{"id":3595,"date":"2017-07-21T10:29:11","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2017-07-21T10:58:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T14:58:24","slug":"zoes-fpv-rat-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2017\/07\/21\/zoes-fpv-rat-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoe&#8217;s FPV Rat, part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zoe Stumbaugh flying a heavily modified version of the 290mm Blackout Spider Hexacopter design that she named \u201cRat\u201d won the 1<sup>st<\/sup> AMA-sanctioned First-Person-View (FPV) race in May 2015.\u00a0 Multiple viewpoints of the race are available &#8211; here&#8217;s a few:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3597\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3597\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-groupphoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3597\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-groupphoto.jpg\" alt=\"A group of people pose holding radio control equipment and multirotors in front of race course flags.\" width=\"700\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-groupphoto.jpg 800w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-groupphoto-300x155.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3597\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants in the 2015 Drones Data X Conference Race. Photograph Courtesy of Zoe Stumbaugh.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>FPV video of the course, filmed by pilot GuruNate of Brown Falcon productions can be watched<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OqJ9jbPMqrY\"> here<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Caleb Garling, writing for backchannel.com describes the final heat between competitors Zoe, Rotor Guru and Steven in an article titled <a href=\"https:\/\/backchannel.com\/on-the-field-with-drone-racers-58b753e79d6b\"><em>To Race a Drone You Must Be the Drone:\u00a0 First-person drone racing is taking off<\/em>:<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cThe three complete a lap. But Steven dips too low. The ground snatches his drone and the craft cartwheels to a stop, pieces flying into the air. He pulls off his goggles and looks around with a sheepish smile. He\u2019s out.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Now we\u2019re down to Zoe and Rotor Guru.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This would be playing out like the plot of a cheesy sports movie except that Rotor Guru is a nice guy. But clearly the sidelines don\u2019t expect him to lose to Zoe.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRotor Guru has to be a quarter prop down,\u201d says someone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>No matter how he tries, he can\u2019t catch her. Both of them sit statue still on the sideline, their thumbs working furiously. At one turn Rotor Guru cuts down the angle and closes on Zoe but her hexacopter is still too fast. On the final straightaway she blasts the engines, leaving him in the dust, and punches through the finish line.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3598\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3598\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-Zoe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3598 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-Zoe.jpg\" alt=\"A young woman, with FPV goggles around her neck, poses with her multirotor.\" width=\"510\" height=\"510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-Zoe.jpg 510w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-Zoe-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM201531-Zoe-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe poses with her hexacopter \u201cRat\u201d at the 2015 Drones Data X Conference in May 2015. National Model Aviation Museum Permanent Collection, donated by Zoe Stumbaugh, 2015.31.01. Photo provided by the donor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>Video from Zoe\u2019s multirotor during the race can be watched<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wjinC8lCWL4\"> here!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zoe, writing in an email to museum director Michael Smith later in May 2015 shared her viewpoint of the win:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>\u201cThe final race was nerve wracking. I was just happy to place in the race at this point. It was my first time racing Rotor Guru, who&#8217;s an extremely seasoned pilot. It was him and I for 2-3 laps before the announcer called for the final stretch. Rotor Guru was close on my tail, I had let up a little to play it safe&#8230; but after the announcer said he was gaining I threw it into high gear to maintain my lead across the finish-line.\u00a0 The crowd was roaring, people were cheering, and it was amazing. I did a victory lap and landed, took a bow, and grabbed my rig from the field.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3592\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM20153101.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3592 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM20153101.jpg\" alt=\"The hexacopter &quot;Rat&quot; has six motors and props, as well as 2 cameras.\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM20153101.jpg 600w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM20153101-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/amablog-modelaircraft-org.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2017\/06\/NMAM20153101-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Zoe Sumbaugh\u2019s 290mm Blackout Spider Hexacopter \u201cRat\u201d. National Model Aviation Museum Permanent Collection, donated by Zoe Stumbaugh, 2015.31.01.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Shortly after the race Zoe donated the Rat, her Turnigy 9xRPro transmitter and Boscam FPV goggles to the museum with the added comment of \u201ckeep flying!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/2017\/07\/21\/zoes-fpv-rat-part-1\/\">Read more at part 1!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nFor more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modelaircraft.org\/museum\">www.modelaircraft.org\/museum<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoe Stumbaugh flying a heavily modified version of the 290mm Blackout Spider Hexacopter design that she named \u201cRat\u201d won the 1st AMA-sanctioned First-Person-View (FPV) race in May 2015.\u00a0 Multiple viewpoints of the race are available &#8211; here&#8217;s a few: FPV video of the course, filmed by pilot GuruNate of Brown [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3592,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[231,47],"tags":[56,230,50],"class_list":["post-3595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multirotor","category-museum","tag-artifact","tag-multirotors","tag-museum-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3595"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3749,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions\/3749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amablog.modelaircraft.org\/amamuseum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}