Meet One of the Best Drone Pilots in the World | WIRED

Carlos “Charpu” Puertolas isn't interested in competitive drone racing, he prefers to fly freestyle in dangerous, abandoned buildings. His tricks and aerial showmanship has earned him notoriety in the drone community.


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Meet One of the Best Drone Pilots in the World | WIRED

[sebas]

why dont you put the mans youtube channel in the description???

[fumey]

thats great spam your own links but leave out the guys youtube.

[MrBlackReviews]

Ironic this comes up on my suggestions after I crash my drone in the blue mountains

[electroddxful]

You are the reason I started flying racing drones. Now I been doing it almost three years and loving it. Thanks.

[tjgordon]

Charpu and Mr. Steele are drone gods. Love your footage. Very inspiring but at the same time I've broken many a drone trying to recreate some of your amazing shots. Keep it up!

[Kabab]

Charpu for president. He'd probably win if there was an option right now. 😂

[jkuyz.]

REALLY? Best pilot drone ? For me Mr .Steele !

[BosleyBeats]

Yeah this guy is very inspiring. Thanks for posting this Wired.

[billsomrak]

I first started flying drones after watching a Charpu video. I went out and got myself a Taranis X9D+ and ZMR250 kit and was on my way. These days, I fly mostly aerial video UAVs, and not so much racing/freestyle. You want to see some FAST racing pilots ... watch the DRL (Drone Racing League) video ... those guys are amazing.

[joaomendonca]

I think will be a big demand of top drone pilots required for war drones this guys know well how to pilot this beautiful machines

[LovesOner]

Yeah he is ONE of the best pilots out here!

[Erinthegato]

It's crazy it took this guy 3 years to go viral... Just shows how niche our community is.

[mistercohaagen]

Meet one of the only drone pilots we could find that was close and also good on camera.

[Realman]

Can't see why he is the one of the best with this video.

[NarlySoftware]

Charpu is the MAN, he'll go down in history!

[goldentimes]

i cant even fly a drone and this guy is doing flips with one?! hes the legend of legends

[ArbitraryLifestyle]

LOOOOVVEE that he's not competitive.

[toddspeck]

You inspire the Genius Brain cells. Thanks Charpu!

[brian]

And I can't even fly one in 5 seconds with out it falling apart

[michael]

Some guy got his drone stuck up in my tree last week. I'm still waiting for it to fall so I can give it back to him.