Syma S107 3 Channel RC Helicopter with Gyro, Green

Just got my helicopter and started flying right out of the box. The transmitter has a knob that allows you to adjust the trim if necessary. A very responsive little copter and so much fun to fly. Highly recommend the one. I fly it when I can' fly my other helicopters outside. Well worth the money. I would use the charging cable in the compartment on the back of the controller. The yellow cable is for fast charge and can eventually ruin the battery. Have a blast !!!!!

works great but dont crash break easily

I got one of these for my niece. I was just thinking, I wonder how remote control toys have evolved in the last decade or so. Well, have they ever. I can't believe what this toy can do for what seems like a ridiculously low price. If I put more weight on the low price in my rating I may have given it 5 stars instead of 4.I put it through some testing (heh heh) before wrapping it for Christmas.Some observations:1). I am really klutzy with things like video games so the fact I can fly it reasonably well shows that it is pretty easy to fly. You do have to pay attention to all axes since turning and going forward and backward can cause it to rise or fall, so the most important think is to always keep a watch on its elevation.2). You can charge the helicopter from the control box or from the USB port on a computer. The former would not seem to be a good idea because it will drain the batteries in the controller faster. Since the kid might not be using it in a place where there's a USB port handy to plug the copter in, I bought a USB charger for it at Best Buy for $10. (you can just buy one on Amazon but I wanted to get one right away)3). It says it has 3 frequencies but I don't see anywhere on the control box or helicopter to set the frequency. If it does have more than one frequency at least they preset both to the same frequency so it worked out of the box.4). Considering how inexpensive these are I probably should have gotten her two in case she breaks one. At least if she breaks it and persuades her parents to buy a replacement, they will be pleased that it is not more expensive. I haven't checked the cost of replacement parts, if you can replace the helicopter for $10-15 that would be all the better. No reason the control unit should break down for some time. But I could imagine the helicpoter could get damaged in a bad crash.5). The 6-7 minutes or so of flying time seems pretty good to me. As a retired engineer, I am rather impressed that a little lightweight battery in the copter can run those motors for that long. And I would bet parents appreciate the fact that a kid can't just waste away hours and hours flying the thing.

I love this little micro chopper! This is my first RC helicopter, that I bought on a whim thinking it would break the first time I used it. Dang, I was wrong.I have a large space to fly in, basically a large open warehouse. This chopper has ate the overhead fluorescent lights, sprinkler plumbing, and just about everything else, often crashing down 15 feet or more! I just broke my first tail rotor, after a few dozen flights, but the chopper comes with an extra just in case. It is pretty thin, but easy to replace. Make sure you note which way it's facing, so your forward/rear flight isn't inverted (or do it, for fun!) Other than the damage to the tail rotor, the thing still flies like brand new.It is super stable and easy to fly, though it does have a few limits. I really don't like the IR control, because it's easy to loose signal with unpredictable results. It will often do whatever it was doing earlier, which can be bad, or it just falls out of the sky which is often hard to recover from. No matter, it's built to take it and I wouldn't expect much more for this cost! Flying outside is not possible during the day, but is great fun on still nights. I can get ~30 feet range in a brightly lit space, and I've had the thing higher than I could see at night, just for fun. After some bad wrecks, the circuitry needs reset with a quick on/off cycle. Sometimes, it seems to need to be set on a flat stable surface to "initialize" when you turn it on. I've tried launching it out of my palm, sometimes it works, sometimes I have to set it down. Not a huge issue, just watch for the flashing green light to go steady.This guy came with a USB charger, which is a good thing because charging on the remote seems picky. I think I may have bought cheap batteries, because it had issues charging from the remote. The light will fade from red to green nearly instantly, indicating a full charge. Name brand batteries seem to have fixed the problem, but I'll likely keep using the USB charger to save on batteries! I noticed the green light on the transmitter "fluttering" during use, I'd assume flight control gets wonky if you let them get too low as well, I seemed to have a few glitches but I haven't noticed anything since switching batteries.After figuring out the best way to charge, and the best way to keep the guy in range I've become quite talented at piloting it through lots of fun stuff. There are quite a few cars in my flight space, and buzzing in one open window and out another is entirely possible. This thing is super stable, and the non-spring loaded throttle trigger makes hovering or holding altitude easy. I have not touched the trim knob since I got it, and it still hovers straight. This thing won't tolerate wind well, but that can be fun in certain cases. Flying high above, then quickly descending on curved and slanted surfaces can pitch the copter at extreme angles and speed which is quite fun (with some proper throttle control!) Flying over uneven surfaces will upset a hovering altitude, but usually nothing more than that.A few friends have picked up on this thing pretty quickly, and a few even plan to buy one. I don't think I could have picked a better first RC helicopter!