Australian Drone Nationals 2026

What the grid is flying

The most popular gear in pilots' Australian Drone Nationals 2026 builds

  • 82% Flying HDZero 28 of 34 entries
  • 1300KV Typical Pro Spec motor median · most 1300–1350
  • 1200g Typical Pro Spec dry weight median, without battery
  • 8 in 10 On ExpressLRS Crossfire & Ghost are rare

Frames

MultiGP Pro Spec leads · 22 pilots

Frames — how many pilots run each, of 23 who listed one
MultiGP Pro Spec 22
Foxeer 1

Motors

VCI Ares leads · 8 pilots

Motors — how many pilots run each, of 22 who listed one
VCI Ares 8
EMAX 6
Axisflying DSpec 4
2808 VCI 1
Axisflying 1

+4 more in the tail

Flight controllers

HDZero Halo leads · 8 pilots

Flight controllers — how many pilots run each, of 21 who listed one
HDZero Halo 8
Foxeer 3
JHEMCU 3
CrustCore 2
HDZero 2

+6 more in the tail

Props

Gemfan Street League leads · 9 pilots

Props — how many pilots run each, of 16 who listed one
Gemfan Street League 9
Gemfan Streetleague 2
7-inch 3-blade 1
Gemfan 1
Gemfan 7 Inch Prospec 1

+2 more in the tail

The typical Pro Spec buildmost common parts

FRAME
MultiGP Pro Spec
MOTORS
VCI Ares · ~1300KV
STACK
HDZero Halo
PROPS
Gemfan Street League
VIDEO
HDZero Race V3
  • Top video transmitterHDZero Race V3 · 19 pilots
  • Deep hangars2 pilots list 3+ quads

Based on the Pro Spec build sheets of 30 registered pilots, from 37 entries. Each part is counted once per pilot. Video share is from the registration check.