0:00:02 > 0:00:04Welcome to the second of the Airmageddon semifinals.
0:00:04 > 0:00:07- 32 drone teams started this journey to air supremacy...- Ohh!
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- ..but after crashes, dashes, and flights of glory...- Oh, yes!
0:00:10 > 0:00:14..only eight of the UK's finest fliers remain.
0:00:14 > 0:00:16Now, four of these teams, with their customised drones,
0:00:16 > 0:00:19- will duel it out for a coveted place...- Go for it.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22..in the grand final, to take the trophy and the title.
0:00:22 > 0:00:26But who will triumph? Find out in Airmageddon, the semifinals.
0:00:48 > 0:00:51Welcome to our semifinals here on Airmageddon.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55We've got four returning teams, all winners in their own right, but
0:00:55 > 0:00:58now they're really going to have to raise their game if they want
0:00:58 > 0:01:00to earn a place in our grand final.
0:01:00 > 0:01:04Yup, they might be the best of the best, but will they better our new
0:01:04 > 0:01:08and improved airsault course, and the tougher trials of the airena?
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Yes, we've ramped up the difficulty for the semis.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12The question is, can they handle it?
0:01:12 > 0:01:16I think so. These guys hope so.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18- BOTH:- Let's meet our aviators.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22First up, and spinning into action, it's Team Vortex!
0:01:22 > 0:01:25Second to emerge, it's Grenville's Guardians.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29Next out it's those cunning Flying Foxes.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34And finally, flying out, it's Air Farce One.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37Good luck, teams.
0:01:37 > 0:01:38Welcome back, semifinalists.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41Are you guys ready to take on Airmageddon again?
0:01:41 > 0:01:42- ALL:- Yeah!
0:01:42 > 0:01:45Excellent stuff. OK, well, Grenville's Guardians.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47So, Benji, you've been here before, right?
0:01:47 > 0:01:49How excited are you to be doing it again?
0:01:49 > 0:01:52- I'm crazily excited. It's actually amazing.- Brilliant.
0:01:52 > 0:01:56Flying Foxes, how have you been preparing for this, the semifinals?
0:01:56 > 0:01:59In the time that we've had we've been practising loads.
0:01:59 > 0:02:02- So, prepare, everyone, to be beaten.- Ooh!- Oh, ho-ho!
0:02:02 > 0:02:04They're sounding really confident!
0:02:04 > 0:02:06Well, there you have it, our four semifinalists.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09But thankfully, only one PIG.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10PIG? Where is he?
0:02:10 > 0:02:12PIG GRUNTS
0:02:15 > 0:02:17These guys are supposed to be the best of the best,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19so for the semifinal the airsault course
0:02:19 > 0:02:22has been beefed up to provide a meatier test.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24And I don't mean we're rolled the PIG in a bacon blanket.
0:02:24 > 0:02:25It's not Christmas! Chill out!
0:02:25 > 0:02:28Sure, there's four of your standard airsault gates to navigate,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31you've seen them before. But don't be complacent.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34The pesky Pillars provide a potent early challenge,
0:02:34 > 0:02:37before it's time to deliver a sack of drones through the letterboxes.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40Teams must feel their way through the foggy corridor like
0:02:40 > 0:02:43blind mice along a skirting board before something
0:02:43 > 0:02:46so dynamic it will blow their tiny minds...
0:02:46 > 0:02:48A horizontal gate!
0:02:48 > 0:02:52Breaking news! We've literally flipped the Earth on its axis!
0:02:56 > 0:02:59Then, the big one. A souped-up vortex.
0:02:59 > 0:03:01Toned up, tuned up, it's more powerful,
0:03:01 > 0:03:04and stretched as high as a school prom limo.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05Hollywood flying required.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08Then, over the line and home in time for din-dins, but slack off
0:03:08 > 0:03:12in this semi, and you'll be the team left eating scraps on your way home.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Four drones versus our beefed up airsault course, versus the clock,
0:03:16 > 0:03:18versus one of our resident drones.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Let's find out who's on patrol and causing havoc.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23Spin the selector.
0:03:23 > 0:03:25It's the DRAGON.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27Yes, it's tetchy, it's unreliable,
0:03:27 > 0:03:30and it has breath that could strip paint. It's my sister!
0:03:30 > 0:03:32I mean, the DRAGON!
0:03:32 > 0:03:34Well, the airsault course has got tougher,
0:03:34 > 0:03:37but are our aviators tough enough?
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Let's find out. It's Grenville's Guardians!
0:03:39 > 0:03:43First to face this turbo-charged semifinal airsault course is
0:03:43 > 0:03:44Grenville's Guardians.
0:03:44 > 0:03:47Aviator Benji is a county-level basketball player,
0:03:47 > 0:03:49so airtime should not be a problem.
0:03:49 > 0:03:50With wing-uncle and speedy biker Stuart,
0:03:50 > 0:03:53they had a tricky time in their heat, scraping through the
0:03:53 > 0:03:56airsault course in third, not least because of this epic move.
