Tenergy Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow

I stumbled upon the awesome community of RC helicopters by accident a month ago. My son kept badgering me for a Christmas gift idea. OK! I'm 57 what more could I want and "want" was a requirement of the gift. Some how the idea of an RC helicopter came to mind and I mentioned it to him. He said he was thinking of getting the same thing as this form of entertainment has become very big. I did all the research and sent it to him becoming more amazed each day at just how big this is, the technological superiority of this "toy," the very reasonable price point and they are darn near indestructible. Now, that's my kind of toy/hobby. I quickly learned from Amazon.com Syma is a top brand in the industry, selected four models of interest, researching them thoroughly including reading all the reviews I could get my hands on. Nothing short of impressive and very exciting. One's age is totally irrelevant with this hobby since I found reviewers from age 17 to almost 80 years old really into this form of entertainment. I was quickly sold on the product and the idea. My only challenge is being wheelchair bound, getting to and picking up the helicopter when and where it crashed. I was torn between the Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow to fly strictly indoors and the Syma S032 Gyro S032G 3.5-Ch Metal Outdoor RC Helicopter Newest Model to fly indoors and outdoors. He bought me the Syma S032G for Christmas. I had read so much about the S107 I went ahead and bought the Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow for myself. What an awesome helicopter. I could fly this immediately right out of the box and got quite used to it - both flying and crashing it - very quickly. This heli is indestructible, very stable, easy to operate and I can't tell you how much fun especially since the price point is not a consideration. The reviews were all right on the nose but I would highly recommend reading all of the reviews supplemented by watching the videos on YouTube which are a fantastic training resource. Pay particular attention to how to charge, flight time, cool down and recharge of the LiPol battery. Not only can you charge the S107/S107G with the infrared transmitter, you can use the included USB cable to a PC or laptop. But, I chose to also purchase the 110v Syma wall charger which cuts the charging time down considerably. This "toy" was built for me with all of the considerations of not breaking, inexpensive replacement parts, ease of use, short learning curve and great price point. The down right fun you receive back is unbelievable and my grandsons love to watch grand-daddy get psyched by flying it. Your age makes no difference with this toy/hobby, it's all about the fun and worth every penny. I haven't been this excited about getting a Christmas gift in years and I am hooked. I Highly Recommend this Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow regardless if you get the red, blue or yellow you can't go wrong. I would also share a warning to stick with Amazon.com for your purchase as there is a large market of clones and fakes out there to be aware. Amazon.com removes that concern almost 100%.

