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I got one of these and flies very good
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I got one of these and flies very good
Sent from my DroidCruiser
$16 RC Heli
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If you get a real one they are good. If not, it may not fly at all.
The company that originally designed them had a good product. It works. I have one and it flies well. I also have a cheap knock off one and it barely flies. The cheap knock off is close enough that it is hard to tell them apart. The main visual differences I could see were the knock off has a 3.6V Li-Ion battery and the real one had a 3.7V one, and the cheap one had a thicker PCB. The IR transmission chip used is also different with the cheap only allowing 2 channels rather than the three of the original. Note, the helicopter is fixed in frequency, and then you select one of two or three channels on the transmitter to match.
They are indoor use only except on windless days. The air currents from forced air heating or ceiling fans blow them all over the place and make controlling them hard. The controls are a simple up/down, left/right, and forward/back. They also have a trim to control unwanted spin via changing the speeds of the counter rotating main blades. Forward and back is via a small vertical rotor at the tail. It pushes the back up or down and thus controls forward and back motion. They can't go sideways like a regular helicopter control system allows. I find them frustrating as I am used to a regular helicopter cyclic/collective pitch control system. Recharging the battery is by cable from a 5V source like a USB port. Another thing is if you are going to hit something, shut down the main rotors, and much damage to the rotors will be avoided.
They are indoor use only except on windless days. The air currents from forced air heating or ceiling fans blow them all over the place and make controlling them hard. The controls are a simple up/down, left/right, and forward/back. They also have a trim to control unwanted spin via changing the speeds of the counter rotating main blades. Forward and back is via a small vertical rotor at the tail. It pushes the back up or down and thus controls forward and back motion. They can't go sideways like a regular helicopter control system allows. I find them frustrating as I am used to a regular helicopter cyclic/collective pitch control system. Recharging the battery is by cable from a 5V source like a USB port. Another thing is if you are going to hit something, shut down the main rotors, and much damage to the rotors will be avoided.
I bought 10 of those at Costco around Xmas last year. They are great toys and very easy to fly. They also hold up to abuse, unlike the Blade models that require much more skill and break every 10 minutes.
Only way I've broken stuff on mine is to hit the blades into something with them going full bore. If I kill power just before hitting, no problems. I've had mine shutdown when out of the transmitter range and drop from 20' up multiple times. Those barn rafters get in the way. I need to mod the IR transmitter for greater transmission range and to be strong enough to bounce off stuff.
I should take it out into the barn again to scare the birdies.
I should take it out into the barn again to scare the birdies.
The other mod I need to make is a proper Li-Ion battery charger for them. I want an automatic one that will light a light when fully charged. The charger they supplied turns it's light on way to soon. It is usually only charged for a 2 to 3 minute flight when the light comes on. If I let it charge for another 15 minutes after the light goes on I get a good 7 to 8 minute flight. Any longer on charge doesn't produce any longer flights.
Mine rocks. Great deal.
