Toy question..anyone have one of those AIRHOGS?

[Chunkee]

any one have one...80 bux...

jC

 

[Hammerhead]

Airhogs what?
aero ace? jet? Bi-plane? f-16? helicopter? storm launcher?

 

[OutHouse]

i think he means those that are boats but can also fly. i saw them at costco and was a pubic hair away from buying one.

 

[mercanucaribe]

$80 is ridiculous. You can buy a real RC plane for that price.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe
$80 is ridiculous. You can buy a real RC plane for that price.

A good one?

 

[JSFLY]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/custom....sort%5Fby=-SubmissionDate&n=165793011

apparently they aren't very good and made of styrofoam.

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: Citrix
i think he means those that are boats but can also fly. i saw them at costco and was a pubic hair away from buying one.

That would be the Storm Launcher.
I bought one from ToysRUs and returned it. I was't impressed.
I barely flew and barely moved on thin grass. I couldn't get it to take off from water or grass. I was able to drive it around on asphalt, but it would only take off if I hit speed bump.
It's just a big piece of foam poop!

 

[michaels]

Over on rcuniverse they are modding them and supposedly they are pretty fun toys.

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: Citrix
i think he means those that are boats but can also fly. i saw them at costco and was a pubic hair away from buying one.

That would be the Storm Launcher.
I bought one from ToysRUs and returned it. I was't impressed.
I barely flew and barely moved on thin grass. I couldn't get it to take off from water or grass. I was able to drive it around on asphalt, but it would only take off if I hit speed bump.
It's just a big piece of foam poop!

hummm, thanks. i wont get it now.

 

[Hammerhead]

Originally posted by: michaels
Over on rcuniverse they are modding them and supposedly they are pretty fun toys.

Yeah I saw that after buying mine. I wanted to know if I was doing something wrong or if it just plain sucked.

To get them to fly good you would have to do some serious modding like upgrading the motors to brushless, body modifications, changing the battery connections to dean's plugs and using a different li-po battery.

I doubt that the OP's 10 year old kid is going to do all that.

 

[swtethan]

Originally posted by: Hammerhead

Originally posted by: michaels
Over on rcuniverse they are modding them and supposedly they are pretty fun toys.

Yeah I saw that after buying mine. I wanted to know if I was doing something wrong or if it just plain sucked.

To get them to fly good you would have to do some serious modding like upgrading the motors to brushless, body modifications, changing the battery connections to dean's plugs and using a different li-po battery.

I doubt that the OP's 10 year old kid is going to do all that.

doing all that will cost more than the plane, not worth it!