Tenergy Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow

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.

Did you grow up dreaming of RC helicopters? I know that I did. But when I was a kid they were nothing more than a fantasy in a Popular Mechanics magazine. Sometime in the 1990s RC copters became available, but they were thousands of dollars and out of reach of most people. Then about 5 years ago they started to make affordable ones, costing around $100. These copters always seemed to last about 5 minutes, and then crashed and snapped a wing. Nobody likes that very much. They were also harder to control. Now lets visit the present, where you can get a $20 Syma 107 that is absolutely awesome in every single way. Here are some great attributes from my personal experience: 1. I have crashed the darn thing over 50 times and it has not broken yet. Still flies right and true. 2. It was extremely easy to master the controls after dedicating about 3-5 flights (battery lasts 15 minutes) 3. Easy to control with just 2 joysticks. There is an up and down, and a fly around (there is also a trim tab but I never use it) 4. The battery lasts a solid 15 minutes. This is enough time to keep a grown adult's interest. I fly mine at coffee breaks to curb the monotony of my desk job. 5. It only takes 45 minutes to charge, and the charger has a light indicator to tell you when it is done. Cons: 1. You really cannot complain about this copter. It is an incredible $20 toy. The battery time of 15 minutes initially sounds disappointing, but after you have had it a couple days it is just enough of a "play break". 2. You cannot fly this outside (but so what?). The wind does not favor well with this little guy. You can upgrade to a larger Syma copter for around $50-$100 and get an outdoor one. Getting started: After you are all charged up, find a bedroom or other space indoors where there is still and quiet airspace. This sounds funny, because it is indoors. But I found that there were mini thermal currents in some parts of my house, mainly by my staircase. They actually made the copter a little difficult to control, which amused me. You'll be able to handle these minor air currents once you master the controls. I choose a larger bedroom. The bed provides the perfect place to take off and land (you can also place a large book on the bed as a landing pad). The real advantage of a bedroom is the fact that the air is very still. Make sure your heating or cooling vents are closed and not blasting air currents. I would recommend just making the thing hover at first. Just focus on one of the controls (the left joystick that goes up and down). Don't worry about the direction or steering at first. Just get a feel for up and down, and make it hover. When you have a good feel for that, and can make the thing hover almost completely in place (there will always be some up and down play), then move onto making it steer in different directions. Durability I didn't even have to buy a the blade replacement. This little copter is just that durable. For $20 I am frankly amazed. This is one of the most fun toys I have ever owned, and worth every penny. The battery has lasted over 100 charges with no issues.

Cool toy, works well. it kept my kids very happy and wide-eyed Christmas morning while I buzzed it around the living room. I had practiced with it the night before and I'm glad I did, it has a pretty steep learning curve on the controls. The recommended age is 14+ and I really doubt you want your 5 year old trying this thing out, it's just too difficult to keep it steady while moving it around. The battery life is kind of "meh". After about 4 minutes the battery wanes a tad and you can feel you are having to push harder on the controls to keep it in the air. At about 6-7 minutes it will randomly lose power and uncontrollably sink to the ground, I learned this the hard way and my son touched the blade with his hand as it came down. It didn't slice him though, and he was fine, but it definitely stung him. You can charge it on any USB port on a computer. It charges in about 30-40 minutes. I haven't tried it yet, but you can also charge it off of the helicopters controller. Which takes 6 AA batteries(not included) It seems sturdy enough, I've crashed into just about everything in the house and it's still working. The manual is kind of funny to read, they have incorrect spellings and typo's all over the place. Overall a good buy for the price, if you wanna WOW your kids around the house and have pretty steady fingers to boot.

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.