I'm not going to lie, these are GREAT! The S107G was the FIRST RC copter that I ever used. I've had them for about 3 months now. These are tons of FUN for the price, BUT they can break if abused too much. If you never flew a RC helicopter than these are PERFECT for the newbee. If its your first time using a RC copter than READ ALL of the INSTRUCTIONS...... TWICE or THREE TIMES just to make sure that you understand how these work. These are whats called "CO-AXIAL" helicopters because they have TWO sets of main blades. The mini Co-axials are PERFECT for indoor flight, they are VERY STABLE indoors and they have about a 30 foot range because these are IR (Infra Red). Your remote control for your TV is also IR, and as you know, if something is blocking the IR signal than you will lose the signal (and can't change the channel or whatever). As long as you can see your mini copter, and your less than 30 feet away, than you wont lose the signal. BUT if you try and fly around something big and your RC remote/transmitter doesn't have a "direct line of sight" than your copter might lose the signal and fall. FYI (For Your Information), just because the mini Co-axial is PERFECT for INDOOR flight, it doesn't mean that BIGGER co-axials are good for OUTDOOR flight. For example, I bought a 28 inch Co-axial copter called "Double Horse 9101" and I thought since its like 2 feet bigger than the mini S107G, I thought it would fly great OUTSIDE. But the BIG Co-axial copters are BAD (outdoors and indoors unless your in a gynasium)! If there is ANY wind outside (I'm talking about the DH 9101) than my copter wouldn't be able to move forward with just a LITTLE bit of wind. And if there is like a 5mph gust of wind than my DH 9101 will just DROP OUT OF THE SKY because the BIG blades will hit eachother (its called BLADE SMACK) and if my DH 9101 was 15 feet up and crashes than parts BREAK! To be honest with you, my S107G can fly outside, but only at night time, and it might get swept away in the wind but it wont just DROP OUT OF THE SKY because the blades are NOT as big as the 28 inch DH 9101. Don't get a BIG co-axial unless you just want a decoration or whatever. And if you buy THREE S107Gs than you can fly one and have the other 2 charging. Also, if you break one than you'll have the other two to play with and you can use the broken one for parts or get it fixed. If its your first time using one of these mini copters than keep it as far away from the walls, furnniture, ceiling or anything that might hit it. If you have a 20ft by 20 ft room (with minimal furnature) than it will be perfect to get used to your controls. The S107Gs are well built and can take alot of crashes, but they can break. If your a noob than Id recommend that you practice JUST lifting off about a foot, hovering for 20 seconds or so, than land. Than go up to 2 feet off the ground, hover than land. Because if you can hover and land than everthing else is easy. Another thing to mention is that your mini copter will have LOTS of lifting/up power on a fully charged battery. After 6 mins of flight than your copter will NOT be able to "climb"/ascend up as fast and eventually the battery will be so drained that you won't be able to lift off the ground or whatever your copter is on. On a scale of 1 - 10 (1 being really bad and 10 being really good) Id rate the Syma S107Gs a solid 9. Get to know your copters controls before you try and fly next to anything. Eventually you'll be able to fly all around your house and land on anything flat, as long as its a square foot or bigger. And if you crash, or crashing, make sure that you let off the throttle. You can land on a bunch of surfaces, but when you take off, your copter needs to be on a realitivly flat surface or it will roll over or start flying at an angle that your not expecting. I'm sure your pets are going to be amazed and/or scared at first. I love doing "fly bys" or fly over my cats. HAHA, at first they were scared because it looks "dangerous" but after some time I can be hovering 1-2 feet over my cats and they just look at it, or if they are tired they will just sleep. HAHA. I believe that EVERYONE deserves to have FUN, and these are FUN! I hope I helped someone. I'm a Christian so its my job to be the best person I can be for God and His children. God bless!

I'd wanted a remote controlled helicopter since I was a child but had never bought one for myself until now, (decades after my childhood!) The helicopter is tremendous fun! It is very easy to control and surprisingly durable when the inevitable crashes occur. I would recommend ordering a spare parts set at the time of ordering the helicopter though as they are low-cost and will no doubt be required at some point in the near future assuming all my crashes eventually take their toll! I charge the helicopter via the supplied USB cable plugged into my Kindle mains plug. It seems to charge better and quicker this way than either plugging in to my computer's USB port, (I guess the port is low powered), or by plugging the helicopter up to the remote control and charging via the controller batteries. I get around 6-8 minutes of good flight time per charge at the moment per charge before the helicopter starts buffeting the ground and struggling to gain altitude. (Each charge takes around 45-55 minutes.) My main gripe with this unit is that I wish the battery was exchangeable allowing quick and easy swapping. As it is, when I need to replace the battery, (hopefully not for well over a hundred charges), I will need to splice (and solder ideally), the new battery in place. This is a hassle that could've been easily avoided by a slightly better internal design. I can't really complain though as the helicopter offers great value for money even as it is. A second criticism is that this helicopter is controlled via an I/R link and not radio control. This means that if the helicopter doesn't receive a direct line-of-sight signal, the helicopter may occasionally fall out of the air to the ground. This happens quite rarely, but has still happened several times when I'm flying the helicopter in a direction where the receiver's line-of-sight is obscured by the helicopter's body itself from the controller, (and only about ten feet away.) Don't get me wrong though - I would definitely recommend this item to anyone looking for a low-cost remote controlled helicopter. It's heaps of fun and a great entry level product. I'm certainly hooked and already considering upgrading to a bigger outside model at some point in the not so distant future.

