 Here at the Sci-Electric Flying Field in San Diego, the home of the AMA here in my hometown. So here's what I wanted to do. This was my idea, because we have one of the number one racers in the world. If not the number one racer in the world, we've got someone who was here at the beginning of drone racing. Rusty. You're a little rusty. A lot rusty. But I mean, again, I say that as someone who can't race at all. So you guys are both very talented pilots in your own right, but there's definitely a gap. It's going different areas. So you're really good at racing. But Zoey, you're really good at 3D. Yes. So I wanted to take those two things, smack them together. This is 3D drone racing. Oh boy. So here's what we're going to do. Two laps. Each of you have to do two laps. First lap is upright. Second lap. Do the whole course inverted. Actually never flown 3D FPV before, but I feel like I like to pitch helicopters. So I'm familiar with the throttle control of flying. I think it's going to take getting used to flying FPV quite upside down, but hey, I'm excited to try it. So 3D is the ability for the drone to reverse the thrust. So generally the thrust is going downwards. The motor will stop midair and actually reverse thrust in the opposite direction. So you can sustain yourself in inverted flight. But I think one of the coolest things you can do with 3D flight is just to navigate. Just get, move around. That's funny. You think that's one of the coolest things. I think that's one of the most boring things to do with it. Everything is upside down. Human brain wants everything to be right side up. So it just looks wrong. Today I feel like Van O'Rourke, even though Van O'Rourke has some collective pitch history, the actual ability to see the world upside down and correlate what the world's doing with what you want the sticks to do is going to probably melt his brain a little bit. But if anyone can do it, Van O'Rourke can do it. Alright, give us a demo. Let's see what you got. Okay. It's trippy. I've never actually seen it live. A PB3D. It's so trippy. Oh man. Oh man. I'm, I, this is, I might lose this challenge. I'm not going to lie. I've, I've, I've been able to troll in the past, Zoe. I was able to troll them. I don't think I'm going to be able to troll you in this. I think you'd know what you're doing. But if I can get it faster, I think it should be your total time between both laps. Yeah, totally. So if you can just, if you can just do a crazy fast first upright lap. Yeah. Then I can make up, oh my gosh. Oh, I'm so screwed. This makes me want to try 3D. That's music to Zoe's ears. Kind of is. Well, the thing is like most people see videos, you know, when you see in person and you see what it's actually capable of and the fact that it's better than it was a couple of years ago. Yeah, I'm going to bring it on in. Yeah, I want to try just to pack flying it. Oh, it's so trippy to me. Like, ugh. You guys, so many cool ideas, too, like, oh my gosh. Awesome. That was good. That was good. All right. I need a battery. I mean, honestly, Vandal really wants one battery to get used to 3D. No, wait, I want more. Wait, but you just said. But I said I will take a minimum of one if that is in the sake of this episode. How many do you think you're going to need? I don't know. We'll find out after the first battery. So this is the HD1. Yeah. One of my favorite bashers for 3D. It's not the most elegant frame when it comes to freestyle. But I guess the job done. And it will survive crashes for today. I guess the only difference of this 3D prop. So you have a symmetrical airfoil. So when you go inverted, it has the same sort of airfoil on the top as it does the bottom. Oh, man. I'm going to sit down, too. Yeah, you're going to want to sit down for this one. All right. Fly it around. Get used to flying it. Flying it normally, you know. Yeah. Can you set a throttle range is important. It should feel mostly like a normal quad when you're flying it upright. The biggest thing is, like, when I do a roll, you know, don't drop the throttle all the way. Let's line her up on the horizon. Okay. There's got the hover already. I think he might got this. I think he got this. Yeah, it's a bit different FPV. Yeah, he's gaining altitude to try to keep it away from the ground while he learns. Yeah. Yeah, a little bit of yawing, getting used to things. The first time when you fly a 3D, it's just getting, oh, I was already tick-talking. I'm screwed. Most people, the first time they fly 3D, it's like a really big struggle. Like, how does vanover compare to other people that you've seen fly 3D for the first time? Oh, I mean, he just landed into the ground. That was pretty good otherwise. I dropped the throttle too quickly. I want to practice a bit more. Hit a gate. Hit a gate. So it's going to blow my mind if you can hit a gate on a second pack because I've done a fair amount of 3D. It's not a fair amount. I've done enough that I can do some tricks. But if I try to just fly through a gap, I can't do it. And these are small gates too. If you can do it today even, I'll be very impressed. I think he's got this one because he's going to do it. Hold on, we'll be impatient. Oh, my beard just went out. It just died after I made it through the gate. But you made it through the gate? I made it through the gate. And then I went to punch out and just broke. So we know the rules. One lap upright, one lap upside-downs easy. Now do we have to stay completely upside-down the entire time? No, we've got to give Alex a shot. You can go upright, but he has to, every gate has to, the second lap, every gate has to be inverted. But if you need to like go upright to line it up and everything. So we know the rules. What are the stakes? I think the loser should have to go on Rotorite Community on Facebook and acknowledge that the other person is the best, is the better pilot. When the episode publishes. They have to post it to the Rotorite Facebook group as well as their personal Instagram. I won't do it, I won't do it. What's your handle? I'll do it on my story. I'm at Captain Manover FPV. Loser has to post on the Rotorite Community on Facebook and on their story that the other