The PilotView FPV 2400 (First Person Video) is a tiny camera that lets you take pictures out the front of your radio-controlled aircraft. You can climb right into the cockpit and fly, no license required!
(FPV 2400 virtual reality glasses)
The camera sends video back to these glasses; you can also use it in RC helicopters, cars and boats.
(PilotView FPV 2400 demonstration video)
Other writers have speculated that this is what Georgi LaForge has been doing all along... For only $549.
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