I had seen these little RC choppers flood the market for the last few years, and iv flown a few of them in stores, at first they were a little bulky, with short flight times,. and clunky flight controls. but this one caught my attention due to all the good reviews it was getting,. and because it was under 20$ At 20$ I figured if I got two or three days' worth of flight time out of it before it broke, and got to chase my cats a few times with it, I would be coming out ahead for the sheer entertainment value. But amazingly I've been flying this little bird for two weeks now, multiple times per day, and crashing multiple times per day,. (some fairly hard crashes) and it just keeps on ticking,. after probably over 50 crashes, I am starting to see some wear and tear on the propellers, and iv had to do some fine adjustments, ever so slightly re bending this or that back into perfect alignment, but beyond that she still fly's perfectly straight and level and flight times continue to stay at about 7-8 min. So this little bird,. is very sturdy. The build quality on this helicopter is way higher than I had expected for 20$. Flight controls are the best iv tried, if you're at all good at controlling a game controller you will pick this up quickly, if you're not flying perfectly on the first battery charge,. you will be by the second. The S107G is made for indoor flight so she's not very fast,. You don't want fast indoors or you'll just be constantly hitting the walls,. While you don't have much speed,. You have a lot of fine control, hovering in one spot is very easy,. And once you get a hang of the three control axis you will be zipping around the living room ducking under tables, landing on your friends outstretched hand, and tormenting your pets. As a cat toy,. It fails,. All three of my cats are very interested in it when its flying at a distance,. (its about the right size for a small bird, and not very noisy at all) so they watch it very intently,. But if it gets close enough for them to feel the down draft of the propellers they scatter in fear,. My neighbor's dog will chase it all over the yard, however,. I don't recommend letting a dog catch it,. As a human toy its simply awesome,. If your kid is dexterous enough to play a computer game, he or she will be able to fly this. To get good at landing and taking off, I put an office box in the middle of my living room and treated it as a "sky scraper landing platform" the smaller, and taller the box, the trickier it is to precision land,. so I started with a large box, and now I'm down to being able to land it on a small candy box about the size of my hand. doing this also helps you learn about the "edge" drafts you have to adjust for when flying near steep drop offs or in tight spaces. Recommended upgrades: I am going to be changing the main tail tube to carbon fiber,. as well as the two tail support rods, this should reduce weight, extend flight time a little,. and by removing weight from the back half,. I will be making it forward heavy, slightly increasing the forward speed. (Be warned this will also give it a slight permanent forward movement when hovering). Although there is a weight in the nose of the chopper, if you really want removing that will likely balance you back out again, if you don't want the added speed or the permanent forward movement. If you're going to upgrade the battery, get the 250 mAh upgrade battery that's out there,. do not do what one of the other reviewers did and add a 70 mAh battery to the existing battery, this is for a complicated reason,. but to simplify, when you add non equal (sized) batteries like that, the 70mAh battery will drain out much faster than the 150-200 mAh battery, once that happens,. performance will drop for the remaining mAh, think of it this way, you have two gas tanks, one is a gallon, and the other is two gallons, your "toy" takes from both tanks equally so the 1 gallon tank will empty before the 2 gallon tank empties, when this happens, the empty tank starts to act as a deficit for the remaining amount of fuel in the 2 gallon tank. In addition your charging circuit is going to get very confused by this de-balanced pairing, as it will try to charge both equally, though the smaller 70mAh tank will fill up first and trick the charger into thinking the system is fully charged, when it really is not. (This was grossly simplified, rule of thumb, it's just a very bad idea to match non matching (size) batteries in parallel). So if you're going to go to the trouble of ordering an upgrade battery just get the single 250mAh battery, that will give you much better flight times, will not degrade flight characteristics, and will not confuse the charging circuit.