person. At Zoe FPV. And the real winner will be one of you guys. In the comment section, that winner will receive a unicorn frame. That's Zoe's signature FPV frame for 3D flight. It's a really unique design. She designed it herself. So one of you guys are going to get that. So make sure to leave a comment. How about right now, comment, who do you think is going to win this challenge? This is the closest I've ever felt to actually losing a challenge this far in Rotorite. So I'm a bit nervous. Honestly, this is the closest I've felt to losing a challenge in Rotorite. Have you ever lost a Rotorite challenge? No. You've never? So we're both undefeated? Undefeated champs of Rotorites made up challenges. And I have... Oh, this makes me have a Rotorites made up challenge. Alright, let's get going. You know, I normally don't respect my opponents, but I have a lot of respect for Zoe. I'm going to take her very seriously. I think I'm a bit above her level as far as racing. I think that's going to give me the win today. What do you think? What do you think about Manover? I mean, it's going to be an honor to win or lose to him. He's a great pilot. And it's going to be a lot of fun. That's your best smack talk. He was talking malarkey. Come on, lay it on him. Lay it on him. I don't want to talk to him. They're saying we have to do a face-off. Small child? Wait, wait, wait. Alright, alright. Are you ready? Let's go. Face-off. You're so tiny. Alright, everyone ready? Alright, we're ready. Okay, I'm armin'. Here we go. Three. Here we go. I'm going to start. I didn't start. Okay, wait. We're back. He went through it already. It's okay, guys. And this is start. Upside down. Now I have to go back through it. Like, here we go. Alright, you're up. Whoa, whoa, whoa. That was great. He got the stand over. Oh, missed it, missed it, missed it. Go back for it. I'm going back for it. That was through, but I'm crammed upside down now. No, I can't take it back off. How about we'll give each competitors three, you get three attempts. I'm only going to need one attempt. Well. He was rushing it. I'm only going to need one attempt. You know, watching Alex crash through the first gate, right side up, felt pretty good. I'm not going to lie to you. Are you upside down right now? Is he upside down? Yeah, he was. What? Wind is pushing hard in that direction. Yeah, wind is gnarly. No, that was an explosion. You did the... Oh. No, I'm upside down. So, are we giving him a fourth attempt or... That was my second attempt. That was the second attempt? You got further? I mean... The wind was pushing super duper hard. I couldn't line it up in time. What was the wind? Yeah, it was the wind for sure. Yeah, wind. For sure the wind. I'm good, I'm good, I'm good. I'm good, I'm good. I'm not going to make a mistake. I got this. Don't make a mistake. You got this. You got this. I know. I know. He's taking on a new strategy. Even though I was impressed with his previous attempts to where he was actually doing consecutive gates, I think it's wise that he's just taking his time and getting it done. I don't know. Oh boy. Still up. Yes, it is the right gate. No. Thank you, Captain Obvious. Sorry. Oh! Oh! Interference with the camera. Yeah, interference. Oh my gosh. Dude, you got to lose prop. You got to lose prop. We got to rerun. Bring it in. Sorry. Well, I mean, he had a gate last one and then you're hitting him with the quad and his prop came undone. The first time that Vanny was up, he ended up crashing through the start gate, which I consider an attempt. And so this is like attempt five, but it's his third official attempt or something. See if that makes you feel like you guys are giving every event you can so I can lose. I'm not completely mad, but if it doesn't happen this time, I'm going to throw the quad at him. Okay. There we go. Got it. Ready, everyone? Ready. I stuck it. I stuck it. It's down. Can you take back up? No. It's over? No, it's over. That's it. I mean, I can't finish. I can't wait for him to post that I'm the better pilot. Yeah. It is what it is. Rack him up. Rack him up. Take as long as you want. You can go faster, but I'm really just chilling. I don't need to. Yeah, I want to do the same thing with the power loop into it. That's cool. Okay. That was freaking sweet. Wow. Technically, you just need to get through the next two gates. Okay. One more gate to get through. What's happening? It's affecting upside down. It's insane. It looks so weird. And here she goes. Full course inverted. Oh. Amazing. Good job. That's really impressive. Now I just got to say, I cannot wait to see the social media posts from this young flying champion of DRL. It warms my heart. Better. Listen. Listen. Wait. Wait. We can all agree that for his first time flying 3D FPV, he's really good. Yeah. Just not as good as Zoe. If you ain't first, you're last. Ooh. Well, guys, this has been 3D racing. I don't know. Well, guys, this has been road or ride and fan over losing. He's so salty. I don't know if this has ever been done before, but it was really awesome seeing two Titans of their specialties coming together, mixing it up. That still means I'm the only undefeated pilot within road or ride challenges. That is true. So now we're going to have to start trying to stack the deck against you. Fudge. You guys got any other challenges for us? What kind of weird things should we try and do with these runs? We love pushing the limits and trying different things. Yeah. Yeah, I just got to say thank you, Van Over, for trying it out. Seeing him, a new pilot to 3D, actually try that and try to beat me at a challenge is awesome. He was just eating his feelings. Matt, no. We don't learn from our wins. We learn from our losses. That's a Van Over quote. Tell him to subscribe. Tell him to subscribe. Oh, yeah. Subscribe. Buy stuff in the store so I can get more free motors and cameras. Oh my God. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Dude, what is that? Oh my God, that's the bell down there. That's the bell. Hit the bell. Hit the bell, guys. This has been Road or Ride. We'll see you next time. Woo! Not me, bro. No, no, no, no. Bad decision. Bad decision. Bad decision. Oh my God.