Your Open Class campaign began with three laps in Round 12, the last of them a 48.45s.
- Best lap
- 48.45s
- Best consecutive
- 106.44s
- Laps
- 3
Karade races two classes and 22 heats at the Nationals
You flew for Canberra Multirotor Racing Club in both Open Class and Pro Spec at the 2026 Australian Drone Nationals, logging 22 heats, 39 laps and nearly 39 minutes in the air. You made the B Main in both classes and raced the Old Dogs bracket too, with a 42.69s best lap in Open Class to show for it.
You qualified 58th of 75 with a best two consecutive laps of 89.25s, saving your quickest lap of the class, a 42.69s, for Round 33. In the B Main you opened with 3rd of 5 ahead of A440, then backed up with a 43.57s lap in Winners Round 3 to finish ahead of CheeseWaffle. You closed out the Open Class Finals 71st of 75 and took 16th of 20 in Old Dogs. Getting 0.75s quicker from your early heats to your late ones showed you were still building as the week went on.
Only complete laps with believable split times are counted, and a best is a time flown at least twice — one-off gate glitches are ignored.
Your Open Class campaign began with three laps in Round 12, the last of them a 48.45s.
Round 13 had you getting quicker every lap, from 51.93s down to 43.44s, for 3rd of 5.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.02 | 21.06 | 14.85 | 51.93 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
In Round 14 you added a 55.62s lap to the tally.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 22.69 | 17.89 | 15.04 | 55.62 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Round 28 put another lap on the board, a 77.64s, and 4th of 5.
Two laps in Round 29 saw you drop from 53.58s to 47.10s.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 13.63 | 16.25 | 17.21 | 47.10 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
You kept the laps coming in Round 30 with a 54.84s.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.96 | 25.35 | 15.54 | 54.84 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Round 33 delivered your best of the class, a 42.69s second lap, and 3rd of 5.
Your last Open Class qualifier, Round 34, finished 4th of 5.
Your B Main debut opened with a 2.93s holeshot and finished 3rd of 5. You came home behind CheeseWaffle and ahead of A440, with a 46.60s best lap.
In Winners Round 3 you lifted to a 43.57s second lap. That earned 4th of 6, behind Ravenous and ahead of CheeseWaffle.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.01 | 16.58 | 25.56 | 58.15 |
| 2 | 14.73 | 15.36 | 13.49 | 43.57 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Redemption Round 4 got under way with a 5.12s holeshot, and you finished 5th of 5 behind YHZero.
Pro Spec gave you 22 qualifying laps and a 24th of 35 placing, with a best two consecutive laps of 88.77s and a 43.61s best lap. The standout came in Round 4, when you won your time-trial heat with three laps between 45.46s and 47.15s. In the B Main your 3.28s holeshot and a 49.06s lap kept you in the fight, and you finished the Pro Spec Finals 27th of 35.
Only complete laps with believable split times are counted, and a best is a time flown at least twice — one-off gate glitches are ignored.
Pro Spec started for you in Round 1 with a 67.97s lap.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31.58 | 20.28 | 16.11 | 67.97 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Round 2 brought four laps and a 49.01s best for 4th of 5.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.84 | 18.76 | 16.31 | 52.90 |
| 2 | 18.05 | 15.12 | 15.85 | 49.01 |
| 4 | 18.09 | 16.28 | 15.28 | 49.65 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Lap by lap in Round 3 you got quicker, finishing on a 43.61s, your best of the class, for 2nd of 5.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13.98 | 23.76 | 15.63 | 53.37 |
| 2 | 18.05 | 18.78 | 14.61 | 51.44 |
| 3 | 14.74 | 15.53 | 14.89 | 45.16 |
| 4 | 13.69 | 15.17 | 14.75 | 43.61 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Round 4 was a heat win: 1st of 5, with a 45.46s best.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14.81 | 16.11 | 15.83 | 46.76 |
| 2 | 15.84 | 15.41 | 14.20 | 45.46 |
| 3 | 16.72 | 15.00 | 15.43 | 47.15 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Back in the air for Round 5, you posted a 56.04s lap.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18.08 | 21.84 | 16.12 | 56.04 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Round 6 was another start on the board, finishing 5th of 6.
You lined up again for Round 7 and took 5th of 6.
Three laps in Round 8 produced a 51.39s best.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 32.23 | — | 16.84 | 49.06 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Your final Pro Spec qualifier, Round 9, closed with a 51.47s lap.
In your Pro Spec B Main opener you got away with a 3.28s holeshot and flew three laps, the best a 49.06s. You finished 4th of 4 behind tex.
| Lap | S1 | S2 | S3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16.83 | 18.04 | 16.35 | 51.22 |
| 2 | 15.71 | 16.76 | 16.60 | 49.06 |
| 3 | 16.05 | 17.46 | 15.64 | 49.14 |
Fastest in the class Your best Your best this heat · — = an unreliable split, ignored
Redemption Round 2 earned you 3rd of 4 off a 4.72s holeshot. You chased Bin Chicken and kept halcyon behind you.
Thanks for flying two classes for Canberra, Karade. A heat win, two B Mains and 39 laps make a solid platform for next year.
Built from the official timing data, written up with AI · 9 Oct 2026 04:46