Estes SF161 & R73-OPS 3ch RC helicopters mini-review

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Overviews & flight tests of the Estes SF161 and R73-OPS micro indoor 3-channel RC helicopters for beginners. These are essentially Syma S107G and S109G models distributed & supported by Great Planes, and they are most excellent little helis.

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[TraxxasAllOut]

The first one is a Syma S107 just rebranded.

[UltimateRCnetwork]

@TraxxasAllOut Watching a video before commenting is recommended :)

[thedarkcore1]

just get an MCX or MCx2 for 40 more bucks or scout for 10 bucks more and can go to your LHS for parts and cheaper parts for a 100% better RC and its HOBBY grade

[UltimateRCnetwork]

@thedarkcore1 40 bucks more is 100% more and my LHS has no more MCX parts than Syma parts (none of either) :-/

[thorprime1984]

@UltimateRCnetwork I'll agree the that MCX isn't in the same class. But darkcore has a point with the scout. Its a much more stable helicopter than the S107 (it has a full 3-axis gyro), has a replaceable battery, 2.4ghz rather than IR (you can fly it outside in low wind, the gyro is that good). Also, any LHS that stocks air products will have the parts for it. Even given $30 for the Syma vs for the $50 scout, I would recommend the scout right now to anyone looking to get their first RC heli.

[UltimateRCnetwork]

@thorprime1984 I have a scout. It does not have a 3-axis gyro, only one, just like this. There's never a need for pitch & roll gyros in coax craft with flybars as they physically stabilize themselves. The Scout is no more stable than this in my experience. I'll put up a review of that one soon.

[UltimateRCnetwork]

More lower-cost heli reviews to come in the future...

[danns87]

Great review. Questions:

1) Is it possible to turn off the LEDs on the s109g? I'd image you could squeeze a bit more flight time out of it if the lights are turned off.

2) Is it possible to change the stock battery with one of higher capacity for longer flight time? If so, where would I buy one and are there instructions for installing it in case it's a different shape/size than the stock battery?

[theotherchannel3]

syma is good for cost

[movieshop1000]

@tonto7082 thanks :)

[tonto7082]

@movieshop1000 It flies great most of the time. Occasionally mine stops getting the signal from the controller and drops like a rock. I've crashed it ALOT before I broke the drive pin for the top rotor, so it flies all wonky and uncontollable now. But for $20 and free shipping you cant beat it.

[movieshop1000]

@tonto7082 how does it do? anything gone wrong with it yet?

[n78422]

I got one of these and it flew great and crashed like you would normal. Only about five times on day after charging it up it just was flying and the motor cuts out like I am letting the throttle off and then it will do that for the whole flight. Do you guys have any sugestions?

[tonto7082]

You can get the Syma brand of these on Amazon for $20. I have the appache (S109)

[jonathan54384]

ah I have yiboo brand for da red 1

[TraxxasAllOut]

@UltimateRCnetwork Your're right. I should have been a lot less stupid and just watched.