Originally Posted by
Smaug1
Re. TV coverage in general, I think it's time for drones to play a bigger part, and helicopters and motorcycles to play a smaller one.
It's ridiculous to have so many motorcycles clogging up the small country roads. They could be flying drones from nearby cars. Just keep them off to the side a bit, so if they go down, they will not interfere with the race. They could have two drones ready, so that one is flying while the other docks in the car for a battery change. We've got the tech to make this happen.
Two? Try 100!! With almost as many pilots.
The little drones are doing a really great job at focused point coverage, like the Poggio. The streaming image quality has come along nicely. They are coming into their own at choice locations, crits and CX, etc.
The little drones still don't have the payload and dwell time, nor the operating range -- particularly distance from operator (regulatory as much as tech) -- to cover a road race.