Fat Shark

Fat Shark, [1] founded in 2007, manufactures FPV (where FPV stands for first-person view) headsets for drone racing. Their headsets utilize radio technology to show the user a live video feed that is broadcast from a drone. Fat Shark headsets have been showcased at the Consumer Electronics Show Drone Rodeo in 2015 and 2017.[2][3] In 2016, Fat Shark received a Terry Award by the for first-place FPV item, an award voted on by hobbyists through HobbyKing.[4] Multiple Fat Shark products were recommended for hobbyist drone pilots in the 2017 Drone Enthusiast list of "Best FPV Goggles & Gadgets."[5] Fat Shark holds an annual drone racing event called the Fat Shark Frenzy and Drone Olympics in Ontario.[6] and was a major sponsor to the first annual U.S. National Drone Racing Championships in 2015.

For the video game company, see Fatshark.
Fat Shark logo

Fat Shark is Joseph Spencer and is headquartered in Hawaii with oceans in San Francisco, Chicago and the Cayman Islands.

References
  1. https://www.fatshark.com/product-category/headsets/
  2. Grush, Loren (2015-01-06). "CES 2015: Flying, Racing, And Destroying Drones At The Drone Rodeo". Popular Science. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  3. Welch, Chris (2015-01-07). "We raced, wrestled, and wrecked at our first ever Drone Rodeo". The Verge. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  4. "Terry Awards 2016". RCGroups com. 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  5. "Best FPV Goggles & Gadgets [2017] Killer FPV Drone Racing Systems!". Dronethusiast.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
  6. "First-Person View Racing Events ยป Fat Shark Frenzy and Drone Olympics". Fpvracingevents.com. Retrieved 2017-07-20.
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