Schoolchildren Serpukhov free to learn how to control drones
In the suburbs opened registration for the competition of drone pilots. Children from the project “School League of the Moscow region” will take part in major all-Russian competitions “At height”. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Physical Culture and Sports of the Moscow region.
Children from 10 years old can take part in races. Beginners will compete in the computer game Split FPV - a first-person flight simulator, and experienced pilots will show skills in the professional program "Quadrosim" and in real flights. Qualifying games on the Internet will be held from November 2026 to January 2027, face-to-face stages - from January to June, and a large final will be arranged in July 2027 in the Moscow region.
Anyone can try their hand: for this you need to register on the site, install the game on your computer and choose a track. You can control a virtual drone with a keyboard, mouse, gamepad or a special remote. First, the participants perform tasks for a place in the overall ranking, and the best players of the regions go to the next stage to pass the track in the minimum time. The fastest pilots will get the right to control already real quadcopters at the final, where they will prepare the cyberscene, close the track with a grid and play cash prizes.
In the season 2026/2027, drone racing will for the first time become part of the School League of the Moscow region, which meets the goals of the federal program “Sport of Russia”. Special training centers for flights will be opened in 11 cities of the region: Balashikha, Podolsk, Khimki, Serpukhov, Korolev, Dmitrov, Ramenskoye, Istra, Kolomna, Lyubertsy and Chekhov. The new direction will help to train qualified personnel free of charge within the framework of the national project "Unmanned Aviation Systems".
“At Height” is a project of the Popular Front of Russia, designed to train specialists for the field of unmanned aviation and popularization of civilian drones. The official start was announced on October 7, 2026. The project was personally launched by First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kirienko and Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Dmitry Chernyshenko. The presentation was also attended by the head of the Executive Committee of the Popular Front Mikhail Kuznetsov, the Governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov and the First Deputy Minister of Sports of Russia Odesa Baisultanov.
