park is closed..we would have zero problem from the people(common people) interfering or worrying about any safety issues. Also the park's terrain is ideal for setting up a race track. If many people are willing to come here we could talk and make this happen! 

I have mailed the MultiGP guys, waiting to see if they show any interest!

Himadri, that's a great looking place, but what about the 200ft rule??

This area does fall in the route of the planes, but the airport is 40km away from this place, and the planes generally don't come below 3000-3500ft. So it should be good!

Great idea! I can come down for a weekend. Though I live in Delhi, but if really happening am ready to show up

Quote from: Himadri Roy on July 17, 2016, 09:20:34 PM
This area does fall in the route of the planes, but the airport is 40km away from this place, and the planes generally don't come below 3000-3500ft. So it should be good!

Hey Himadri,

I checked on the map - the place is actually 15 km from the airport if you measure in a straight line, but it's still fine. We're not going to fly higher than 200 feet in a race(or even in Acro for that matter). That giant light post looks tempting to dive around!

I do not know who is behind this ?
http://droneracingindia.com/

On that note, is the site up? indiadronenationals.com as sagnik sir said would be the site but I think it's displaying something else. Is this the right site?

The site is under development so you may see lots of inappropriate stuff ,it will be functional after two days

So I had messaged multi GP guys about helping us out in conducting the drone nationals... Good news they are more than willing to help. All they want from us is to form a chapter on multigp.com 

@Himadri That's awesome news! Lets do it....

Oh sorry didnt see your previous msg , yeah manjunath has also talked to chris in the past as well. Cool will register a chapter on MultiGp then as India Drone Nationals. But Himadri i recommend you start a Mumbai chapter also on MultiGp. Will Start a Bangalore Chapter later. So that whenever you guys have a local event in the future its easier to keep people informed.

Yup regional chapters could be a good idea we would get track of how many miniquad FPV flyers are there in the area

How many Mini Quads Pilot are from Delhi.. Ping Back...