Overall: After careful revews of the R/C helicopters Amazon had available I found multiple great reviews to sway me to buy one too. My purchase arrived UPS at the end of the route for that day. I purchased at roughly zero dark thirty and they were n the process of gathering my purchase and was out by 8 a.m. that same day (1 day delivery). Even though it took a day and a half to get here by UPS; I was happy to recieve it (at 4 p.m.) even though I was probably one of the last few on the route. I liked how well the helicopter was packaged and the way they nicely packed it into the box it was shipped in. I only wish the delivery was more prompt and expediated in a better fashion. Syma Helicopter 107G (the good): I tooks its maiden voyage with whatever factory charge it came with and it flew very nicely (assuming it was a full charge). The gyro stabilty makes a amazing difference in control and handling. The chopper hovers nicely and the control was responsive and accurate. The chopper itself was the metal series which I will continue to purchase from now on due to being quite durable. I crashed and burned a few times nothing major as a smash into a wall, and it did not break. Syma Helicopter 107G (the bad): The 6 to 7 minute flight time makes it too short for wanting to fully enoy it. So I recommend a battery upgrade for it if you want more fly time. It would be nice if they threw in a screwdriver for it in case we need to replace parts or install a new battery. I remain nuetral on the infrared controler and was surprised it required 6 AA batteries. I did strip a nice battery out of a poorly made foam and plastic airhog chopper that never lasted long. I checked out what type of battery it was and was rated at 300mah/240mah I do believe. Conclusion on the Syma 107G: I would still buy one again it is a nice chopper, and the brand seems to well worth the money spent. If you have trouble with the controler acting dead, when installing battery and replacing cover. Be sure to have the throttle all the way down or the controler appears dead on arrival. Happy flying!!!!

