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June 28 - July 2

International Open

hosted by MultiGP in Muncie, IN

July 17

Global Qualifier

hosted by MultiGP

October 25

Sport Championship

hosted by MultiGP in Citrus Springs, FL

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• Gemfan joins team sponsors

  January 3, 2021

  Rivals are happy to announce a sponsorship with Gemfan for the 2022 season.

• 2022 Captains draft teams for next season

  January 2, 2022

  After the final race of the season, the top four finishers for the year were KneeDown, Milkman, RusselAR, and Dreadpool which makes them captains for the 2022 season. After the race, everyone went out for bbq and we ran the new season draft. Check out the new teams on the season roster page.

• Milkman wins 2021 Dead Race

  January 2, 2022

  Even though he ran 4s most of the day, Tony still managed to show his speed and finished both TQ (using a 6s pack) and 1st in mains using 4s. Rounding out the final positions were KneeDown, Dreadpool, and Skybound.

• DutchFPV wins 2021 Broken Carbon Award

  January 2, 2022

  At the end of the season, pilots vote anonymously for the pilot they believe deserves special recognition. This could be for their work ethic, tenacious team sprit, or just being a great guy to be around. For this season, we had votes for a lot of different pilots, but DutchFPV came out the winner. Dutch joined is this season and has been going to almost every race and always has a great attitude.

• Prop Spankers take the 2021 Team Points Race Win

  January 2, 2022

  It came down to the last race in a tough battle with the Snipers, but with 4 pilots vs 1 in the final race, the Prop Spankers were able move back into first for the season win.

• KneeDown wins first race of 2021

  July 17, 2021

  Without Tony or Russell in attendance, KneeDown was able to take TQ and the finals win. MixedSignals had his best finish of the season with 2nd place in both qualifying and mains. Dreadpool and Inifinitee rounded out the top 4.

• Milkman brings the heat!

  June 26, 2021

  Tony and Russell dominated the day finishing 1st and 2nd in both qualifying and mains. Dreadpool and gghurst also made it to finals for the event.

• Milkman wins Freedom Spec Qualifier

  May 22, 2021

  Tony took TQ and then won finals at the Freedom Spec qualifier earning him a ticket to the Freedom Spec Champs on July 4th. Also in the finals was Dreadpool, Infinitee, and RussellAR.

• Milkman finishes 1st in Fayeteville

  April 24, 2021

  The Rivals traveled to Fayetteville for the first points race held by that chapter. It was a great day of racing. Milkman finished first in mains and 2nd in qualifying. KneeDown took TQ and came in 2nd to Tony in mains. Dreadpool and Origdragon also made it to the finals.

• Headsup wins season opener in Anderson, SC

  March 27, 2021

  HappyQuads hosted our season opener where we setup a track very similar to the upcoming Mayhem race. Evan Turner made the trip and brought home first place. New team pilot Tanner (Infinitee) took second place with KneeDown rounding out the podium and TBFpv also making the finals. The team will travel to Dallas TX in a couple weeks to compete in the 12 hour endurance team race Mayhem Dawn to Dusk.

• Laffin takes the win at Dead Race to clinch the season championship

  January 2, 2021

  Congratulations to Laffin for winning the 2020 Quad Rivals season points race. It was a back and forth all year with KneeDown, but Laffin finished with strong wins at the last couple events including the season final 2020 Is Dead race to take the season win.

• Team 533 clinches the team season championship

  January 2, 2021

  Congratulations to Team 533 for winning the 2020 championship with captain Evan Turner. Skybound earns a captain position on the Rivals and was the leading points scorer on Team 533.

• RollerCoaster win first annual Broken Carbon award

  January 2, 2021

  The Broken Carbon award goes to the pilot that works the hardest to improve and best represents what the Quad Rivals stand for. Congratulations RollerCoaster for winning the inaguaral award.

• Rainy flying at Mayhem 2020

  October 4, 2020

  The Rivals team traveled to the Mayhem team race for the second year in a row and finished in third place. There were a lot of challenges with the weather and what was supposed to be 12 hours straight was broken up as we had to stop flying on Saturday and return to finish Sunday morning. The field was basically a lake by the end of Saturday and was still there on Sunday, so any crashes essentially meant that quad was out of commission.

• Team 533 Wins Spec Team Race

  July 25, 2020

  With the teams using a graduated throttle cap spec that had the team captains at 50% cap, Team Five33 cruised through the event taking back top qualifying position and a finals win. Qualifying consisted of a round robin tournament with Five33 going 4-0 and Team Tattu coming in 2nd place with a 2-2 record. Those teams met up again in the mains final on a race to 30 laps. Evan had an uncharacteristic crash on his first pack giving Tattu the lead early on. The rest of Five33 held the margin for most of the race and when Evan came in for the home stretch he was able to pull back ahead for the win.

