"PowerUp FPV" that enables you to attach a camera module to a paper airplane and watch live streaming video or push it like a radio control from a smartphone

Cloud Funding Platform November 11KickstarterWhen the project started, it is popular that the target amount of 100,000 dollars (about 12.3 million yen) is clearly cleared in a few hours of startup "PowerUp FPV"is. You can attach a camera module to a paper airplane that you folded, you can freely control from a smartphone, or you can attach a smartphone as a headset and you can see images as if you are on a paper airplane It is.

PowerUp FPV - Live Streaming Paper Airplane Drone by Shai Goitein - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/393053146/powerup-fpv-live-streaming-paper-airplane-drone/description

You can check what items can be done with PowerUp FPV from the following movie.


In 2014, let's be able to freely manipulate paper airplanes that I folded with smartphone "PowerUp 3.0"Kickstarter asked for the investment, but on the day of the campaign start, the target amount of 50,000 dollars (about 6,150,000 yen) was lightly cleared and ultimately gathered over 1.2 million dollars (about 147 million yen) It was successful.


When the creator Shai Goitein delivered a confidently completed PowerUp 3.0 to a friend, his friend was delighted that "It looks like magic!"


But, "But you will not be able to put a camera on paper airplanes" will be told.


To friends' words "Receiving Tatsu!" And Goitein


And after nearly two years of development ... ...


Completed "PowerUp FPV"


If it expresses PowerUp FPV in one word "Drone made with paper plane"


PowerUp FPV is equipped with a wind-angle live streaming camera ... ...


Attaching the included headset ... ...


You can see images as if you are on a paper airplane. The maximum speed of paper airplane is about 32 km / h, and the continuous flight time is 10 minutes.


According to Goitein, if you compare a regular paper airplane to a kitten ......


PowerUp FPV is a lion on Tyrannosaurus.


The way to assemble is simple, first fold paper anywhere to make a paper airplane.


Just by attaching a module to the paper airplane, the main body is completed.


If you set smartphone to a corrugated headset, preparation is completed. Of course, you can also use commercially available VR headset.


Since the camera sends the picture to the smartphone by live streaming ......


If you attach the headset to the head, you can see the images taken from the paper airplane in real time. The video is VGA, the delay is low, the frame rate is 30 fps. It is also possible to take pictures and record movies while flying using the microSD card.


In addition to the head mounted display, PowerUp FPV has a mode called "Game Pad" mode that lets you freely control paper airplane with smartphone as a controller, and "Full Autopilot" which makes paper airplane fully automatic.


The screen of the exclusive application used when in the game pad mode is like this. It is a screen imitating the cockpit of an airplane, it can be used on Android · iOS terminal.


Also, since you can change the orientation of the camera freely ...


Side of paper airplane


It is also possible to see behind and the like.


PowerUp FPV is a FrenchParrotIt was developed under the cooperation of the company.


Standing on the right side of Goitein is Parrot CEO Henri Sedu.


Together with Parrot, live streaming can now be done from a distance of 300 feet (about 91.4 m).


In addition to sensors such as barometer, 3 axis accelerometer, 3 axis gyroscope, 3 axis compass, PowerUp FPV also has a computer to realize autopilot mode.


The skeleton of the module is a combination of carbon fiber and reinforced nylon, and adopts a mechanism to detect the fall and stop the motor etc. In addition, since software is open source and software development kit is also distributed, it is OK even if you add functions by improving on user side.


Because the material is a paper airplane, it is also attractive to make a drone of your own design.


PowerUp FPV is currently investing in Kickstarter, a cloud-funding platform, but we have reached a target price of 100,000 dollars (approximately 12.3 million yen) in just a few hours from the start of the project. One set of PowerUp FPV module, one battery, one cardboard headset set is a set of 179 dollars (about 22,000 yen), a set with two additional batteries in the standard package is $ 199 (Approx. 24,000 yen), and if you further increase the investment amount, you can also increase the number of modules and headsets you can get. Shipment corresponds to the whole world, and the shipping cost when shipped to Japan is 25 dollars (about 3100 yen) if it is a standard package. Shipping will be carried out in order from March 2016.

The deadline is Japan time, 9:00 am on January 10, 2016.

PowerUp FPV - Live Streaming Paper Airplane Drone by Shai Goitein - Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/393053146/powerup-fpv-live-streaming-paper-airplane-drone