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august 23, 2016 - Ford

Watched World’s Best Drone Pilots Take on Drifting Focus RS and Smoking Mustang? Now Find out How it Was Done!

  • Behind-the-scenes footage reveals skills, tricks, and techniques used for new “Dronekhana” video, which showed drone racing stars tackling a unique obstacle course
  • Talcum powder, dozens of GoPro cameras, and multiple burnouts among secret ingredients that helped bring video to life, with drifting #focusrs and smoking Mustang

COLOGNE, Germany, Aug. 19, 2016 – How do you fly a drone through a car, or freeze two drones in mid-air just like in The Matrix? The answers to these questions can be found in new behind-the-scenes video that spills the secrets of Ford’s new “Dronekhana” video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwBHKn3Bt6o

Showcasing the talents of two of the world’s best drone pilots as they take on a unique obstacle course, including a drifting #focusrs, and a smoking #ford #mustang, the video has been an immediate hit with petrol heads and drone racing fans alike. Now the new footage reveals exactly how it was done.

Did you know

  • the drones used are capable of speeds of up to 120 km/h – and can fly for only three minutes at top speed before the batteries need replacing or recharging?
  • the balloons were filled with smoke – and generous amounts of talcum power?
  • each of the 12 #mustang burnouts lasted 15 seconds using electronic Line Locksystem?
  • a rig of 36 GoPro cameras was used to capture the drones mid-action in the style made famous by 1999 film The Matrix?
  • “Dronekhana” follows the series of Snowkhana videos that are a #ford festive tradition?

Watch World Drone Prix champion Luke Bannister; Tornado XBlades team mate and fellow Brit, Brett Collis; and the crew as they reveal what went into “Dronekhana” – named in tribute to the YouTube phenomenon Gymkhana, starring #focusrs consultant Ken Block, and filmed at Ford’s European HQ in Cologne, Germany, which this week hosts Gamescom Europe’s biggest interactive games trade fair.