mini rc helicopter ~$31

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Rumpltzer

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Here is a Video of them: Mini RC Helicopter
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LOL! Has anyone WATCHED this video? You see the helicopter for about 2.76 seconds as it sits on the ground and takes off. Then it's just a blur of mad camera work! If the camera is actually following the "aircraft", it ends up hard on the ground. Beautiful!!


Don't forget to take your Dramamine before watching.


I HAVE to get this... but I'll probably wait until I go to Taiwan next month to look for it.
 
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aceO07

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HAHA.. I just watched the video. It looks like the helicopter attacked whoever was filming it. :)

Unfortunately it doesn't seems like it has very good control. But then again, this is why it's 30$ and not 600$...
 
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huesmann

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Originally posted by: SemperFi
We have went on several search and destroy missions and come up empty handed.
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Um, that should be search and rescue, my jarhead friend. :)
 
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Boiler

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Originally posted by: SemperFi
Boiler the one in the original post looks like it has a steering wheel on the controller. Kind of like the ones used on rc cars. It says 2 channel on the site. The one you posted clearly doesn't have the wheel. That is the one I have or had should I say. Also it doesn't say 2 channel radio anywhere that I can see.
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Yes you are right, I didn't notice the steering wheel, it has separate steering control unlike the one earlier.
 
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AnMig

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We have went on several search and destroy missions and come up empty handed.
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haha

same thing happened to me on my first "Firebird XL" flight

lost it first 2 minutes into the flight (wind took it over the forest), found it 1/2 hour later by reving the engine and following the sound, it must have been a 1/2 a mile away into wooded area.
I have since then been too scared to fly her again.

that copters description is very decieving "turn left and right" not at will thought.

I wish there was a midrange ($100-$200) helicopter solution that at least has some semblance of control (up, down, rotate left and right)




peace video this is what i want
 
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tommigsr

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Originally posted by: AnMig
We have went on several search and destroy missions and come up empty handed.
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haha

same thing happened to me on my first "Firebird XL" flight

lost it first 2 minutes into the flight (wind took it over the forest), found it 1/2 hour later by reving the engine and following the sound, it must have been a 1/2 a mile away into wooded area.
I have since then been too scared to fly her again.

that copters description is very decieving "turn left and right" not at will thought.

I wish there was a midrange ($100-$200) helicopter solution that at least has some semblance of control (up, down, rotate left and right)




peace video this is what i want
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check out this one:
here
 
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Graphicd00d

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Originally posted by: gypsymoth
FLY HEIGHT 15 METERS 2 Channel Radio Control Set included, complete Left/Right,Up/Down Control
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Does this mean that it can't go forward or backward?

Chieh
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I was wondering the same thing. It would suck if it didn't.
 
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huesmann

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Originally posted by: AnMig
We have went on several search and destroy missions and come up empty handed.
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haha

same thing happened to me on my first "Firebird XL" flight

lost it first 2 minutes into the flight (wind took it over the forest), found it 1/2 hour later by reving the engine and following the sound, it must have been a 1/2 a mile away into wooded area.
I have since then been too scared to fly her again.

that copters description is very decieving "turn left and right" not at will thought.

I wish there was a midrange ($100-$200) helicopter solution that at least has some semblance of control (up, down, rotate left and right)


peace video this is what i want
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I wonder how many sets of blades you have to go through to be able to control the sucker like that. :)
 
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hconnor2

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i've looked at rc helo's. this is the equivalent of a fancy windup. you get what you pay for. a microhelo is 200 plus dollars. these are like those little planes that you rev up on the charger and then throw. lots and lots of fun.

but the fun of a helo is, well, hovering. and if that's what you are after, look elsewhere.
 
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aceO07

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Cool video! I liked the hovering parts the most. The reverse landings were cool too. I think I could watch a helicopter hover all day long. :) I'm probably going to get the Piccolo or Heli-star... eventually...
 
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huesmann

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The helo can fly upside down prolly because the guy has the cyclic set up to move through positive angle of attack to negative angle of attack.

Also that's a fueled motor, not electric like the helo in this thread.
 
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optimistic

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Do they fly forward? It says up, down, left & right.

It's still cool to have though if it doesn't.
 
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gotincon

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Originally posted by: aceO07
Cool video! I liked the hovering parts the most. The reverse landings were cool too. I think I could watch a helicopter hover all day long. :) I'm probably going to get the Piccolo or Heli-star... eventually...
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Unless you are already a intermediate, which I don't get the feeling that you are, you do NOT want a picolo or other minature/electric helicopter. The only small helicopter suitable for a begginer it a lite machines 100 or whatever they call it now. Otherwise, get a very cheap .30 size heli.


Bigger = more stable, less responsive if set up in begginer config.
 
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mugzy

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I found a similar one here: paramountzone

In the description it says

"Do not fly it in the direction of other people as injuries could occur. The control method does not allow for accurate left/right flying."
 
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hpfanatic

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That one looks like it has only one channel, so there would be no left-right control. The controller doesn't have the steering wheel.
 
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a2k

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I fly a Raptor 30. I dreamed of having an RC heli as a kid... two years back I remembered that I could afford one finally. It took me the entire first summer of flying twice a week to get to take off, hover, fly forward, and turn left and right. This hobby is not easy. But there's nothing more thrilling than watching your mini-heli hover 30 feet above you, and then take off into a huge banked turn, and then flip upside down and crash into a tree.
 
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