• Laffin takes the win at HappyQuads Beat the Heat

  July 11, 2020

  It was a hot day and a course that penalized stray race lines. SSBelmont put in the best 3 consecutive to take TQ and Laffin takes first in the brackets. Follow the 2020 season individual and team points races.

• Freedom Spec Weekend

  July 4, 2020

  The Rivals traveled all the way to Missouri to race with the Heart of America and a Five33 spec race. The competition was insane including the reigning MultiGP champion, multiple DRL pilots (including the 2018 winner), and much more.

• Tiny Trainer racing at Freedom Spec

  July 4, 2020

  While in Missouri for the Freedom Spec race, there was a Saturday night Tiny Trainer race at the Heart of America field. Laffin brought home the win and TBFPV also finished on the podium with a 3rd place.

• 2018 Regional Qualifier Redux

  June 28, 2020

  The team did a throwback and ran the 2018 RQ course including a best 3 of 5 qualifying. View the results here with pilot's previous times highlighted in green and new results in gold.

• New Gates

  June 20, 2020

  With a new design featuring current sponsors, the team now has new gates to keep the courses fresh for some time to come.

• First official team race

  March 14, 2020

  It was an exciting day as the Rivals ran the first team based race of the season. Qualifying consisted of 2 relay race heats with Team Tattu taking top spot. The teams then battled it out DCL style with a mixture of 1v1 and 3v3 races with Pyrodrone taking the win there. Teams Tattu and Five33 both brought in 80 points to lead the overall results on the day..

• Laffin wins first points race of 2020 Season

  February 9, 2020

  Running an event with a large fast track built along with the Mega Class race, Laffin wins the first race. Even though they didn't make the finals, team SoutheastFPV takes the initial lead in the team points competition. Follow the 2020 season individual and team points races.

• Team Captains for 2020 Season

  January 4, 2020

  The top 4 from last season's points race (KneeDown, SSBelmont, gghurst, and Laffin) are this year's captains. We've also added 2 time MultiGP Champion Evan Turner as a 5th captain. Each captain will lead a subteam of pilots competing in a season long points race as well as dedicated team events.

• New Team Pilots

  January 4, 2020

  We started with the top 16 from last year's points race. Then the top 4, as captains, drafted onto their team. After the 16 were all selected, each captain got one more choice from the pool. Welcome to this season Dreadpool, MattyLite, TBFpv, and Muki.

• Laffin wins MultiGP Pro Championship consolation bracket!

  November 16, 2019

  The team sent 10 pilots to compete in the MultiGP Pro Class 2019 Championships. For this event, a top 40 and a next 40 are seeded from qualifying results. Four Rivals members qualified for the next 40 bracket and Laffin brought home the win!

• Matthew Tickel wins XClass Championship!

  November 16, 2019

  Team pilot Matthew Tickel traveled to Texas to compete in the 2019 XClass Championship and brought home the win!

• Team travels to MultiGP Sports Class Championships

  November 9, 2019

  The team welcomed a new member, Wade 'Dreadpool' Wilson and traveled to Daytona Beach, FL for the Sport Class Championships. Everyone had a great time and flew well. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• KneeDown presents at children's aviation camp.

  October 28, 2019

  We were invited to demo and teach about drones to a group of kids at the Rock Hill Airport as part of an aviation camp.

• Western Carolina race at The Bowl

  October 27, 2019

  A race was held near Asheville, NC where KneeDown took the win followed by GGHurst and Dreadpool. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Pyrodrone Sponsorship Announced

  October 25, 2019

  The Rivals welcome Pyrodrone as the official store for the team. This was really just a formality as the entire team already used Pyro as their primary source for parts. We appreciate the support and will continue to do our best to present a positive image for the brand.

• Tattu Sponsorship Announced

  October 23, 2019

  We'd like to welcome Tattu as the official battery sponsor of the Quad Rivals. They have been very supportive of the team and their batteries continue to impress us as we push for more speed from these machines!

• Lake Murray Race

  October 12, 2019

  The team spent some time on Lake Murray this weekend. Laffin took home the win followed by KneeDown and MakerFPV. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Rock Hill Airport 60th Anniversary Celebration Race

  October 5, 2019

  QueenCity FPV was invited to hold a race at the Rock Hill Airport 60th Anniversary event. It was an amazing experience racing our drones while an airshow and other manned aircraft demonstrations were going on. The weather kept us from running a full bracket, but we still had a great time and did qualifying.