0:03:56 > 0:03:57Look at that!
0:03:57 > 0:03:58Good recovery.
0:03:58 > 0:04:01But took joint first in the bottle bash, and then raised their
0:04:01 > 0:04:05game even more for glory with a 4-0 squashing of the Arachnerds.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09Seemed harsh - they could have just put them out the window!
0:04:09 > 0:04:10Welcome back.
0:04:10 > 0:04:13Are you going to try and repeat that kind of showmanship today?
0:04:13 > 0:04:17Um. Not really, I think today I'm going to try and get a good,
0:04:17 > 0:04:20steady speed and then maybe leave the acrobatics until the final.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Right, and I think sensible is going to be key, because out there
0:04:23 > 0:04:26today the airsault course... It's really, really difficult.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28So, I'm wishing you both good luck!
0:04:28 > 0:04:29Aviators - stand by.
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Fire up your motors. Rev up your rotors.
0:04:34 > 0:04:36You're cleared for take off!
0:04:36 > 0:04:38Yo, Marshy, had a spruce up for the big semi?
0:04:38 > 0:04:41Got yourself some new voice software?
0:04:41 > 0:04:42Have you got a new face, yet?
0:04:42 > 0:04:44Wow, that's harsh, man.
0:04:44 > 0:04:45I just prefer voice work, OK?
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Launch in three...
0:04:47 > 0:04:48two...
0:04:48 > 0:04:50one.
0:04:50 > 0:04:53And Benji lifts the Guardians into the airena for the first run
0:04:53 > 0:04:55of the semifinal airsault course.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Will the pressure of flying first for a final spot throw them
0:04:58 > 0:05:00into a frenzy of furious flameouts and failures?
0:05:00 > 0:05:03Or will I get over this terrible fixation with the letter F?
0:05:03 > 0:05:05Textbook moving through the first gate,
0:05:05 > 0:05:09like one of Benji's famous lasagnes sliding into the oven at home.
0:05:09 > 0:05:10Cheesy.
0:05:10 > 0:05:11Watch those flames, though,
0:05:11 > 0:05:14or this green-flagged monster of a drone could be toasted cheese.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16That's it. Come around. That's it.
0:05:16 > 0:05:19This is steady and smooth stuff from Benji, here.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23- Can I do a flip? - That's it. No, no, no flips.
0:05:23 > 0:05:25Flips? Are you mad, Benji?
0:05:25 > 0:05:26Remember what happened last time!
0:05:26 > 0:05:29Sure, it looked great and you got all that fan mail from
0:05:29 > 0:05:32the Red Arrows and Tom Daley, but man.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34Oh, he's joking. LOLs.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36Second letterbox signed and sealed.
0:05:40 > 0:05:42You're doing so well, fella.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45He's shaky and not very bakey, but he's through the hoop.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48It's not a hoop, sorry! It's a gate. Gate.
0:05:48 > 0:05:51But the foggy corridor is where teams can come unstuck.
0:05:51 > 0:05:52Crosswinds, four big Pillars,
0:05:52 > 0:05:56and that fog is harvested directly from my bathroom after a long soak.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Then you're coming back to us and you're through this hoop, yeah?
0:05:59 > 0:06:02But not a bother for Benji. Stuart really doesn't have much to do.
0:06:02 > 0:06:04This ice-cool aviator owns this show.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06But now for the horizontal gate.
0:06:06 > 0:06:08Getting a perfect glidepath up,
0:06:08 > 0:06:11and then smoothly down is a real test of spatial awareness.
0:06:11 > 0:06:12And - oh!
0:06:12 > 0:06:14- You've got it, you've got it! - That's a rim strike.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16You'd expect a slam dunk from a basketball nut,
0:06:16 > 0:06:19but instead he's tried an in-off, and thrown his team into a spin.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21And has it shaken Benji's bottle?
0:06:21 > 0:06:24No, he's handling this wrapped-up airsault course like a pro.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26He plays rugby at home,
0:06:26 > 0:06:29so a little dink on the drone is nothing to this fly half.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Get it?
0:06:31 > 0:06:34So, onto the new, more vertically volumous vortex.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Right, now you can go up.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37Throw it up, mate.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40This aviator letting the updraft do the work, here.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Just needs to maintain a steady hand if he's to navigate the new
0:06:43 > 0:06:44blocking bars at the top of The Vortex.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47And they're through! Awesome air time!
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Now, a race to the final gate. Don't lose focus, gents.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Nobody wants to see a near-perfect run shattered into
0:06:53 > 0:06:55a million pieces, and your dreams in tatters.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Well, except maybe the DRAGON and the other teams.
0:06:58 > 0:07:02It looks like Dragon's finally ready to release the jalfrezi at
0:07:02 > 0:07:04the final pass.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10That was close! The drone getting a seat warmer, there!
0:07:10 > 0:07:14- But Benji has sold DRAGON a hard-court dummy.- Well done.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17And he floors it over the line for a finishing time 2.56.
