Black Stealth 3-Channel R/C Helicopter from ThinkGeek

With unprecedented stability and control, this double-bladed radio controlled chopper is the easiest to fly, yet!
http://thinkgeek.com/a75e

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[brageritu]

can it transport pens and stuff?

[brageritu]

that wasn't a joke

[ewashburnaf]

Do they sell parts for this little thing?

[utoober708]

@illtriniboy the instructions say to try to keep it at the same altitude and steady. I have the the same problem, but sometimes I can get it to stop.

[qwasd0r]

This thing is the cheapest crap ever. It's so flimsy and cheap plasticy, it's not even funny. and it came broken (interesting, a friend of mine ordered one aswell and it was broken, too). I had to repair the landing gear and even open up the transmitter to fix a broken stick.

After two flights it wouldn't even charge anymore (no crashes, I own several of these tiny helis).

So hands off, better get one of the slightly larger ones off amazon.

[MrJDM1968]

to obtain this control a second person with remote set to same channel is needed (not shown). Every course change requires a change to the trim control. thus one person to operate height and direction and another person to constantly monitor and adjust the trim control. If you can do this you can achieve the same level of control that thinkgeek shows in this video. why do you think camera quickly shifts away from other person in the video

[KaoticMoon]

@ShiffyStudios Just had mine arrive in the mail, followed the directions to set it up, charged till the green light went off, and nada. My concern/question is how do you tell if its in the on or off position on the helicopter? The switch is horrible, whether I wiggle it left or right it reverts back to the middle, so I can't really tell whether its thinking its on or off and I don't want to break it

[ShiffyStudios]

I've had 2 of them shipped to me so far and it seems to be extremely cheap quality. After charging and trying to flip the helicopter to "On" it still doesn't work.

[illtriniboy]

Why does mine just spin on the floor (clockwise) I've pressed the L button and even tried holding the right stick all the way to the left but it just spins before take off...I had it flying for about 1 min but after a pretty small crash it kept doing this...anyone?

[warofthewalruses]

@brageritu no. I have one, and if the pen is slightly hanging over, it plummets, and dies.

[Maestro85282]

Just got mine...it is NOT radio, it is IR....buyer beware....kinda cheap quality but it flies pretty good...I was able to trim it out and fly it across the office and back before a coworker shot it out of the sky with a nerf dart lol....it crashed pretty hard into my desk and my monitors and didn't break anything so....for the price, not bad

[mekashiyu]

Just got mine in the mail yesterday, it's pretty awesome. I haven't had an RC chopper before though, so I keep crashing it as I'm learning the controls and fixing the trim on it. Though I may just need a bigger room to practice in. 8/

One thing I can say for it right off the bat though, is that it's a sturdy little thing - I keep bashing it into walls or sending it skittering across the floor every 10 seconds or so, and it's still in one piece. XD