I’m with Howard on this one, frame size for me is key. What you fit in that frame size is down to you. I voted Option 3 
Not sure how to deal with non-gps-carrying craft tbh.
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Watching with interest (and popcorn). I need to upload a few results myself, I saw 141kph on my 4S 5" Nazgul a couple of weeks back, so could probably have a decent stab and some leadboard entries. Not that I want to complicate things, but on that particular day I was running downwind. The upwind leg was considerably slower. If you were doing a Guinness record attempt or similar, you’d have to record both directions and take an average, which is probably a good reminder that this is just a bit of fun I guess and not to be taken too seriously.
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We have for now only timed the best runs (usually downwind on the most possible windy days 
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Feel free to enter the poll - the list of participants I pinged earlier was not meant to be exhaustive 
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No way… I’m pretty sure Guinness don’t make track athletes sprint in both directions, or cars race in both directions up and down an airstrip
FFS dont say that
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Land speed records require two runs in opposite directions, averaged 
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No way 
What sorcery is this?
Ha! Precisely why we shouldn’t take it too seriously!
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Air speed measured via pitot tube, or I’m not interested 
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Making mine now…
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To be officially recognized as Guinness World Records title holders, the drone had to successfully complete two runs of flights in opposite directions to negate tail or head winds.
The actual top speed measured by the drone during these two runs was 510 km/h (317 mph), meaning it can travel 142 metres in a single second.
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Voted to help you get this going as few others seem to be. Im honoured you asked my opinion considering Im yet to build an FPV drone from scratch. Never say never though.
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Get another 100 out of it and you’ll top @Howard78 best with his Nazgul 5 inch
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Option 1 in the lead with 100%… It is all going to plan
I am thinking we leave the poll till end of the week to make sure everybody has a chance and we should have it then settled
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@Committee - I believe we gave enough time for the interested parties to vote now
Option 4 wins it by 1 vote - so the new FPV top speed board should reflect the categories below:
Quads
under 2"
2" to under 4"
4" to under 6"
6" and over
Wings
Wing up to 880mm wingspan
Wing above 880mm wingspan
Plane (having distinct wings, fuselage, tail) up to 1000mm wingspan
Plane (having distinct wings, fuselage, tail) above 1000mm wingspan
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Water speed records, too, fur sure .. and I think air speed records.
Just to confirm, you’ll only ever have 8x available slots on the new FPV leaderboard.
Four for quads and four for wings, right?
Correct - this is the option that got the most votes. I suppose we could later on still split some of those into narrower bands if we feel it is needed down the line
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There is a draft leaderboard at: https://greyarro.ws/t/breaking-the-speed-limit-fpv-drones-how-fast-is-your-drone-find-out-on-our-leaderboard/94099
Thoughts / feedback / changes please, before it goes live
Especially on this one-liner:
Due to the competitive nature of the leaderboard entries will only be considered if there are a minimum of 8x satellites locked in and video with OSD summary clearly visible when landing.
Any other changes needed?
I think maybe removing the line below for the lawyers amongst us (everything else seems spot on )