Merry Christmas!

[Digitaljunior]

It's for outdoor use and needs to be electric (me and 5year old and 8year old). Budget £60-£80.

I want one that is easy to control and stable (2 rotors). The honeybee2 I had was awful to control.

[Richie]

syma gyro 109g..... can get them for as little as £15 the 109g is an apache style heli... however anything small and electric..if you get as much as a sneeze of breeze you will lose it......good side is its so small and easy to fly you can use it indoors no probs

[Renegadenemo]

Once squeezed one of these into the front garden It was well scary!

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[Mike Bull]

There he goes again, being all alpha male-like just because his took more AA batteries than ours!

[Richie]

its just an upside down lawn mower... Robinson R22 I think ? looks too small to be the 44..... i think the tech that goes into the toys is more advanced lots of fun to fly though i was once lucky enough to.........sweep the hotel car park free of loose substrate to allow a guest to land his Augusta for a cup of tea ! i decided i hated him when he asked if i could put the landing fee's on his bar tab.....like i would have a button for that on my till.....oh yes here it is right next to the side order of chips.. was a lovely bloke though.


this thread is so far beyond its original intention but hey ho.....still interesting hahahahaha.

[Digitaljunior]

this thread is so far beyond its original intention but hey ho.....still interesting hahahahaha.

That's the perks of a forum - if feels like a chat with your mates about 'men stuff'

[mtskull]

syma gyro 109g.....good side is its so small and easy to fly you can use it indoors no probs

Mine's a 107G and I can confirm that it is very stable and east to fly; amazing how much better it is than some earlier indoor helicopters. My 10 year old niece has no problem controlling hers.
I wouldn't use one outside though; I have tried in my back garden with two different models and they just go out of control. I suspect that the problem is PIR detectors for security lights interfering with the infra-red control system, so it might be OK in a large open space on a VERY still day. The 107G is good value, I got mine for just over £22 (well, £9.60 plus £12.98 p+p) from Amazon.

[Wink]

Here's a good one for messing about with indoors and can also use outside without fear of a passing insect causing problems

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140624090869? ... 1438.l2649

[mtskull]

Here's a good one for messing about with indoors and can also use outside without fear of a passing insect causing problems

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140624090869? ... 1438.l2649

It is a sobering thought that I paid as much as that for my Speedline K7 kit in 2006!

[Renegadenemo]

its just an upside down lawn mower... Robinson R22 I think ? looks too small to be the 44.....

Yeah - it's a 22. Carl once got his 44 in but he only did it once... It wreaked havoc on the sunflowers!