A schoolboy from Karaganda won four gold medals at the national drone racing championships

Timofey Muravyov, a thirteen-year-old resident of Karaganda, has once again confirmed his status as one of the strongest drone pilots in the country. He won four gold medals at two major championships in Astana.

The final of the AITU KazRoboDrone 3.0 International Drone Racing and Aircraft Modeling Competition, organized by Astana IT University, was the first in the capital. 125 of the strongest pilots took part in the competition. In total, 1,295 applications were submitted from different regions of Kazakhstan – from seven-year-olds to students.

The participants competed in two areas: drone racing (simulator and mini-FPV) and F1N aircraft modeling (7-12 years old). In drone racing, the pilots competed in three age groups — Junior, Senior and Open.

Karaganda was represented by two members of the NSP KazGeoScan team — Timofey Muravyov and Gleb Kaibazakov. According to the results of the races, Timofey took the first places in his age category in the disciplines of "drone racing simulator" and "drone racing miniwhoop" - racing on miniature drones. Gleb Kaibazakov won the third place in the miniwhoop category.

– The competition was intense. Our rivals are strong drivers from Astana and Uralsk, with whom we regularly meet at tournaments. They always have new drones. We're fixing our own. At these starts, something was constantly breaking. But despite this, we coped and showed excellent results," said Sergey Muravyov, the father of the champion.

Immediately after AITU KazRoboDrone 3.0, another major tournament, the Kazakhstan Drone Championship, was held in the capital. This is a regional selection stage among the northern regions of Kazakhstan. The winners get the right to represent the country at the FAI World Championship and international MultiGP competitions.

Karaganda residents also performed well at these competitions. Timofey Muravyov won two more gold medals – in races on five-inch drones and in the class of micro drones.

Sergey Muravyov explained the specifics of the discipline:

– Five–inch drones are the world standard of drone racing. They are equipped with five-inch propellers and accelerate to 200 km/h in less than a second. They are difficult to control, especially indoors. The competition was held in a hall with a stretched net. Outdoors, if you make a mistake, you can go back to the track. There is no such possibility here – you get entangled in the grid and get eliminated. Despite all the difficulties, Tim passed the distance and became the first.

The popularity of drone racing in Kazakhstan is growing. More and more teenagers are choosing this modern and technological hobby, and the competition at competitions is getting higher every year.