Syma S102G 3.5 Channel RC Helicopter with Gyro

The media could not be loaded. My husband loves this helicopter. It comes packaged well in a box that is about 16 inches by 7 inches. The helicopter itself is about 7.5 inches. This a great size for my family and I feel like it is not so big that someone might get hurt. It is an indoor helicopter only. The wind really takes it.What is great is it durable and can take a crash well. I have two girls 3 and 1 years old. They want to have fun with daddy. They can grab the helicopter and bring back to the landing pad for daddy and the helicopter is fine. I was worried that they would not be able to even touch it. The helipad is great for them to know where the helicopter goes and great for my husband to remember that is a good place to land the helicopter instead of somewhere that might knock over something.To get started we used YouTube and the instruction manual. Those were great tools. You start by just trying to hover the helicopter. It takes some throttle to get it in the air so do not be too nervous to really push on the left button. Once you get it in the air play around with just going up and down. And our number one rule with small children is when things look dangerous like you might hit something or someone just let it drop. The helicopter can take it.We then started to try and go forward and back. We really struggled with this at first and remembered from a YouTube video that you have to adjust the middle knob. If you are spinning in circles you need to adjust the middle knob. My husband just turns it left and right and then lines it up in the middle. The helicopter should go forward and back very easily if the middle knob is adjusted. It usually needs adjusting after a big crash or a little girl really playing with it for a bit.This is a great father's day gift or birthday gift for someone that wants something different. I love using with my students in science class. The helipad was great for my students to know where to land the helicopter and I gave them bonus points for how close they could get to landing it. It avoided making bad choices with landing it on a friend. We did receive this product for free for an honest review.Here is a link to the helipad we have:Remote Control Helicopter Landing Pad - Complete Edition - LED Lights Installed - Suitable for RC Helicopters, Quadcopters, Drones, Syma Helicopters

I've always been a huge R/C lover with a small budget. I loved nothing more than getting an R/C car or helicopter when I was a little kid, and would play with it for weeks on end. After rediscovering my interest in all things R/C again, I decided to take the plunge and start with Syma.This may just be the greatest $20 I've ever spent in my life, there's nothing bad about this product, at all. I couldn't think of one even if I was paid to do so.First of all, the packaging was top-notch. Upon receiving it, you're really not sure if you've just purchased a budget R/C toy or some hobby enthusiast's prized possession. Everything's strapped in tight, yet easy to remove when it comes down to it. It even comes with a smaller propeller as a replacement (As I remember I had quite a few issues in the past with the smaller rotors being damaged).Talking about replacements, on the manual you can find an extremely handy replacement parts list for everything on the helicopter and controller. Say goodbye to searching Google for hours on end, it couldn't be handier for that one bump too many!THe helicopter itself is the prize here. There's two rotors and a gyroscope that helps make this helicopter feel like a premium product. The main rotor controls the central blades to provide lift, and the smaller one at the back provides the forward/backward movement. The gyroscopes helps the helicopter to turn left and right extremely smoothly. It's hard to tell the difference between this model and a real helicopter with how smoothly it flies.There's no awkward finger movements to try and counter rugged and sudden movement, it can hover very happily, turn very smoothly or fly forwards in a very straight line.The controller feels comfortable in your hands, the controls are fine tuned and there's no dead zones, and best of all, with the USB cable provided, you don't need the controller to charge up the helicopter, just plug it into any kind of USB socket! It's a lifesaver for those AA batteries in the controller.It's very durable, it flies great, it has a pretty great flying time (I've gotten around 10 minutes flying time on 45-60 minute charges), looks superb and at this price, it's a steal.

This is my second indoor RC helicopter, and I had high hopes for this one given the stellar reviews. However, I was a bit disappointed with it. It flies "okay," but it's very difficult to get it to maintain a hover. When flying straight forward or traversing with a fully charged 'copter you have to continually back off the throttle because it quickly ascends and hits the ceiling if you dont. I don't know why others say it's so easy to fly--it's not. I wish my old Stinger still worked. That thing was right around the same price point as this one, but it would hover fine and not lift during maneuvers. My Stinger was also very well built with aluminum and plastic parts (50/50), whereas this chinsey thing is like 99% plastic. I'm almost afraid to even put it in my backpack for fear of cracking it like an egg. Oh, and the controller is a joke... Unless you like fake buttons that do nothing. The charging cord also sucks BC it's very difficult to keep it attached to the 'copter while charging. Wow, I initially rated this a two star, but now I've talked myself into the downgrade.