AMA Expo West

Tickets

Please buy your tickets here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/v/13635/pomona-fairplex

Tentative Schedule:

• Friday November 2nd:
  • Open Fun Fly & Fill the Seat Practice: 9am-10am
  • FPV 4 Beginners: 10am-11am
    • From Car to Flight Line: Registration, Tech Inspection, Communication, Queuing, Flight Line Tech (Groundstations to goggles)
  • Managed Timed Trial Qualifier & Assigned Frequencies Fun Fly:  11am-3:30pm
  • Fun FPV Games: 3:30pm-4pm
    • FPV Blind Man’s Bluff
  • Championship Individual FPV Race (WILDCARD): 4pm-6pm
  • Tiny Whoop Hot-Time Trial in the Pits with Music/Karaoke: 6:30pm – 9pm

• Saturday November 3rd:
  • FPV 4 Beginners: 9am-10am
  • Freestyle as a Tool: Flips, Rolls, Dives, Stalls, Split-S, Immelman, MattyFlips, Orbits – How to complete intense maneuvers and apply them to your daily training
  • Managed Timed Trial Qualifier & Assigned Frequencies Fun Fly:  10am-2:30pm
  • Fun FPV Games: 2:30pm-3:00pm
    • FPV T-Ball
  • Championship Individual FPV Race (WILDCARD): 3pm-5pm
  • FPV Freestyle Competition (to music): 5pm-6:30pm

  • Tiny Whoop Hot-Time Trial in the Pits with Music/Karaoke: 6pm – 9pm

• Sunday November 4th:
  • Open Fun Fly & Fill the Seat Practice: 8am-9am
  • FPV 4 Beginners: 9am-10am
    • Flying a Race Course – following lines, maintaining flow, recovery from bounces
    • Choosing the right drone for the right course
  • Beginners FPV Race: 10am-11am
  • FPV Team Enduro Drone Race Qualifying: 11a-2p
  • Fun FPV Games: 2pm-2:30pm
    • FPV Soccer
  • Championship FPV Team Race Race: 2:30pm-3:00pm

Additional Details And Participating Pilot Requirements:

Ground Stations: We will provide ground stations, so you need to be ready to plug and play with your goggles.

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Drone Pilot Registration: You must have a valid current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Pilot Registration Number affixed to your airframe if your aircraft is more than .55 lbs as defined in the FAA Drone Pilot Registration requirements. Review Requirements & Register HERE.

Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) Membership:  We will be requiring a valid current AMA membership for all pilots who wish to fly at any of our organized public racing events. Register HERE.

40 Channel vTX/Antennas:  We require 40 channel compliant vTX’s for our races. You must have 25mw and/or 200mw capabilities. Please come prepared to change your vTX and/or the channel/band and/or the power of your vTX as needed for each race.  We also recommend having both RHCP & LHCP Antenna.