• Fun Race in Welborn With New Qualify Format

  September 29, 2019

  HappyQuads hosted a race yesterday and we tried a new qualifying format that ended up being a ton of fun. We ran 7 rounds of randomly generated heats, and each race in the heat was heads up racing for points. The accumulated points were then used as the qualifying results to seed the double elimination bracket. MakerFPV made it out and flew well, especially considering how long it's been since he's flown. Laffin took TQ and KneeDown took 1st in the brackets. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Rivals travel to Ohio for Mid-America Throwdown Champs

  September 15, 2019

  Great times were had in Cincinnati, OH for the pilots able to make the trip to the Mid-America Throwdown Championships. The competition was stiff and the course was a ton of fun. KneeDown and Laffin were able to finish Saturday qualifying in 17 and 21 positions getting them into the pro brackets on Sunday. SSBelmont and Experimentl qualified 26 and 45 putting them into the Sport class brackets. Dreadpool traveled with the team and qualified 42.
  
  On Sunday, the day started with the Sport class. SSBelmont finished 8th in that bracket while Experimentl came in 19th. Dreadpool flew great and consistent and brought home a podium spot with 3rd position. Next up was the Pro class brackets. KneeDown wasn't able to make it through either of his races bringing him in near the bottom of the pro class bracket. Laffin did a bit better able to move through one of his rounds placing him a bit higher in this fiercely competitive group of pilots. Overall the team had an amazing time and performed well. Everyone is looking forward to the next big event to improve even more.

• Laffin takes top spot at Mid America Throwdown event

  August 17, 2019

  Brady "Laffin" McLaughlin puts in a strong performance taking TQ in the qualifier event which makes him tied for 8th on the overall Mid-America leaderboard. He followed up that performance with a win in the double elimination brackets under the lights. Elkanah Ringer came on strong in this event as well picking up 2nd in qualifing and 3rd in the brackets. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Record breaking 6 MultiGP Qualifiers held.

  August 21, 2019

  A team up between 5 chapters over the weeked led to a record breaking 30 heats of official MultiGP qualifier action. It led to a lot of improved times, including KneeDown moving up to 27 on the overall leaderboard with a 43.2. FattyEL, gghurst, and Belmont put in 45's to move all of them into the top 60. Experimentl was he biggest mover, taking 23 seconds off of his time and moving squarely into the sportsman class. RotorCowboy was the next biggest time improvement taking off 10 seconds from his previous time.

• Belmont wins QueenCityFPV race

  July 21, 2019

  An experiment with popup gates, a long challenging course, and uncomfortably hot temps didn't stop Rick Caudle from taking his first win of the season. He's been on the podium for almost every race and wasn't settling for 2nd place again. He flew his fastest lap of the day in the last lap of the last race holding off a charging Jacob Bohler. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Welcome Brady "Laffin" McLaughlin

  July 21, 2019

  Quad Rivals wants to welcome its newest official member Brady McLaughlin who just moved back from California where he's been killing the competition. He started strong this weekend at his first event here taking the Top Qualifier position. Bad luck in the finals kept him from winning the whole thing, but still a very strong showing.

• KneeDown wins HappyQuads race

  July 14, 2019

  KneeDown, SSBelmont, and LukeNation battled it out in the finals of a great day of racing. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Quad Rivals basics apparel

  July 9, 2019

  Represent the team with the basics collection. Contact Jim Snodgrass if there is a design style or apparel option you would like to see added. Check it out here.

• Matthew Tickle finishes 3rd in Mega Class Race at IO

  June 28, 2019

  Tickle battled with some fierce competition from the like of Colby Curtola and Nurk in the Mega Class racing at the International Open. He brought home 3rd place.

• Greg Hurst finishes 2nd in "Over 40" Race at IO

  June 28, 2019

  Strong Rivals presence in the finals of the Over 40 race at IO. Qualifying for the top 8 finals was gghurst, SSBelmont, and KneeDown. Greg was the fastest and most consistent on the team and won one of the chase the ace rounds and and in the end finished with a 2nd place.

• Nathan Tyndell brings home his first win of the season!

  May 19, 2019

  The Rivals traveled to Asheville, NC for the Western Carolinas MultiGP chapter race. Great racing all around saw BroadPlains bring home the win in a hotly contested chase the ace round. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Rivals take top spots at Lake Murray

  April 27, 2019

  Mid Carolina hosted a MultiGP Global Qualifier event at Lake Murray and the location was amazing. Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current Rivals points standings and to see upcoming events.