0:07:17 > 0:07:21Good work there, but is that time competitive on the souped-up course?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Time will tell.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Grenville's Guardians!
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Oh, my gosh, Benji, you made that look super easy.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- But, you did find our horizontal hoop a little bit tricky.- Yeah.
0:07:30 > 0:07:31What happened there?
0:07:31 > 0:07:35I kind of... I thought I was going straight through the middle,
0:07:35 > 0:07:37but I wasn't. I was a bit closer.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Do you think you've done enough to get through?- Yeah.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Well, we shall see.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44Net, it's Team Vortex.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Aviator Joel is a veteran model flyer,
0:07:46 > 0:07:48and so is dad and wingman Christian.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50And didn't they prove it in their heat.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53With a covetous 26 second airsault course lead.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55They only took laps by a drone's nose, though,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59but reasserted themselves with a 4-2 dust up in The Dogfight.
0:07:59 > 0:08:00Eat my lasers!
0:08:00 > 0:08:01Joel, last time,
0:08:01 > 0:08:04you were the fastest around the airsault course in your heats.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07What are you going to do to kind of replicate that success?
0:08:07 > 0:08:09Bearing in mind that it is more difficult now.
0:08:09 > 0:08:11I'm going to attack everything and do it as quickly and
0:08:11 > 0:08:13efficiently as I can.
0:08:13 > 0:08:15Brilliant. Fingers crossed, OK. Aviators.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17It's the semifinal. Stand by.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20Fire up your motors. Rev up those rotors.
0:08:20 > 0:08:22You're cleared for takeoff.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Look at them, waving and smiling.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27But will they be waving and smiling at the end, or crying and rocking?
0:08:27 > 0:08:29Vortex launch in three...
0:08:29 > 0:08:31two...
0:08:31 > 0:08:33one.
0:08:33 > 0:08:35- Go.- Team Vortex are away.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37Go on. Go on, go on.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39Clear, push through.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40Lovely. Roll right.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43That is one vocal wingdad.
0:08:43 > 0:08:45And Joel racing through the first Pillars, too.
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Will he use some of his dance skills?
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- Come back, come back.- Well, that's like no dance I've ever seen!
0:08:49 > 0:08:52What would you call that? The Swing About A Bit And Nearly Crash dance?
0:08:52 > 0:08:53It ain't pretty, but it's quick.
0:08:53 > 0:08:57- A bit like the Air Marshall on the toilet.- At least I flush.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00Once, all right! And there had been an incredible amount of popcorn!
0:09:00 > 0:09:02Push on. Push. There you go. Lovely.
0:09:02 > 0:09:04Yes, express delivery through the letterboxes, there.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07Dad Christian is really working hard with the directions as
0:09:07 > 0:09:11his young son and pilot feels the pressure of this semifinal.
0:09:11 > 0:09:13In you come, in you come. Push on a little bit.
0:09:13 > 0:09:14Forward, forward.
0:09:14 > 0:09:18And Team Vortex looking to be tasting the turbulence in the
0:09:18 > 0:09:21- not-so-foggy corridor! - And again, and again. Right.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- Right, the horizontal gate.- Come on, Joel, it's the semi, up you go.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27- Straight up, straight up. - Joel, of course, does parkour.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Will that help him now?
0:09:29 > 0:09:34Yes! He's smashed it. And now for the all-new vortex for Team Vortex.
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Any suggestion that they've inside knowledge of how this works in
0:09:37 > 0:09:41a sponsor tie-in is utterly denied by their lawyers.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44They're in. But can they ride the thermals clear of the bars?
0:09:44 > 0:09:45They can!
0:09:45 > 0:09:49DRAGON not happy about that, but his puff looks a bit puny there.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52They're through the next gates, but DRAGON is angry,
0:09:52 > 0:09:54and brought a bit extra to the party.
0:09:54 > 0:09:55Flaming Nora!
0:09:55 > 0:09:58But Joel throws a ballroom-swerve to slip past the DRAGON, and 1.33?!
0:09:58 > 0:10:00- That's madness!- Good lad.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03That's right, Christian. Joel has earned some props there.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05There was a bit of a wobble halfway through.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08They're normally sure assured. Look at that effort there, though.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10I mean, that time was sick.
0:10:10 > 0:10:12Team Vortex! Wow!
0:10:12 > 0:10:17Come in. Joel, 1.33. How do you feel about that?
0:10:17 > 0:10:18It's amazing. I can't believe...
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I've beat my other score, so it's great.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Well, you're definitely through.
0:10:22 > 0:10:24There are two more teams left.
0:10:24 > 0:10:26Not sure anyone's going to beat that time.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28Time confirmed.
0:10:28 > 0:10:32That was some serious speed by Team Vortex, who come in at 1.33,
0:10:32 > 0:10:35to knock a whopping 1.23 of the Guardians' time.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38That puts the greens into the drop zone and sets Vortex up as
0:10:38 > 0:10:40the early favourites for the final.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46The Flying Foxes, Rohan and Dhruv, are enthusiastic flyers,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49and that's gone a long way when the odds were stacked against them.
