Propel Star Wars Quadcopter: Tie Fighter Collectors Edition Box

There are 3 models in this lineup with a 4th that never made it into production before propel went out of business. From best flying to worst, there’s a speeder bike, an x-wing, and this tie fighter. The body size and shape have a lot to do with the flying ability assessment. The speeder bike has nothing impeding the propeller’s airflow, while the tie fighter is like having an aerodynamic brick in the way. You can audibly hear the motors working harder. I didn’t time the battery run times to compare them, but it appears the battery here is a little bigger to compensate. Flying controls are rather standard with throttle and yaw on the left stick and sideways drifting left, right, forward, and back on the right stick. Up too, two stunt buttons cause a flip while the battery is still healthy (indicated by solid lights on the drone, they blink as the battery wanes). Behind those are a 3-speed control button on the left and a fire button on the right. That part is fun, if you get a few of these and get proficient at flying them, you can have an aerial laser tag battle with others. 3 hits causes a downward spiral and forced landing. Priceless time with my nephew. Center buttons have various functions to control volume of the Star Wars theme song and the occasional character guidance which plays during the session and the upper right (center button) recalibrates level flight in case it drifts in flight. Watch for hair in the propellers first which cause drag. These have been sitting a few years now, but if the batteries in the included display case still have a charge, be prepared for a treat opening up the box and putting batteries in the controller. If depleted, use the included usb cable for the battery charger to recharge the display. Re-box everything and open again. It’s worth it. I’m aware of two different packaging schemes. The tall gray box with wax seals is the one to get. You get all that pomp and circumstance upon opening and two batteries. The white flat box skips the theatrics and only has one battery. Otherwise, they are the same lineup and will be compatible for battle. If a flight motor dies and you are handy, there are sourceable motors to replace them with, just watch clockwise vs counterclockwise rotation. Too bad the Falcon didn’t make it to production, that would have been great. However, my guess is it would be like this flying brick. I’ve been enjoying these for a few years now. I’m very happy I found these.

I ordered the collectors edition , which comes with A collectors edition card, with a unique serial number to allow collectors to confidently trade drones. The card containing the serial number does not match my drone. It is for a T-65 x-wing fighter. Mine is a Tie fighter. So as far as collectors are concerned it is useless. I am not happy. I did not notice the error until telling my daughter about the authentication and saw the mistake. It fly's beautifully

Terrible at flying night cool to look at and listen to Tie fighter drone.**Really cool concept but very hard to fly. Definitely would not buy for children. Each successive flight the drone flew worse and worse. maybe if they couldn't figure out how to make it Fly they could have just made this a car that went along the floor instead.Want to give it five stars for how cool the concept is. But I'm giving it 1 star because it's very difficult to fly.***It would launch and then all of a sudden shoot to the ceiling and smash into it or it'd be sitting there steady and then all the sudden shoot and smash into the wall.I own a lot of drones, probably 10 drones. Some drones are just very stable and easy and fun to fly but this TIE fighter drone is terrible at flying.The sound effects, the music and box are very cool.It comes with a huge box for a little tiny drone with a very big controller.I'm not into collecting things though. I want to fly the Drone not put it on a shelf.I picked this up on Amazon for $40, unfortunately, it's not very stable to fly. I even put those other wings that comes with on it.My wife got very angry with this drone because it kept smashing into the walls and smashing into the picture frames.This drone has a mind of its own even only being a couple feet away from it.

Propel Star Wars Quadcopter: Tie Fighter Collectors Edition BoxAwesome quad! And even better price and company. The unboxing was incredible and gave us all goose-bumps.I wasn't going to say this part, but I want you to know about the Amazon Seller - GoodGrabs.We opened the incredibly wax sealed up box, awesome experience, but there were two small cracks on the bottom of the clear acrylic. No problem!We got an email from the company asking how everything looked. I mentioned the cracks, but they don't affect the quad, so no big deal.They offered to replace or whatever it took to make it right. That's awesome! Especially considering the cracks were from the manufacturer.We're keeping it all, the cracks aren't even noticeable when closed, so it's more aesthetic than anything.Love this quad!