• Matthew Tickel wins Mega Class at Mayhem

  April 7, 2019

  During the individual races at the Mayhem Dawn to Dusk event in New Orleans, a Mega Class race was also ran. This was one of the more complex courses ever ran with these huge drones. There were many crashes (many of which literally when down in a bllaze of glory) and lots of destroyed drones. Matthew Tickel held it together and his impressive rig survived the day to take the overall win.
  
  Credit NurkFPV for photo
  
  Check out the recommended Mega Class build

• Mayhem Dawn to Dusk team race

  April 6, 2019

  The pilots traveled to New Orleans to participate in the record breaking 12 hours of team racing, from dawn to dusk. The team did very well tying for 4th place in number of laps with Team White Goat, culminating months of preparation and quad building for this specialized event.

• Opening weekend for MultiGP Qualifiers

  March 24, 2019

  Mulitple Rivals were on hand for the first official MultiGP Qualifier event for 2019 held in Columbus, GA. This was also the second points event for the season, so check out the updated points results on the 2019 season page.

• Rivals take over Knoxville

  March 10, 2019

  The first points race is in the books after the Knoxville Arena race last night. There were 11 Rivals members on hand and they performed great, bringing home to top 3 spots! Follow the 2019 season to keep track of current team standings and to see upcoming events.

• 2019 Season Details Announced!

  March 3, 2019

  It's going to be a great season! This year all competing pilots will receive points for participating in races. There will still be changes for 1 on 1 challenges and more. Click the Season Rankings link at the top of the page for more information.

• Rival takes 3rd overall during VRL 13 Event

  February 6, 2019

  A-Main:
  1st YuriDeFury, 2nd Kroymander, 3rd BelmontFPV
  
  B-Main:
  1st PaulEFPV, 2nd YuriDeFury, 3rd Danimal_FPV, 4th ElektrykFPV, 5th Greg
  

  Rick Caudle (SSBelmont/BelmontFPV) takes 3rd overall during the Velocidrone Racing League 13 Event - Racing without Colby and Greg Hurst finished 5th in B Main. There were over 25 pilots that participated in the event. All pilots in A Main were putting down 17-18sec laps.

• Rivals take the win at Fayetteville Race

  January 26, 2019

  A-Main:
  1st Dave Schlitter
  2nd Greg Hurst
  3rd Max Dorsey (not pictured)
  
  B-Main:
  1st Lucas Littlefield

• SSBelmont, GGHurst takes 1st, 2nd, 4th, 3rd, 3rd,3rd, 5th and 3rd on Velocidrone Leaderboards

  January 24, 2019

  Rick Caudle (SSBelmont/BelmontFPV) holds 2nd,3rd, 3rd, 3rd, 5th and 3rd on Countryside Tracks (3d Championship 2016, Collison, Copse, Gemfan, London. GGHurst holds 1st and 4th on Countryside Tracks (Collison and Copse).

• Two Quad Rivals take position 1 and 3 on the Velocidrone Leaderboards

  January 19, 2019

  Greg Hurst (gghurst) takes 1st place while Rick Caudle (SSBelmont) takes 3d place on the Copse Track.

• GGHurst takes 2nd place at Fayetteville race

  January 5, 2019

  Greg Hurst is the only Quad Rivals member that attends the Fayetteville race and he brings home an impressive 2nd place. RoyalFPV (Velocidrone Pilot) takes 1st and Max Dorsey takes 3rd.

• My gate is bigger than your gate

  December 21, 2018

  Looking to do some more XClass racing this year, Matthew Tickel gets some huge gates to start building tracks.

• Quad Rivals wins BotOberfest Team Race!

  October 21, 2018

  The Rivals brought home first place in the team race in Columbus, Georgia for the BotOberfest event.

• New banner representing at HappyQuads race

  October 13, 2018

  We purchased a new large banner as well as panels for championship sized gates (especially meant for dive gate.

• How to build elevated gates

  October 10, 2018

  Watch member KneeDown show how he builds the elevated gates for his home course.

• MakerFPV puts in fastest lap

  September 12, 2018

  At the first private member event, MakerFPV puts in the fastest lap.

• Rivals compete in International Open team race

  August 13, 2018

  We competed in the team event at the MultiGP International Open. We did pretty well for our first organized team race. Josh is a little unhappy as we just finished some drama where another team landed in our pits and hit Dave in the chest in our final race.