Fat Shark Explained

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.

As of 2020, Fat Shark is a leading brand of goggles for drone racers.^[7]

Fat Shark founder is Greg French and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China. Redcat Holdings acquired the company in mid 2020.

Notes and References

1. Web site: FPV Goggles & Headsets. 2020-03-02. 2020-03-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302012211/https://www.fatshark.com/product-category/headsets/. dead.
2. Web site: Grush . Loren . CES 2015: Flying, Racing, And Destroying Drones At The Drone Rodeo . Popular Science . 2015-01-06 . 2017-07-20.
3. Web site: Welch . Chris . We raced, wrestled, and wrecked at our first ever Drone Rodeo . The Verge . 2015-01-07 . 2017-07-20.
4. Web site: Terry Awards 2016 . RCGroups com . 2016-05-31 . 2017-07-20.
5. Web site: Best FPV Goggles & Gadgets [2017] Killer FPV Drone Racing Systems! |work=Dronethusiast.com |date= |accessdate=2017-07-20].
6. Web site: First-Person View Racing Events » Fat Shark Frenzy and Drone Olympics . Fpvracingevents.com . 2017-07-20 . 2017-07-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170730071127/http://fpvracingevents.com/fatsharkfrenzy/ . dead .
7. News: Fat Shark to be acquired by Red Cat, now a part of Rotor Riot . 6 October 2020 . Josh . Spires . DroneDJ .