Syma Dragonfly with floats...

[STtheboy]

for some reason mine just go's in circles and wont fly anyone got ant tips

[kimrathbone]

I just did the same with mine and it flies well. You have to put a float at the back. You can attach it on the back tail fin easily. A six channel helicopter is reduced to two channels with floats - so its worth persivering and it flies more stably with floats. With a tail float you'll find that you can make the front floats a lot smaller.

[tynyffridd]

Cheers for that - what did you make the floats out of? Will there be a vid soon??

[kimrathbone]

I made mine out of 'dry oasis' - its the stuff florists use to stick silk flowers in. It is probably lighter than polystyrene, but it breaks easier. However it is easy to shape with a knife. I flew it out of a plastic paddling pool. However I just made some bigger ones like yours and didn't test drive them first - so the heli flipped over in the pond. However it stll kept on going with the blades under the water for quite a while.

The copter is not well and I might have to get a new receiver.

[kimrathbone]

ps if the floats are too big they prevent lift as the copters downdraft is pushing down on them. I made my successful floats quite narrow with a third keel underneath and a tail float. Wilkinsons sell dry oasis for a pound a block. I will get round to making a vid - Ive boaught a flycam 1 which I think the copter might lift.(when its fixed.

[kimrathbone]

pps I'm going to spray some WD40 over everything next time

[lolzpstaker]

what do you mean join the copters group?

[lolzpstaker]

OUCH!

[rettile74]

ma potevi comprarti una barca ,invece di distruggere un elicottero!

[myztikal771]

this copter is a pice of shit it a jap knock off that dont fly if you wana call spining round flying its a total waste of cash SPEND THE XTRA MONEY AND GET A REAL ONE

[LIQUIDAVIATION]

Hey myztikal771, get a fucking life, i'v got one of these and it flies just fine, why don't you spend some extra cash and get a real life?

[mortarlover123]

lol damn you surface tension... id never fly or take off from water never becuase one screw up and blame its gone into oblivion..lol well that and theres no water near meXD i could see maybe a 2 ch but not a 3 or 4 ch too expensive to be doing that for a 15yr old

[rcbasher666]

lol buy a boat

[bigboioncrack420]

just wasted 60$ on one today:( can anybody tell me how to fix the trim i did that little turning nob on the board but didnt do anything..???? HELP!

[JaleelJohanson62]

No, you sound too stupid to comprehend the answer. Get a ball or something moron.

[bigboioncrack420]

did ur mom not jack u off in the tub enough.

fuck off

[JaleelJohanson62]

Where did you learn your fucking English?

The best part of you ran down your father's leg...

[bigboioncrack420]

Brains aren't everything. In fact in your case they're nothing

[JaleelJohanson62]

Do you realize how fucking stupid you sound here? BTW, I trimmed out my Dragonfly beautifully. How's yours working dumbass?

[mrwiggly29]

I just got one today and it just seems to go round and round how do I stop it from doing that?Thanks

[bigboioncrack420]

ajust the trim im having the same problme:(

[ironmodem]

Perhaps surface tension is your greatest enemy? I'd try the smallest floats possible.

[DanielDaniel1]

lol

[Zhivagoo]

you don't give up, do you!? hehe keep going!

[Velktron]

The problems seems to be the tail rotor dragging everything down, perhaps with taller floats and/or taller skids it will work out smoother.

[JoMo91]

yeah i saw the last vid in the bath and then saw this but with taller floats/skids, the higher mass could cause it to be top heavy, try wider flatter floats that are slightly longer so that the T/R is higher too :)

[Velktron]

Seems more like a RC boat than a heli :-)

[raphaelcurly]

Congratulation...Nice landing

Good luck for next experiment.

[Computergaz]

Wait a little while, and you may find that the circiut board will be okay after a thorough drying out!! My circuit board came good after a drying, but the tail motor and main motor did not fare as well. As mentioned before, I am considering purchasing a complete new machine. It'll be cheaper in the long run!!

Cheers: Gary (Australia)