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Get a Parrot Swing with Flypad controller for $33

It's a drone, but push a button and it's an airplane! This top-rated toy originally sold for $140.

Rick Broida Senior Editor
Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features and blog posts. He writes CNET's popular Cheapskate blog and co-hosts Protocol 1: A Travelers Podcast (about the TV show Travelers). He lives in Michigan, where he previously owned two escape rooms (chronicled in the ebook "I Was a Middle-Aged Zombie").
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Look! Up in the sky! It's a drone... it's a plane... it's the super Parrot Swing!

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Parrot makes some of the most interesting drones on the market. Case in point: the Swing, which looks like an X-wing and can switch between quadcopter and airplane modes midflight.

It originally sold for $140, but for a limited time, TechRabbit has the refurbished Parrot Swing with Flypad Controller for $32.99 shipped. That's after applying promo code CNETFLY7 at checkout. Cheapskate exclusive! 

Read CNET's hands-on review of the Parrot Swing if you want to learn more about it, then check out the 4.7-star-average customer reviews at Amazon (where it sells for $69 new). 

Battery life will limit you to around 8 minutes of flying time (not uncommon for small drones), so consider something like this 3-pack of additional batteries -- with charger! -- for $26.

I haven't flown the Swing, but it looks like a fantastic deal -- especially considering that TechRabbit covers it with a one-year warranty.

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