This is my first remote controlled helicopter. I'm almost 40 years old and have nurtured a dream of flying a remote controlled helicopter since I was in gradeschool. I had given up on this dream for several decades due to the extreme cost, complexity, and risk of property damage that was associated with "real" outdoor RC helicopters. I discovered this helicopter quite by accident when it was listed as the "Amazon Deal of the Day" on one of my RSS feeds. Seeing it's incredibly low price, I decided to purchase one for my brother as a Christmas gift and then pick one up for myself (why should he have all the fun!) I honestly had no idea just what I was getting myself into...The first time I powered it up and flew it, I swear I was transported back to when I was 11 years old when my head was full of dreams and fantasies about flying. If you ever have had any such notions, I can tell you that you will NOT be disappointed in this amazing device. Now, all gushing aside... This helicopter is engineered amazingly well. The first thing I was worried about was how it might be damaged if it were to collide with something and fall to the floor. I was also worried about what kind of damage it would inflict on my house were it to hit something (not to mention incurring the wrath of my wife...) It turns out that the light weight of the copter keeps it from generating too much momentum, the sturdy metal frame keeps it from breaking itself in a fall, and the very lightweight but sturdy blades are mounted on pivots which help them "collapse" during a collision to avoid damaging whatever they hit. This isn't to say that you couldn't severely hurt your eyes or other sensitive body parts (or that of a pet or family member) if the blades were to hit them, but a strike on your hand or arm will sting but not do much damage otherwise. The controls for this kind of helicopter are extremely easy. First, it's a marvel to see the coaxial rotor design implemented in such an elegant way. This helicopter hovers by default and you only have to control the main throttle speed until it's "balanced" in the air. Adjusting the trim so that it doesn't rotate left or right is trivial to do and takes only seconds after you power it up. You can control it going forward/backwards (a tiny bit of pitch), up/down (vertical), and left/right (yaw) but you have no ability to go sideways or in any way affect the roll of the helicopter. This makes learning to fly the helicopter a real breeze (pun intended) and you'll very quickly start learning to push the performance limits of this little helicopter. This is definitely a departure from "real" helicopter models which have only a single main blade and a vertically-mounted tail blade. The difference is that those cost several hundred dollars and are very easy to crash until you master the much more complex controls. Battery life is around 5-7 minutes on a full charge and it takes about 40 minutes (avg?) to charge it from the USB charger. I'd recommend buying a little plug-in USB adapter (like you get for your cellphone) and use that rather than worrying about powering your computer on. Charging from the controller is a little less reliable and seems to take longer while not providing a very good charge. I'm seriously considering picking up a few more of these little helicopters just so I can have more continuous fun flying my helicopters while chasing my kid's RC cars around the house (fun for the whole family!!!) :) You can control 2 of these helicopters at the same time from the controller that came with my package. I've heard rumors that there exist 3 frequency controllers on the forums that exist for this helicopter but it doesn't seem likely that you'll be able to find one very easily (assuming they exist...) When you first power on the helicopter, it needs to be told which frequency to use. The first controller to start transmitting to it (be it on channel A or B) will be the channel that the helicopter "pairs" itself with. From that point, you won't be able to change frequencies unless you power cycle the helicopter. The other really neat thing about this helicopter is that there seems to be a vibrant user community on the web. Just Google "Syma s107" and you'll find a lot of fans both in RC forums as well as rabid fans who have made entire web pages devoted to this helicopter. Go to youtube and search for "Syma s107" and you'll find dozens of fan videos that show this little helicopter in action. There are also numerous hacks that people have posted to improve the forward/backward speed (swap the rear propeller with one with a larger blade pitch), increase battery life (with a new battery pack), make the controller more "advanced" by removing the spring that resets the throttle controller, and even some crazy guy that made custom pontoons for this helicopter and landed it successfully (with takeoff!) from his swimming pool!!! It's also possible to mount a camera--either a recorder or a live transmitter--to it but you'll have to carefully dissect the copter to remove weight and/or do the battery hack to increase its lifting power. You can buy packs of spare parts for this helicopter so if you have a bad crash and break something you can easily take it apart and swap out the parts. You can also (if so inclined) buy different color replacement packs and make a truly multi-color custom helicopter if you want. Just do a search for "syma" here at Amazon and be marveled at all the things that come up--including all of the many different models of helicopters that Syma makes. Just be careful and thoroughly read all the reviews when looking for spare parts. There seems to be quite a market for cheap "clone" parts that people in Asia(?) are trying to pass off on unsuspecting consumers. This is a price that we pay for globalism, so make sure to be an informed consumer. One word of caution. This helicopter uses infra-red (IR) light to be controlled. It does NOT use radio frequencies like more traditional RC cars and planes. What does this mean? First, this means that you should always try to point the blue top of your controller at the helicopter at all times. When using your TV remote control (which also uses infra-red light!) just think about how well that works when you aim the controller away to the TV--the same principle applies to this helicopter. This means that your controller must be pointed at the helicopter at all times and you cannot block your line of sight. I've found that the helicopter "buffers" the last commanded throttle command for a second or two so if someone momentarily blocks your controller you'll be okay. However, if you stuff the controller into an IR-opaque bag your helicopter will drop out of the air like a brick. That being said, most wall paints in houses are pretty IR reflective so I've been able to control my helicopter purely by the reflections of the IR light off of my walls but I wouldn't push it too much as I don't want to drop the helicopter TOO many times. The further the helicopter gets from the controller, the more you'll want to aim the controller straight at the helicopter. I once flew it in a large two-story atrium where I worked and I had a few moments when the helicopter dropped about 12 feet before catching itself because it was too high in the air. That also means that you cannot use this in direct sunlight outdoors. This helicopter is an INDOOR toy and you need to respect that. The sun is a massive source of infrared radiation and any transmission range you were used to indoors will be greatly diminished if not lost completely if you try to fly outdoors. Also, this helicopter is so light that the slightest breeze will completely blow it away so be careful if you try to fly outdoors at night. I've heard that this toy was awarded an award for "hottest toy of the year" in 2010. As an entry-level helicopter, this model CANNOT be beat. I don't consider it so much an entry-level device so much as a "gateway" into more complex and interesting models. I've flown it at least twice a night since I bought it a month ago and I don't see that letting up anytime soon. I've got my eye on a number of the different indoor IR helicopters made by Syma as well as a few from other manufacturers now. I am extremely happy and satisfied with this purchase and would recommend this to anyone who has any remote interest in RC flying but has never done so before. ps, here are a few fun games that I've learned you can play with this helicopter - Swimming upstream : I have forced-air heating/cooling in my house and so when that turns on, I'll direct the helicopter towards the vent and try to get it to push itself closer. This is very technically challenging and a lot of fun. Besides, when you've gotten as close as you want, just turn around and "surf" the tailwind to get a huge boost in speed! - Skimming the floor : while the in-air top speed of this helicopter isn't great (that's why people sometimes hack the tail rotor and replace it with a bigger one) you can get some amazingly fast speeds if you power up the main rotor *just* enough that the helicopter is still just barely touching the ground. Then you push the forward/backward stick as far forward as you can and you'll rocket along the floor at least twice as fast as you can in the air. You can then turn the chopper around and "drift" around corners and the like. It's a challenge to keep the throttle balanced just perfectly that you stay on the ground but get enough "ground effect" turbulence to shoot you forward at a high speed. Great fun! - Low-altitude obstacle course : once you get confident with maneuvering the helicopter, you can fly it at around shin height and dodge it between chair legs, under tables, and slalom around furniture. Caution: do NOT do this in the presence of pets or children--please!

