Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2012 8:30 pm
I bought this, and it is awesome. It was $21 shipped when I bought it. I want the chinook now. HIGHLY recommend it. It is VERY easy to fly. Out of the box, charged it up, put it on the floor, gave it gas and it was hovering about 5 feet off the ground in front of me. I like trying to find the smallest thing in the room to land it on. It's fairly durable as well, so far. Was trying to fly it up our stair way when I clipped the handrail. It fell all the way down our wooden stairs. Set it up right, hit the throttle and up it went. Mine drifts ever so slightly to the right. I'm going to try to correct it with a counter balance. I've hit many things with the rotor, and it doesn't seem to mind. Things like couch cushions, chair arms, the floor, dog beds, etc. Main thing to remember. . . . If you are flying towards something you don't want to hit, giving it less gas does NOT make it not hit it. It just falls to the floor really fast. Pull back. . . pull back.
It's fun. Only down side is, the batteries are so small that you only get about 6-7 minutes per 45 minute charge.
You can fly more than one with different channels. They make all kinds of different models. And there's a huge community of mods and spare parts, etc. Some people put a second battery in for longer flights. But people say the extra weight makes the motor work harder and use more juice. Other people are seeing how light they can make them without losing the helicopter look (leaving the body on). They are getting longer flights and better response. But if you go too light or make the wrong mod, the center of gravity is off, etc. They even have some that shoot missiles.
Super fun toy. But, not for small children. You make small, fine movements on the controls. Anything drastic and it's going somewhere fast. So, a kid with no self control will slam it into the ceiling (making snow angels on your textured ceiling if you are unfortunate enough to have one), crashing into the wall, or your face, or falling to the floor. But if you can teach them to be slow and only move it a small amount, they'll be flying right away.
Yay fun.
Oh, and landing and taking off in your hand is super easy and cool.
Edited By Cakedaddy on 1330133459
It's fun. Only down side is, the batteries are so small that you only get about 6-7 minutes per 45 minute charge.
You can fly more than one with different channels. They make all kinds of different models. And there's a huge community of mods and spare parts, etc. Some people put a second battery in for longer flights. But people say the extra weight makes the motor work harder and use more juice. Other people are seeing how light they can make them without losing the helicopter look (leaving the body on). They are getting longer flights and better response. But if you go too light or make the wrong mod, the center of gravity is off, etc. They even have some that shoot missiles.
Super fun toy. But, not for small children. You make small, fine movements on the controls. Anything drastic and it's going somewhere fast. So, a kid with no self control will slam it into the ceiling (making snow angels on your textured ceiling if you are unfortunate enough to have one), crashing into the wall, or your face, or falling to the floor. But if you can teach them to be slow and only move it a small amount, they'll be flying right away.
Yay fun.
Oh, and landing and taking off in your hand is super easy and cool.
Edited By Cakedaddy on 1330133459