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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful.
S031G fun but be careful
By C. Ambers
I ordered an S031G Jumbo helicopter by Syma at the end of 2010 and flew it with regards to six times before hanging it in a tree and smoking (literally) the circuit board and rear motor that drives the lower rotor. The offending factor on the circuit board (STD150NH02L-1 MOSFET) would have been easy to replace, but it is not available from the mutual electronics suppliers in quantities underneath 3000. Soooo, I am buying constituents from the hobby-estore for my rebuild.
This copter is genuinely rather huge and I don’t think a typical 14 year old (recommended age) would get much out of it before crashing it severely and rendering it unusable. That said, it could make an great learning tool for troubleshooting harm and repairing the device to functional status. This is a outstanding way to learn a great deal of mechanical and electronic fix skills.
On my introductory flight, I was doing superbly until I flew too close to a power line and the copter cut out and plunged when it comes to 30′ to the ground. It received a crack in the head cover and one of the tabs for connecting the head cover to the base broke off. Some electrician’s tape and hot glue and I was back flying in in regards to 10 minutes. I had another cut-out at in regards to 30′ height on regarding the fourth flight which did more harm to the base and head cover, but the copter kept going. The real disaster came on regarding the sixth flight when I was flying at tree-top height and a breeze came up and wafted the copter into a tree top. Now, I am to blame because I had changed the copter remainder with a Mini DV video camera I had taped to the copter which causes the copter to lose a reasonable amount of forward power. I couldn’t drive the copter hard sufficient into the breeze to get away from the tree and I got stuck up there. Even without my camera, I wouldn’t recomend flying this copter in any wind if you may feel it. It will “fly like the wind” and crash someplace downwind.
Now HERE IS THE IMPORTANT PART. I attempted to use the transmitter to wiggle the rotors on the copter to dislodge it from the tree. Unfortunately, the electronics on the copter have no load capacity beyond driving the rotors in free air. The rear motor overheated and the load on the STD150NH02L-1 MOSFET on the circuit board caused the element to fry. The rear motor got so hot that the wire leads to the tail motor and rear LED’s melted and stuck to the motor. The power connection to the rear motor got so hot it melted the solder on the circuit board! The long and short of this is DO NOT DRIVE THE MOTORS OF THIS COPTER IF THEY ARE CONTACTING ANYTHING! If you get hung in a tree, tie a 3/4″ nut to galore light poly bailing twine and use a sling shot to lob the nut and string over the sectionalizations above the copter. Gather both ends of the twine and yank hard and repeatedly until you shake the copter out of the tree. This worked very well for me.
As for contacting your body, this thing may actually give you a whack. I haven’t broken my skin with it, but have given myself some nasty hits by without intention engaging the transmitter while carrying the copter for a re-launch. Small children and pets could be injured, specially if hit in the eyes. My wife prohibits me from even turning it on in the house. You in truth could do numerous harm inside with it (not to mention the copter).
I would commend this product to anybody looking to get into radio control model aircraft flying. Stay away from radio interference and give yourself LOTS of determining the direction of travelling of room. A football field may not even be huge sufficient the original few times out. If you want to take a heap of air photos once you know your copter, get a MINI DV camera and tape it to it. You’ll need solid daylight for good video, but I a completely impressed by what this tiny camera may do.
Given it is size (about 2 feet long), this copter has much more instinctive than the mini copters like it is little cousin the S107G. Everything in regards to the motion of the S031G is multiplied by at least the scale factor from the S107G. Go slow to start out and not too high until you get the hang of it and you’ll be crashing into trees and buildings and buying spare parts in no time!!
11 of 11 humans found the following review helpful.
S031 helicopter
By chris
This is an amazing helicopter very lasting easy to fly outstanding led lights on it.Battery life is good could be just a little longer but not bad.I would recomend
this helicopter to any beginner that wants a great heli for a good price.
13 of 14 persons found the following review helpful.
Great, Very durable
By Oscar Piña
Nice RC Helicopter. Better flying outdoors with no wind. But too long to fly indoors. You will have to choose a very clean area for indoor flying. I got a blade broken attempting to fly in a narrow space. I do not commend it for beginners like me. Better starting with little ones (Syma 032 or Helizone Firebird). Battery life is decent and motors have a great deal of power. but I will replace battery with a 11.1 volts one.
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