I bought two of these intending to give them to my kids for Christmas. They arrived today and I decided to try them out so I didn't get any surprises Christmas morning and so I could have them charged and ready to go when the kids opened them instead of waiting for them to charge. Lucky thing I did. I read the instructions (which weren't exactly in English) and hooked the first one up to my computer for charging. With the charge seemingly complete and batteries placed in the controller it was time for the first test flight. The blades began to whirr and I waited in great anticipation for lift off. I didn't have to wait long. With lights flashing, as quickly as the blades started turning, they stopped...and out went the lights! Thinking that perhaps I did something wrong or took them off the charge prematurely, I put it back to charging. The second attempt at flight was much like the first but this time it stopped even sooner. By about the sixth attempt at charging this little devil not even the lights worked. I read and reread the instructions. I searched the web for possible solutions. Exhausting those resources, I figured I just had the bad misfortune of getting a dud. Surely the second one would be different. It was...but not in a good way. I hooked up the helicopter to my computer, following the instructions to a tee. I plugged the cord into the computer. The little light glowed red. I put the other end into the the little monster. That red light went out just as the instructions said it would. After an hour and a half of charging and not having the light to indicate a full charge ever go on, I decided that I would give it a whirl. Much like the first one, the blades began to spin making a pleasant sound. Again they suddenly stopped without the machine ever gaining enough speed to budge. I never expected what happened next. I turned off the switch and hooked it back up for additional charging. As soon as I plugged the wire into the helicopter the blades started turning. I must have left the thing on. Wrong! I flipped the switch to the "on" position and the blades stopped. Switching it back to the "off" position resulted in my having a neat little computer fan that didn't make much of a breeze. The only thing worse for a kid (of any age) on Christmas morning is to have to wait for a toy to charge before they can play with it is to wait for it to charge and not work. Thankfully I tested this piece of satan doodie before wrapping it and putting it under the tree. Not only did I avoid the disappointed looks of two kids, I also avoided the ill feelings towards the evil sons of hades who made/sold me this "flying" (feel the sarcasm?) lump of donkey excrement. They sure sound like fun but buy at your own risk. I won't make that mistake again.