0:10:49 > 0:10:50Second place in their airsault,
0:10:50 > 0:10:53a scoreless second spot in the drop...
0:10:53 > 0:10:55Aww! No!
0:10:55 > 0:10:58But, a convincing 4-1 dogfight win proves that staying power and
0:10:58 > 0:11:01- persistence...- We won! - ..pays off in the end.
0:11:01 > 0:11:04So, Rohan, now that you're up here in the semifinals,
0:11:04 > 0:11:06what do you make of the new airsault course?
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- It looks good, but we're still going to beat it.- Ha-ha!
0:11:09 > 0:11:11He's just so confident.
0:11:11 > 0:11:13Without further ado, let's get you I the air.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Aviators - stand by.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20Get your motors started. Get your rotors revved.
0:11:20 > 0:11:21You're cleared for takeoff!
0:11:21 > 0:11:24Flying Foxes launch in three...
0:11:24 > 0:11:25two...
0:11:25 > 0:11:27one.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30The Flying Foxes are very much the peoples' champions.
0:11:30 > 0:11:33- They've captured hearts...if not any records.- Forward.
0:11:33 > 0:11:35They need to find some extra ninja-style Zen for the
0:11:35 > 0:11:38semifinal, or it's sayonara.
0:11:38 > 0:11:40Let's join them at the last letterboxes,
0:11:40 > 0:11:44having roundhouse kicked all the previous obstacles' bottoms.
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- Forward.- And their rotors are ka-rat-ey!- What?- ka-rat-ey!- Pardon?
0:11:47 > 0:11:50All right, karate chopping through the air to take them through
0:11:50 > 0:11:51to that gate.
0:11:51 > 0:11:53Down... Oh, I can't see it.
0:11:53 > 0:11:54Round for the foggy corridor.
0:11:54 > 0:11:57Visibility down to just centimetres in there.
0:11:57 > 0:12:01But these two spent 13 years sat on top of a volcano
0:12:01 > 0:12:04contemplating drone-flying through fog. True fact.
0:12:04 > 0:12:05Right, go left, go left.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09So, can their martial arts sixth sense guide them through?
0:12:09 > 0:12:12- Ooh, that's almost... It's close to touching down.- Up.
0:12:12 > 0:12:16- Nearly a judo roll up and back into action for a lotus leap.- Whoa!
0:12:17 > 0:12:20Into the air again, and through the horizontal gate.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23They are absorbing the pressure, here,
0:12:23 > 0:12:26of this semifinal, like a sumo-wrestler's fundoshi.
0:12:26 > 0:12:28A sumo-wrester's pants, that is.
0:12:28 > 0:12:29All right, down, down.
0:12:29 > 0:12:32Oh! The DRAGON's in the air.
0:12:32 > 0:12:33- Nasty side, that.- Wow.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37And the DRAGON bringing something a bit extra to the party, there.
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- We're looking for a line through. - Yeah?- Yep.- Beneath?- Yep.
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Into The Vortex.
0:12:43 > 0:12:45- Whoa!- Steady, Will.
0:12:45 > 0:12:48- You're up. Go back.- That was cool.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Rohan and Dhruv never give up, they never say die,
0:12:51 > 0:12:55but have they got enough to hold their Zen on the final obstacles?
0:12:55 > 0:13:00Peoples' champion or not, DRAGON deploys the fiery tongue of fury..
0:13:00 > 0:13:02- Left, left, lots, lots. - But Rohan and Dhruv
0:13:02 > 0:13:05go low, determined, and over the line in 2.36.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07And Rohan looks relieved.
0:13:07 > 0:13:09It think it was harder than he expected in the revamped
0:13:09 > 0:13:11airsault course.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13I think, hand on heart, he didn't know too much about The Vortex
0:13:13 > 0:13:15after he got the drone in position.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18But right place right time is all that matters in the semifinal.
0:13:18 > 0:13:22Flying Foxes, wow! You flew round that course, didn't you?
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- How did you find it out there? - Easy. It was very easy.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Well, as it stands, you know, you're going to go through to the
0:13:28 > 0:13:31next round, so let's go and see the final people, how they get on.
0:13:31 > 0:13:32Time confirmed.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35The semifinal leaderboard is shaping up.
0:13:35 > 0:13:38Firmly on top with a white-hot 1.33 is Team Vortex.
0:13:38 > 0:13:40Sliding into second are the Flying Foxes.
0:13:40 > 0:13:44Not a patch on Vortex, but 2.36 is still a good 20 seconds
0:13:44 > 0:13:48quicker than current drop-zone residents Grenville's Guardians.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Next up, Air Farce One are Alex and wingman dad, Hugh.
