SYMA S108G 3.5 CH Infrared Mini Radio Controlled Marine Cobra Helicopter

Product Description

This is the Newest Mini Helicopter by Syma. The Electric Co-axial Micro helicopter series is suited for each the beginner and the advance pilot, everyone can enjoy it with the very first flight.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 3 x 2 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B004IBPQEW
• Item model number: S108G
• Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 129 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
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By : Syma
Price : $23.70

Product Functions

• Mini Marine Cobra remote manage helicopter
• Appropriate for the beginner or advanced pilot
• Deigned to fly up, down, left, correct, forward and backwards
• Has about a 10 meter control distance

Customer Critiques

I personal four SYMA helos and they all have various characteristics.
1st, I purchased a red S107G for 22$ and was blown away. Even so, immediately after a multitude of crashes related to hitting the ceiling my 1st one particular was beginning to show wear (rotor blades dented/chiped, broken canopy brace, led not centered, vertical stabilizer cracked awaiting it next crash to come off) inside one particular week.
Second, I bought a second 107G and it came as yellow. The very first thing I noticed was the yellow a single, whereas totally identical other than color, was a lot much more strong and battery lasted longer. As a result, it was significantly more fun and a lot more troublesome to fly than red.
Third, becoming that I am former active duty helocopter mechanic (CH-53a,d,e, T64-GE-416) for the Marines, I bought the S108G (Cobra). Folks, the Cobra is a totally unique helo all together. The collective (vertical manage) is not spring loaded like the S107G. Not only that, the Cobra is substantially alot more robust in its response and power and can be complicated to manage. This is troublesome to me as the Cobra's body and frame appears to be entirely plastic (as apposed to the S107 getting a metal frame). Also, the Cobra has a single solid white light which I prefer to the flashing blue and red o the S107G. Given that the collective is not spring loaded you can make it hover and set the controls down on a table it still flies. From time to time I forget to return the collective to zero when I crash. The Cobra has lost reception various times and when it does it falls from the air and crashes. The Cobra appears to "Pop and Click" like a Marine must--no kidding. It can speed around area considerably faster than the others and turns much a lot more speedily. In truth, the other seems sluggish in comparison and it is effortless to "oversteer."
Forth, I also required to satisfy my curiousity related to S109 (Apache). I have located the S109 is simpler than all to fly. It also has two white leds rather than the flashing blue and red of the S107G. The controller is the same as the S107. General, I definitely find it enjoyable to reliably fly about the room with total and utter manage. I feel they did this to maintain the Army from crashing out of manage--just kidding solders!
Bottom line, I give the S109 best rating more than the others. I do locate the responsivness and speed of the Cobra stimulating and of interest so I rate it second. If I fly with somebody else I will pick the Cobra for its speed and responsivenees. In the finish, I do not believe the metal frame of the S107G will add a lot worth as the rest of the helo is plastic and does break. The cost of replacement parts cannot be justified as a new S107G at present goes for 22$.

This helicopter flew rather well - for a although.
Syma makes a number of extremely slick little helicopters - I have bought several distinctive models for the nephews and relatives, and everybody loves them. This helicopter, the cobra, looks really good and flew pretty nicely. All of the Symas we tried so far fly highly well out of the box. The Blackhawk and Chinook flew really properly. The challenge with this specific (Cobra) helicopter is the landing gear. Right after a couple of crashes, the strut on 1 of the landing gear broke, meaning that on the ground, the helicopter will not stand up perfectly straight. No significant deal - ideal? Wrong. If the helicopter is not standing up straight, it won't take off straight, and will likely crash into one thing just before it stabilizes. The Blackhawk and Chinook have diverse landing gear which are additional durable.
For those of you who are first time pilots, concentrate on hovering for your first few flights. Just tweak the controls to try and keep the helicopter in 1 location. If you can master hovering, the rest gets a lot less complicated.
Syma's mini helicopters are only for indoor use. The predicament with flying them outdoors is wind - the smallest puff of a breeze makes the helicpters uncontrolable.
For those of you who do not know considerably about Syma's RC helicopters, right here is how they function:
1. Stabilization: For actual helicopters, the tail rotor controls rotation. Without having a tail rotor, a real helicopter would be unable to turn, and would really spin out of control. The motor for the key rotor wants to spin the fuselage in the opposite direction of the rotation of the key propeller. Assume about it - if you were to magically "hold" the propeller in place, the fuselage would spin. The motor of a standard helicopter, if left unchecked, would spin the propeller and the fuselage in opposite directions. In genuine helicopters, the tail rotor counteracts the rotational force that the most important rotor applies to the fuselage
With Syma's helicopters (other than the Chinook), they really have two most important propellers stacked on leading of each other that have blades that are angled differently, and spin in opposite directions. Each propellers give down force, but also generate torque on the fuselage in opposite directions. This has the impact of keeping the helicopter stable, considering the fact that the rotational forces of the 2 propellers on the fuselage cancel every single other out. Syma's remote controllers come with a "Trim" manage knob. This manage is implemented to make positive that the 2 key propellers are spinning at the same RPM. If your helicopter's fuselage spins slightly on takeoff, use the trim knob to true it up.
two. Turning: In order to turn, Syma's helicopters slow down one particular of the principal rotors by a little quantity, essentially applying the forces described in 1 to rotate the fuselage. Turning for all of Syma's helicopters is particularly precise as soon as you have them trimmed.
3. Forward/Backward motion - this is controlled by the horizontally aligned tail rotor. To go forward, the tail rotor spins, producing down force, which pushes the tail up. When the tail is up, the major rotors are angled slightly backwards, so the main rotor pushes the helicopter forward. Reverse has the opposite impact. The tail prop pushes the tail down, which angles the thrust of the principal rotors slightly forward, which pushes the helicopter backward.
4. Sideways motion (Yaw)- Syma's helicopters don't have any mechanism for tilting the helicopter's roto sideways, so the helicopters have no capability to move side to side. In true helicopters, the most important rotor tilts forward/backward, left and perfect, and this delivers the ability for the helicopter to move in pretty substantially any direction.
This Cobra heli is not as stable in flight as the Chinook or the Blackhawk. It just seems like the helicopter is a small too responsive.
In short, if you are a good pilot, and won't crash, this helicopter is just fine. For my taste, although, the Blackhawk and Chinook are even more durable and simpler to fly.
A single other note - Rather Necessary! This helicopter comes with an extra tail rotor in a plastic baggie. Conserve it, and put it in a secure location. The tail rotor controls forward and backward motion, and if you shed your tail prop, all you can do is hover.