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45 of 49 people found the following review helpful.
Not as ‘toy like’ as I was lead to believe…
By D. F. Pruneda
My wife purchased one of these little monsters as a Christmas present for me. I pulled it out of the box, ignored the instructions and flew it (flailed around with regards to a foot and a half in the air actually) in the bedroom over the bed for regarding three minutes until the factory charge on the battery went flat. I then decisive to read the instructions while the battery charged. The instructions provided are moderately ‘encrypted’ by loose translation, but answered a few questions.
I flew the machine a second time and had a great deal of issues with rotor torque or something causing it to spun without input from the remote. I made the adjustments listed in the instructions and the machine flew flawlessly after that. The potentiometer listed in the instructions is a little white surface mount type on the forward right hand share of the circuit board (looking from the rear). It helped to snip away portion of the plastic shield over the board (I assume a radio freq. shield and mirror for the disco l.e.d. that flashes for the duration of flight) to reach it and I had to remove a good deal of wax locking compound. A 1/2 turn down (right) fixed the torque spun problem and all was well in the world.
My piloting achievements and lack of good judgment have lead to galore crashes and near disasters. Free falls from seven to eight feet and impacts with each thing from tables and chairs to ceiling light fixtures have only yielded a bent skid and one blade modify (blades are readily available and cheap when it comes to 6$ a set). I would commend this ‘copter to any individual as a result. It is rather modern beyond the tiny plastic tossers and has very sensible controls. Outdoors it soars to great heights and with the further and added ‘elbow room’ the sensible controls make flying a little more free and easy.
There is a slight issue when you’re regarding half way through the battery charge – forward or backward control inputs will drop the main rotors power and require a heap of ‘up’ input. This is not the normal loss of lift affiliated with tilt on a heli, but galore apparent function of the tail rotor drawing juice from the mains. I had to ‘bend’ the tail rotor straight after a peculiarly tough landing so perhaps this is causing the further and added draw and resulting issue.
If you’re looking for an ‘out of the box’ toy then look elsewhere – if you want something with more of a ‘hobby’ feel, super rugged design and power then this helicopter is for you. It flies outdoors very, very well due to it being a little heavier and more powerful. It requires a good deal of goodnatured tolerance but you’ll be rewarded with months of enjoyment from a toy that is not rather as ‘toy like’ as you’d think.
I would complain when it comes to one tiny thing…the disco light. why? flashing lights I grasp – but multicolored disco lights on a helicopter don’t make much sense…how regarding just nav lights?
11 of 13 persons found the following review helpful.
stable but not very manuverable
By P. Hibbs
S006 Alloy Shark helicopter. I expended a lot of time attempting to control this helicopter cautiously from the ground. Finally I started launching it from my right hand (about 4 ft high) while running the throttle with my left. That works best. Practice over piles of leaves to cushion hard landings. It is always very stable in flight, blades stay horizontal. From my experience so far, this helicopter will not fly forward or backward. You may control which way it points by swinging the tail around with the joystick, but full fwd/aft motion with the joystick formulates almost no response. From watching the salesman fly it, it appears you need to add a lot of fwd stick when you turn left, and aft stick when you turn right (or vice versa) I haven’t been brave sufficient to fly much indoors so I grant that the fwd/aft motion may be more noticeable in perfectly still air indoors. I just can’t confirm. Outdoors it just seems to drift with the slightest imperceptible breeze and any amount of stick correction can’t overcome. Quality of the toy seems good. I like the metal parts. Blades seem to be very lasting – I’ve whacked some furniture pretty hard.
8 of 10 humans found the following review helpful.
Great Helicopter for Beginners
By Ashley
I purchased this helicopter for my fiance for Christmas and he LOVES it! This helicopter in my sentiment is very lasting and worth each penny. It is advertised as an “indoor” helicopter but we have used it outside and if it isn’t too windy, it works great. I read past reviews where persons have said negative things when it comes to this product and I couldn’t disagree with them more. We have slammed the helicopter into the wall some times, got it stuck and entagled in a palm tree (lol) and it still works like new. I would recommened this product to anybody and everyone, particularly basi timers.
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