Team IRC Racing

Team IRC Racing competes in the Drone Champions League with a selection of top pilots from all corners of the earth.

Our Team Pilots

  • Chad Nowak (AUS)

    Team IRC Racing

    Chad was discovered flying quads in a Strawberry farm in Brisbane, Australia. Impressed with his piloting skills, the ImmersionRC team invited him to compete in the 2015 US Nationals in California. The rest is history, Chad went home after winning first place in all three competitions (time trial, team, freestyle).
    Chad is looking forward to the next skype message which starts 'Hey Chad, I have a crazy idea...' 🙂

  • Tommy Tibajia (USA)

    Team IRC Racing

    Tommy, or 'UmmaGawd' as he is more commonly known (and for a good reason) is well known for his superb tune for the Vortex. Tommy sacrificed countless LiPos (and a few Vortexes) putting the quad through it's paces before it hit the market.
    A key founding member of the RotorRiot team, Tommy has travelled the world with a backpack full of race/freestyle drones, and has flown on just about every continent.

  • Shaun Taylor (USA)

    Team IRC Racing

  • Teng Ma (USA)

    Team IRC Racing

  • Juli Muller (JuliFPV) (DE)

    Team IRC Racing

  • Vince Irie (NL)

    Team IRC Racing

Sponsored Pilots and Teams

In addition to Team IRC Racing, ImmersionRC is proud to sponsor some of the best FPV Drone Race pilots on earth.

These pilots help us during all phases of product design and testing (especially testing), and have one important mission… to ensure that the product leaving our factory will bring endless smiles to our customers.

ImmersionRC pilots have competed in most major drone racing events to date, including the well publicized Drone Nationals in California, Summer 2015, Dubai 2016, MultiGP International Open 2017.

Think you have what it takes to become an ImmersionRC Sponsored Pilot?, let us know!, send us some of your best video footage.

Our Team Pilots

  • Doug Crasher (botgrinder)

    Sponsored Pilot, USA

    Doug is a recent arrival to the FPV scene, and has quickly attracted attention as an up and coming freestyle pilot.
    A guy with an interesting past, and the potential for an even more interesting future in the FPV scene.

  • MaFFa (Markus Stropiep)

    Sponsored Pilot, Europe

    MaFFA, from team KloPPoKoPPter, and also team Conrad, is an exceptional pilot, with an amazing track record on the race scene.
    Often seen on the DCL circuit in Europe, accompanied by IRC Racing team member Juli FPV 🙂

  • JuliFPV

    Sponsored Pilot, Europe

    Also a member of team IRC Racing, Juli is one of the few female pilots in this male-dominated hobby.
    Juli is Team Manager for team IRC Racing, and has flown with us at various events, including DCL Paris, and DCL Lichtenstein.

  • Mark Cocquio (Strepto)

    Team Pilot, Australia

    Mark was also discovered in a Strawberry farm in Brisbane. Mark is often seen torturing poor Chad while he is under the goggles, and doesn't seem to be far away when mysterious 'my little pony' stickers appear on competitor's quads.

  • Laurent Lombard

    Team Pilot, Europe

    Laurent is no stranger to the R/C Modeling world. 35 years in the hobby, and a competitor in the F3A class for 15+ years. 10 years in the French team, and then on to competition 3D Helis.
    Laurent was the Heli vice European champion in 2000, and the former Las Vegas Tournament of Champions pilot.
    Laurent has recently transferred his superb piloting skills to the FPV Drone Race hobby, and is proving yet again that he has what it takes to compete in this fledgling sport.

  • Boris B

    Team Pilot, Europe

    Boris B has been involved in FPV Racing since early 2014, and has produced some mind-blowing videos to entertain his YouTube fans. Boris is also an active developer of the CleanFlight open source flight controller firmware.

  • imonfire666 (Kent)

    Team Pilot, Europe

    Kent (imonfire666) has been racing quads since early 2013. A true Viking from the northern lands of Denmark, who has typically completed his first lap around a track before most pilots have plugged in their XT60!

    In addition to his role as a team pilot, Kent is also a new member of the ImmersionRC support team, and will be assisting our customers with all things race-quad related.

  • Phil Freybott

    Team Pilot, USA

    The German Pilot, Phil Freybott is the newest member of Team ImmersionRC. Phil appeared from nowhere in the FPV scene just 6 months ago, and has produced some remarkable videos with his army of Vortex Quads.
    Phil is part of the 'Atlanta Crew', and is often found creating video art forms around deserted buildings.
    Phil came from a 10 year BMX career, and is skilled with all kinds of FPV flight, including Freestyle, Racing, and Proximity.

  • Chad Nowak (Final Glide Aus)

    Team Pilot, Australia

    Chad was discovered flying quads in a Strawberry farm in Brisbane, Australia. Impressed with his piloting skills, the ImmersionRC team invited him to compete in the 2015 US Nationals in California. The rest is history, Chad went home after winning first place in all three competitions (time trial, team, freestyle).
    Chad is looking forward to the next skype message which starts 'Hey Chad, I have a crazy idea...' 🙂

  • UmmaGawd

    Team Pilot, USA

    Tommy, or 'UmmaGawd' as he is more commonly known (and for a good reason) is well known for his superb tune for the Vortex. Tommy sacrificed countless LiPos (and a few Vortexes) putting the quad through it's paces before it hit the market.
    Tommy's videos flying in various California parks are legendary, and have inspired many a newcomer to the FPV Drone Race hobby.

Junior Team Pilots

Most of the ‘grownups’ involved in the FPV hobby today grew up around toys which didn’t even take batteries.

Today’s youngsters have grown up in a world surrounded with technology. iPads, Computers with internet connections, YouTube, and some extremely interactive games.

These same kids when exposed to the FPV hobby, and especially FPV Racers, do extremely well, far better better than us ‘old folk’, and with learning curves which make your eyes water.

ImmersionRC challenges the FPV ‘Drone Race’ community to let your kids play with your ‘toys’, see how they do (and don’t be surprised when they leave you in the dust :-).

Think you have an exceptional Junior pilot in the family?, let us know, we are always interested in sponsoring young talent.