0:13:52 > 0:13:54Alex likes anything with wheels, even one wheel.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57No, not a wheelbarrow, he's got a unicycle.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59Dad Hugh is a cool-headed company man,
0:13:59 > 0:14:02and that cool head helped set up their win in their heat by
0:14:02 > 0:14:06smashing their leaderboard with a whopping 30 second lead in airsault.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09They never looked back, with a clean 5-bunch sweep in balloon burst...
0:14:09 > 0:14:12- Ooh!- ..before a dogfight victory over Team Parallel.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15How seriously are you taking it now you're here in the semis?
0:14:15 > 0:14:17- Oh, we're pretty serious now.- Yeah?
0:14:17 > 0:14:21Oh, yeah, we really enjoyed the heat, but now we're here to compete.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23And that's a treat for all the drones on the street.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25But if your stomachs get nervous, we'll put down a sheet!
0:14:25 > 0:14:27I love a good poem, me.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Fire up your motors, rev up your rotors.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33You're cleared for takeoff!
0:14:33 > 0:14:35Air Farce One launch in three...
0:14:35 > 0:14:36two...
0:14:36 > 0:14:38one.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42Air Farce One are on the run, and if they get hungry, they'll have a...
0:14:42 > 0:14:44- Enough rhyming.- Yeah, OK.
0:14:44 > 0:14:48The fast launch into the airena for the final of these semifinal runs.
0:14:48 > 0:14:51And as we join them at the letterboxes, there is nothing
0:14:51 > 0:14:53farcical about the time about the time from the Derbyshire drone.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56- Perfect.- Very confident flying.
0:14:56 > 0:14:59Letterbox one taken on and conquered with no hesitation.
0:14:59 > 0:15:02That corner is a bit of time lost, though. Here, look.
0:15:02 > 0:15:0490 degrees bad...
0:15:04 > 0:15:0645 degrees good.
0:15:07 > 0:15:09A bit to the yellow.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11- Arcing a little wide for letterbox three.- Left a bit.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Alex needs to heed dad Hugh's advice, there.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17This is farcical flight control, he's flying like he's...
0:15:17 > 0:15:18on a unicycle...
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- on a beach ball.- Slow down a bit.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22They'll need to compose themselves.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24No, Hugh, that isn't...
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Hugh, just spit more rhymes!
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Down into the gap for the parallel bars.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30You'll be spitting rotor blades if you farce your way through
0:15:30 > 0:15:33the foggy corridor, but Alex has found the perfect balance and
0:15:33 > 0:15:35the fog has parted on this run.
0:15:35 > 0:15:37That's the best pass through so far!
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Higher...- This being a semifinal, the pressure is sure to show.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44- Left, left, left... - Alex looks like he needs the loo.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47Somebody get the sheet, quick! The pressure's too much.
0:15:47 > 0:15:49- What do you mean that's his concentrating face?- Back down.
0:15:49 > 0:15:52This is excellent flying, it has to be said.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55They are really going for it, this time. They are really going.
0:15:55 > 0:15:59Yes, Will, it's the semifinal. Everyone's going for it.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02A tense watch for Grenville's Guardians.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Could The Vortex be a blink and miss it affair?
0:16:05 > 0:16:07OK, maybe not, but still pacey,
0:16:07 > 0:16:09and a springboard for the gate.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13Uh-oh, the DRAGON is there.
0:16:13 > 0:16:17That's right, Will, but I think the DRAGON is part-timing this, today.
0:16:17 > 0:16:18He's a bit-player, a holiday lizard
0:16:18 > 0:16:20with rotors, at best.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Over the line 1.50.
0:16:22 > 0:16:24That's great.
0:16:24 > 0:16:25Not too steady.
0:16:25 > 0:16:28There was some fairly farcical wobbles around the course,
0:16:28 > 0:16:31but Alex and you-know-Hugh were steady where it counted.
0:16:31 > 0:16:32Well done.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35OK, well, let's find out how you did. Air Marshall.
0:16:35 > 0:16:37Time confirmed.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40So, let's look at the final airsault leader board, and Air Farce take
0:16:40 > 0:16:44second place beneath Team Vortex, who cement their place at the top.
0:16:44 > 0:16:46No surprises that Flying Foxes stay above the drop,
0:16:46 > 0:16:50as Grenville's over-cautious run roots them to the drop zone.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53Out of the semifinal and grounded for good. Sorry, fellas.
0:16:53 > 0:16:54It does mean...
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Grenville's Guardians, you have been fabulous, but, for now,
0:16:57 > 0:16:59can we give them a round of applause?
0:16:59 > 0:17:01Because, Grenville Guardians, you are grounded.
0:17:01 > 0:17:04Can I ask you leave?
0:17:04 > 0:17:06So, Grenville's Guardians have powered down their
0:17:06 > 0:17:09first-person view and set aside their controller.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13Three more teams look ahead to being victorious here in the airena.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15PIG GRUNTS
0:17:15 > 0:17:17Ah. And here's PIG to show them how it's done.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25What's the best thing to do when you see a wall? Lean on it? Nah.
