rotordeckSee what the pilot does.
Live.
We're building a system that puts every pilot's stick movements on screen as a live overlay, so viewers feel the race from the pilot's seat: the punch out of a corner, the correction before a gate. We're looking for race organizers and production teams to try it with.
Stick movements, made watchable
In FPV racing the drone is tiny and fast, and the pilot is hidden behind goggles. The sticks are where the skill shows. That's what we put on screen.
Live stick overlays
A graphic per pilot that the production team keys over the race video. Pilot names per heat, graphics on or off with one click, and a clear "no signal" instead of stale data.
Stick data after the race
Replays with the sticks shown, simple statistics on how each pilot used the sticks, and generated stick movements to rehearse a show before the pilots arrive.
Reliable on the day
Built the way we build business-critical systems: tested before it goes live, monitored while it runs, and a safe fallback when something drops out.
Made for demanding, privacy-sensitive settings
We use our own way of capturing stick data, designed for live events where reliability and privacy both matter. It collects stick inputs, and that's it: nothing about the pilot as a person, and only shown on air with the pilot's agreement.
Experience with systems that have to stay up
Rotordeck is run by Hans Fraiponts, who has spent more than 20 years designing and running highly available, business-critical IT systems, where downtime isn't an option and data has to be handled carefully. A live race broadcast asks for the same discipline.
On the FPV side we build Sticklink, free software that puts a pilot's sticks and link telemetry live in OBS, and the other tools in the Toy Box.
Working together
- TalkYour race or show, your crew and what you'd like viewers to see.
- Try itAt a practice session or a small event, before anything goes on air.
- Race dayOn site with our own equipment, alongside your crew.
Organizing or producing a race?
Tell us about it. Based in Ghent, Belgium.