SYMAS107G 3 Channel RC Helicopter with Gyro, White and silver

I have always wanted a tiny little helicopter to pilot around the house, and folks.......this is it. As long as you fly inside, with decent room, and no air movement this thing flys like a dream. The secret, and yes there is one, is too start out and hover first. This allows you to level her at whatever altitude you would like to fly. At this point you also need to rotate the knob on the remote to stop her from rotating to the left or right. Then your ready to go. These 2 steps are a must.....the hovering every time, and the rotation adjust when it needs it. Ok, here is the kicker...the hover manuver is kinda tricky because of the sensitivity of the remote....sometimes you need to give it enough throttle to lift off, and then almost immediately drop it a tiny bit to avoid slamming into the ceiling. I say slamming, but it just keeps going up, and up and smack. It is very durable, and built really well, but your trying to fly the darn thing, not test its ability to survive. Just remember, try to hover.....I read a review that said it just seemed to fly up and hit the wall, or ceiling every time it was flown....until they tried to just slowly power up, and learn how to maintain a hover. Once perfected, move on from the hover to maneuver. I tried this, and have always had good luck with it flying well. Oh, cool thing..you don't have to charge it from the remote, it comes with a cool little USB charger you can hook up to your pc, or console (or whatever has a usb) that lights up red inside when its done charging. To be clear, the USB side glows red were it plugs in, not the whole wire.

So one day while my family and I are at the park my daughter notices a RC airplane flying in the air. She is immediately enamored with it and decides that day she that is what she wants for her birthday. Unfortunately for her, there's no way dad is spending a $100+ on an RC airplane for a birthday present. So, I decide to go to Amazon to find something a little closer to a 6 year old's price range for a birthday present.This helicopter was the perfect choice! For what this is and how much it costs I am more than thrilled with the results we've had with it. We purchased it for $17 and have already gotten our money's worth out of it in the month we've had it. The kids love it, it's easy to use and control and it's a great, cheap way to teach them how to use and control RC toys.As long as you remember you're buying a cheap little toy RC helicopter you will not be disappointed. The battery lasts about 10 minutes, takes about an hour to charge. Do not plug it into anything that puts out over 600ma and wait a half hour before charging to let the battery cool down. This is what we have done and the battery lasts just as long as new 100 charges later. We have crashed it into a LOT of different things and so far the only thing that has broken is the rear wing right in front of the rear rotor. A pretty durable little toy for how cheap it is.You really can't go wrong for the price, durability and entertainment it provides!

Great little helicopter. Before this purchase, I had no experience in remote control vehicles or aviation. The Syma 107G is very easy to operate and very fun to play with.The options for charging the helicopter are nice; you can either charge from the controller (6AA batteries) or from a USB charger. Charge time seems to be about 40 minutes from the USB charger and flight time is probably around 6-8 minutes.This is a dual rotor (coaxial) three channel helicopter. Meaning it can move up, down, front, back, left and right. The dual rotor setup limits your front and back motion and also requires a calm (no wind) environment to fly in.I have flown this thing about as many times as I can charge it in the last 24 hours. I have had some nasty crashes. Which brings me to the biggest positive of this little helicopter. It is indestructible so far. I have dropped it from 60 feet onto a wooden porch with no issues. Hit the ceiling and sent it tumbling to its should be death, again no issues. This is the most durable Chinese toy I have ever encountered.Should it break, it appears that Amazon has numerous "prime" shipping replacement parts for very little money.My friend has recently been purchasing numerous remote control helicopters as well and he is jealous of how smooth and operable this helicopter is compared to his much more expensive ones.Overall, this is a great first remote controlled helicopter and has me hooked. I have already decided to move up to a 4Ch single rotor, but will continue to fly my Syma 107G indoors :)::Update April 2013::The little Syma is in fact indestructible, I have had it for a long while now and it still flies great. So great in fact, that there are now 4 S107's in the house.I have since moved on to Blade Helicopters and am in the process of learning how to fly a full 6ch collective pitch helicopter.The Syma was a great entry into RC helicopters and I would strongly recommend it still with only one reservation. This is a 3ch helicopter and the rudder left/right movement you learn on the right stick is not the same as all other control schemes past the 3ch. This ultimately forces you to relearn your stick controls and led me to have difficulty at first on my first 4ch which was the WL V911 (another great helicopter for the price).

For the cost, such a great value and so much fun to play with. They’re surprising durable and fairly easy to fly. NOT really for outdoor use if there is any moving air at all.If you do manage to auger it into a crater … or land it way up in some tree … at the price you can afford to replace it (and probably will want to)