0:17:25 > 0:17:26Paint a mural? Maybe.
0:17:26 > 0:17:28No, you smash it down, you fools!
0:17:28 > 0:17:32In this semifinal Wallbusters, we attach wrecking balls to the drones.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35I think you can probably guess the rest. This is Wallbusters!
0:17:35 > 0:17:38The two teams who knock down the walls the quickest will fly
0:17:38 > 0:17:40into The Dogfight.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43Blink and you'll miss them, they're sneaky, cheeky,
0:17:43 > 0:17:45and they live in your mattress. It's The Bugs.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Batteries are recharged, wrecking balls are attached.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51The drones are ready, but are our aviators?
0:17:51 > 0:17:52- ALL:- Yeah!
0:17:52 > 0:17:56Excellent stuff. OK. Now, Rohan, this is the semifinal.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59How much would it mean to you to get through this round, into
0:17:59 > 0:18:01The Dogfight, and be in with a chance of
0:18:01 > 0:18:03getting through to the grand final?
0:18:03 > 0:18:05It would mean everything to us, we've come this far.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08It would just be so sad to lose now, so, yeah.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11Excellent. Well, I'm sure all the teams feel the same,
0:18:11 > 0:18:13so I think we should get this game underway.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15Are we all ready for a smashing game?
0:18:15 > 0:18:17RECORD SCRATCH Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
0:18:17 > 0:18:19Did Will just crack a terrible pun, there? I believe he did.
0:18:19 > 0:18:20Can I get a rewind?
0:18:20 > 0:18:23Are we all ready for a smashing game?
0:18:23 > 0:18:25Smashing game...sma-sma-sma-smashing game?
0:18:25 > 0:18:28DRUMROLL He actually did!
0:18:28 > 0:18:29And did you get the pun?
0:18:29 > 0:18:31- ALL:- Yeah.- All right, then.
0:18:31 > 0:18:34- All right, fair enough. - Aviators - stand by.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Check your systems.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40Rev up your rotors.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41You're cleared for takeoff!
0:18:41 > 0:18:45So, red, yellow and blue teams lined up and ready to race.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46Launch in three...
0:18:46 > 0:18:48- two...- Here we go.
0:18:48 > 0:18:49..one.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52Right, no messing, here. Well, plenty of messing, hopefully.
0:18:52 > 0:18:54This is the mother of all games.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55Smash the wall down in this semifinal,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58and you're through to the final Dogfight.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Oh, back you come.- And that's two down for the blue of Air Farce One.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03None for Vortex in red.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Oh, hang on, back for one...
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Two points looking like a big score in this game.
0:19:09 > 0:19:11- It's going to be tight as the producer's wallet.- Push.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15Oh, another quick one for the Farce. Foxes one...no...two!
0:19:16 > 0:19:19The reds, Team Vortex, make it five... No, seven!
0:19:19 > 0:19:21Vortex opening up a solid lead, here.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Hello, Air Farce One spread themselves and farce down
0:19:24 > 0:19:25another three.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27Now you're unicycling on gas.
0:19:27 > 0:19:29Take them out, take them out. That's it.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34Three points for the foxes! Back in the game, never doubted it.
0:19:34 > 0:19:37But still reds Vortex and the Farce tickle their totals upwards,
0:19:37 > 0:19:39sensing glory.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44Yes, Joel. Lovely. Come on. Nice and easy. Nice and easy.
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Oh, and that's a game changer from the yellow Foxes!
0:19:47 > 0:19:49But look at that, they nearly took themselves out
0:19:49 > 0:19:51with their great pendulous ball.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54And a slam into the launchpad. We all missed that!
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Rohan is like a fox in the headlights, up there.
0:19:59 > 0:20:03No brick is safe. But let's hope he doesn't get flattened himself!
0:20:03 > 0:20:06He's got the bit between his teeth. A fox-sized bit.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Yes, Joel.
0:20:08 > 0:20:12This is as tough and tight a round as Airmageddon has ever produced.
0:20:12 > 0:20:16Look, the Farce, well, welcome back to the show, guys.
0:20:16 > 0:20:17Careful...
0:20:17 > 0:20:2015-12-9, still very close, here.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22Oh, that was a hare's whisker away!
0:20:24 > 0:20:25Ahh!
0:20:25 > 0:20:26I do love this game.
0:20:26 > 0:20:29Just go for the top one so you don't hit it with the drone.
0:20:29 > 0:20:30Wise words from Hugh, there,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33but perhaps now is time to throw caution to the wind.
0:20:33 > 0:20:35The Foxes are pushing hard, like a furry bulldozer,
0:20:35 > 0:20:36to make The Dogfight.
0:20:36 > 0:20:39Yes. One more to do, and then we can land.
0:20:39 > 0:20:41That's right, Christian.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44All in all there's just another brick in the wall left for you guys.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46- AIR MARSHALL:- Team Vortex, round complete.
