PowerUp X FPV Video Paper Airplane Kit
Lucky for us, PowerUp still hasn't gotten past the making paper airplanes stage of its life. The PowerUp X FPV follows the company's original electric homemade paper airplane kit (charge it for 20 seconds, fly it for 30) and its next-level PowerUp 3.0, which incorporates your smartphone as the remote control, and has an increased flight time of up to 10 minutes.
X FPV takes PowerUp's clever merger of super simple and more complex tech even further with the addition of a wide-angle onboard camera and propellors and a motor powerful enough to fly the paper airplane 20MPH.
Once you assemble your PowerUp X FPV, you'll use your smartphone as a controller, with a free app streaming the camera's feed in real time. In flight the airplane uses built-in auto-navigate and stabilization features to ensure even beginner pilots have an exciting, smooth, barf-bag-free ride.
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