I've always liked remote controlled models. I had several radio controlled cars when I was younger and always dreamed of building an airplane or helicopter that could really fly. Unfortunately the larger flying models ended up being difficult to fly and maintain. Not because I couldn't build them, but more because they require a lot of space to operate and also can break VERY easily if you aren't well practiced in how to fly them. Put simply I wanted a toy I could mess around with but not something I had to spend hours and hours working on as a full-time hobby. The Syma S107 helicopter is simply amazing. You can seriously take this thing out of the box, charge it up, and begin flying it without any practice or any worries. It flies amazingly stable! As long as you don't "floor it" and push the stick all the way to the top immediately you'll be fine (otherwise you'll fly straight into the ceiling). The helicopter can easily simply hover in one spot. This ability to me is just amazing when you consider how much design and technology has to go into accomplishing something like this. The body is actually very durable with a mostly metal frame. The blades themselves utilize a folding design that means you can fly this into the wall, ceiling, floor, etc. without much worry about damaging it. I've run it into the wall and other objects many times and even though the blades start striking the wall and the helicopter falls to the ground I have yet to damage it. Many times it will fall down and land upright so I can just crank it up from the remote again and start flying without even having to touch it! The helicopter uses an infrared remote control rather than radio, but surprisingly this works great inside. I can only guess that the remote puts out a very bright and wide angle infrared signal because it will even work if the helicopter is around corners or if the remove is behind an object. While flying you have three controls: - The left stick moves only up and down and does not automatically reset itself. This is used to control the speed of the helicopter blades, which in turn determine the altitude that your helicopter will fly at. Since you can take your finger off the left stick and it will remain in place you are able to get the helicopter to a hovering altitude and leave it there "hands-free". - The right stick moves both up and down and left and right. Moving it left and right changes the speed at which the counter-rotating main blades spin, thus causing the helicopter to turn left or right. Moving the stick up and down causes the helicopter to pitch forward or backwards (by using a smaller propeller at the tail of the helicopter). When the helicopter is pitched forward it causes the main blades to then propel the whole helicopter forward. The reverse is true when you have it pitched backwards. The remote control unit takes four AA batteries. The helicopter itself has a built in lithium battery that can be recharged either through the included USB cable or via a small cable that pulls out of the bottom of the remote control. I recommend charging the helicopter using the USB cable when possible so you can prolong the life of the batteries you have in your remote control. I actually just connect the USB cable to a standard iPhone charger and charge the helicopter that way. A nice feature of the USB cable is that it has a light that lights up when the helicopter is fully charged so you know it's ready to go. Charging time is somewhere around an hour and provides you with about seven to nine minutes of flight. When the battery starts running low the helicopter simply won't fly as high. Even when you have the blade speed maxxed out you'll notice that the helicopter will slowly start drifting downward until eventually it won't have enough power to even lift off the floor. I'm in my thirties and have this little guy sitting on my desk in my home office. It's a great little toy to fly around for a few minutes as a break! If you've always wanted a little helicopter but don't have the time or the drive to mess around with the big models then get this! It provides great straight out of the box fun and the price is right!

Very happy with this purchase. It arrived before the promised date and the machine itself is great fun, and very tough (still flying despite multiple crashes). Had to go on the internet to get some tips on flying. In particular, it will not launch slowly (it just skids sideways and crashes), but needs a good push of the throttle to get it off the ground. And once in the air, it takes a while (at least it took me a while) to develop the right instincts in terms of using the two control toggles. Also, be warned that if there is sunlight in the room, it crashes. Overall, highly recommended.

Great helicopter toy...Very accurate flight which makes the short battery life to be worth it. You enjoy a 15 min flight so much that you have enough until it recharges.

Arrived as advertyised. Flew very well and stable indoors. I balanced front to back with slight adjustment of tail fin position along boom and got vertical lift off and descent. Battery has been excellent and even seems to have increased flight times with careful handling - 15 minute cool down, charge off USB exactly 52 minutes, remove on time so no overcharge.

Didn't last long

This little helicopter is really amazing, I can't believe the level of control you can have with it, especially considering the price. Awesome purchase.