0:20:46 > 0:20:50And Team Vortex clean the board, as the Farce draw level with the Foxes.
0:20:50 > 0:20:53Vortex land safely with their precious place in the final secure.
0:20:53 > 0:20:54Well done, Vortex.
0:20:54 > 0:20:58This is as tight as a sumo wrestler on a unicycle saddle.
0:20:58 > 0:21:01Get the tenpin bowling ball out, hit the killer brick!
0:21:01 > 0:21:04- A thump to 17 for the Foxes. Will the Farce respond?- Nice and steady.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06Get it in a line and just drive away from you.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08Just drive away from you.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11- Oh! Farce are down!- Oh! - Farce are down.
0:21:11 > 0:21:14Alex is gutted, and Air Farce One is flipped.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16The Flying Foxes take out their last brick, and...
0:21:16 > 0:21:18Whoa! Whoa!
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Hang on, there's a crash, too. Now, this is interesting.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22Does the crash void the second place?
0:21:22 > 0:21:24There's going to be some head-scratching in the
0:21:24 > 0:21:26Air Marshall's office. Actually, don't scratch your head
0:21:26 > 0:21:29with your rotors, Marshall, that wouldn't be pretty.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32And the replay shows Farce took out their final brick with their
0:21:32 > 0:21:34rotors, which led to the crash.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36And Rowan recklessly threw the drone at the deck.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39It was a great finish, but will that cost them?
0:21:40 > 0:21:41Scores verified.
0:21:41 > 0:21:43So, to the leaderboard,
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and a conclusive first position for Team Vortex.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48And taking that other coveted dogfight spot...
0:21:48 > 0:21:50it's Flying Foxes!
0:21:50 > 0:21:52They completed Wallbuster before they hit the deck,
0:21:52 > 0:21:54which means they are through.
0:21:54 > 0:21:56That means Air Farce One exit stage left,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58and are grounded.
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- Congratulations, first of all, to Team Vortex!- Yeah!
0:22:01 > 0:22:04You guys go through to The Dogfight with the time advantage.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07The team that will be joining them is going to be...
0:22:07 > 0:22:08- Flying Foxes.- Yes!
0:22:08 > 0:22:11Because, guys, you managed to get all of blocks down.
0:22:11 > 0:22:15Unfortunately, that does mean that because, Air Farce One,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17you crashed and there is a block remaining,
0:22:17 > 0:22:19you guys are grounded.
0:22:19 > 0:22:21But you made it to the semifinals,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Have you enjoyed being an aviator?
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Yeah, I'll never get a chance to fly something like that ever again.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- But it's been well worth it? - It's been well worth it.- Fantastic.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And never say never, guys. Maybe we'll see you
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- back here another time...- All right.
0:22:33 > 0:22:35..to do even better. Congratulations to you lot.
0:22:35 > 0:22:36I'll see you in The Dogfight.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44So, time for our two surviving semifinalists to lock rotors
0:22:44 > 0:22:46and targeting systems on each other.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49This is a dangerous and dynamic drone duel between two
0:22:49 > 0:22:51quick-firing pilots.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54As always, both flying machines have four lives.
0:22:54 > 0:22:58Take a hit, and they'll lose on of them. This is The Dogfight.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05It's The Dogfight. The big one.
0:23:05 > 0:23:06For a place in the final.
0:23:06 > 0:23:09Aviators do the flying, wingmen do the targeting.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Hit your opponents sensor four times,
0:23:11 > 0:23:14and avoid getting hit yourself, and glory is yours.
0:23:15 > 0:23:18They also have to stay in the combat zone
0:23:18 > 0:23:21or risk retaliation from one of our resident drones.
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Who's got it in for them here in The Dogfight?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27Spin the selector.
0:23:29 > 0:23:30It's the WASP.
0:23:30 > 0:23:33Fast, and quite literally with a sting in its tail,
0:23:33 > 0:23:35this is one of the fiercest drones in the game.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Don't try and catch this one in a jam jar,
0:23:37 > 0:23:41unless you've got a two-metre wide jam jar, unlikely.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44So, remember, if you stray out of the combat zone,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46the WASP may engage.
0:23:46 > 0:23:48And that's not going to be pleasant, but guys,
0:23:48 > 0:23:52this is The Dogfight for a place in the grand final.
0:23:52 > 0:23:54Teams, have you got anything you want to say to each other?
0:23:54 > 0:23:57- Foxes never, ever quit. - You're going down.- Ooh.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00There we go, and those words take on a extra edge when there is
0:24:00 > 0:24:03so much to play for in the semifinal.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06All right, then, let's get this battle underway.
0:24:06 > 0:24:08Aviators - stand by.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12Calibrate your sights.
0:24:12 > 0:24:13Rev up your rotors.
0:24:13 > 0:24:16This is the Dogfight.
0:24:16 > 0:24:18You're cleared for take off.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20Vortex launch in three...
0:24:20 > 0:24:21two...
0:24:21 > 0:24:22- one.- Scramble.
0:24:22 > 0:24:25Flying Foxes launch in three...
0:24:25 > 0:24:26two...
0:24:26 > 0:24:28one.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34The heat is on in this semifinal dogfight.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37And a crucial five-second lead for deadly, dancing Team Vortex
0:24:37 > 0:24:40means they activate their lasers and get set for attack while
0:24:40 > 0:24:42the Foxes play catch up.
0:24:42 > 0:24:45Both teams now squaring up in this inferno of an airena.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48The ruthless red Vortex draw first as expected,
0:24:48 > 0:24:50but that is a rangefinder at best.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52Foxes wingman Dhruv summons the spirit of the ninja,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55and attempts to lock on to, well, thin air, there.
0:24:55 > 0:24:57But good to get the thumb warmed-up, Dhruv.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00- Vortex lock on - and it's a strike! - Oh, no, they hit us.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03Yes they have, Rohan. You guys left yourselves wide open, there.
0:25:03 > 0:25:06Time to get your black belt on and get back into the fight.
0:25:09 > 0:25:11Bobbing and weaving from both teams. Defensive stuff.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16It's not crowd-pleasing, but they're not here to make friends.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19- Shoot, shoot, shoot... - I'm shooting. I'm shooting.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24But the Flying Foxes make it count with a superb strike!
0:25:25 > 0:25:28That's stunning targeting from wingman Dhruv.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31That's black belt, second dan thumb-work, mate.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33One-a-piece. It's back to the fight. Game on.
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Oh! They're coming close to us! They're coming close!
0:25:38 > 0:25:42And red-faced Team Vortex are angry now. Pride is hurt.
0:25:42 > 0:25:43Whoa! Double strike!
0:25:43 > 0:25:46Two hits without so much as a heartbeat between them,
0:25:46 > 0:25:48that's merciless stuff from Vortex!
0:25:48 > 0:25:50And they look so friendly in the flesh.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Kicking the Foxes while they're down.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55One strike, then another slap down! The Foxes are a furry mess.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58At this rate, they'll be back sniffing round bins in no time.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00And they're reeling.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04They're struggling, Fox-juice burning off in the atmosphere, here.
0:26:05 > 0:26:07Rohan struggling to keep them in the air,
0:26:07 > 0:26:09but Dhruv still getting the shots away.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12As they make a tactical, samurai retreat.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16Keep going. Your left.
0:26:16 > 0:26:17WASP is finally getting involved.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20Perhaps a mercy mission to buy the Foxes some time.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- Oh, and...- Oh, no. - Vortex have hit the final blow.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27Wingman dad Christian making no mistake.
0:26:29 > 0:26:31Vortex look like a flea on a Fox,
0:26:31 > 0:26:34sucking the lifeblood out of their attempt on the final.
0:26:34 > 0:26:35Sorry, fellas.
0:26:35 > 0:26:37Dogfight scores confirmed.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Well, what a semifinal we have been treated to.
0:26:40 > 0:26:43And after leading the first two rounds, it's no surprise that
0:26:43 > 0:26:47Team Vortex decimated the valiant Foxes, taking all of their lives and
0:26:47 > 0:26:51losing only one of theirs on their way to claim The Dogfight crown.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Team Vortex are today's winners by taking all four of the
0:26:54 > 0:26:57Flying Foxes lives, and only losing one. Yourself, Joel!
0:26:57 > 0:27:01- You're into the final!- Oh, my God, this is amazing. I can't believe it.
0:27:01 > 0:27:03- How are you feeling, Christian. - Yeah. Really proud, really proud.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06Guys, you were so good. Congratulations, guys.
0:27:06 > 0:27:07Amazing stuff.
0:27:07 > 0:27:11Unfortunately, Flying Foxes, Rohan, Dhruv, that does mean that,
0:27:11 > 0:27:15despite some incredible battling out there, you are grounded.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Have you had a good time on Airmageddon, though?
0:27:17 > 0:27:20It's been amazing. We've just been...
0:27:20 > 0:27:23We're so lucky to have had this experience.
0:27:23 > 0:27:24You did really, really well.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27Dhruv, did you ever think you'd get this far?
0:27:27 > 0:27:29No. But we got this far, so it's fine.
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Guys, well done, but that does mean, Team Vortex,
0:27:31 > 0:27:34you're through to the final. How does that sound?
0:27:34 > 0:27:36It's amazing, I can't wait to get out there and fly.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I can't wait to see you fly either, guys. Well done.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42But, for now, it's time for Airmageddon to power down.
0:27:42 > 0:27:43And for these guys to step up.
0:27:50 > 0:27:53Next time, the talking stops as the rotors spin
0:27:53 > 0:27:54for the final time.
0:27:54 > 0:27:57Team Vortex line up against the other semifinal winners,
0:27:57 > 0:28:01This Way Up, to see who will take the crown as series two champions.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05Yes, it's the Airmageddon Grand Final!
0:28:09 > 0:28:11Airmageddon power down.