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Offline noisyturtle

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Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« on: Fri, 15 March 2013, 16:59:26 »
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Just got 2 of these. I'm gonna make 'em fight for my amusement.

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 15 March 2013, 17:11:59 »
OOOO... I may have to buy this..

How durable are these things? :p

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 15 March 2013, 18:00:48 »
I have no idea, but that's why I got 2. :D Looks like it has a metal frame, so it shouldn't be too fragile.

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 15 March 2013, 18:22:21 »
I broke mine within a day. It was heli-fun though. Get it...pun? :P

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 15 March 2013, 18:29:22 »
these die primarily because the battery gives out..

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 09 April 2013, 22:03:41 »
Got mine today. It is freakin cool. VERY easy to learn how to fly, if you are patient and go in steps. Up and Down. Then turn. Then forward and back. Takes about an hour of flight time to master it. Just avoid the wind.  :)

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 09 April 2013, 22:10:00 »
I wish mine hadn't crapped out. The bottom rotor seems to spin a LOT slower than the top one, thus not providing enough lift to get the copter off the ground.

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 09 April 2013, 22:11:58 »
Got mine today. It is freakin cool. VERY easy to learn how to fly, if you are patient and go in steps. Up and Down. Then turn. Then forward and back. Takes about an hour of flight time to master it. Just avoid the wind.  :)

John

Aren't they awesome?! And yes, very easy to get used to :D


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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 09 April 2013, 22:15:37 »
I watched a youtube video of a couple. One had a camera underneath and the picture looked like very nice quality.

John

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #9 on: Wed, 10 April 2013, 02:22:49 »
Protip: battery life sucks, pull off all the LED's to make it slightly better.
Also this thing isn't flyable in even a slight breeze apparently. A gnat could fart in it's general direction and it will go flying the other way.

Offline WRXChris

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Re: Hammerhead helicopter $19.99
« Reply #10 on: Wed, 10 April 2013, 04:09:09 »
If you're interested in a decent indoor micro-copter, check out the e-flite msr or many of their other helis.  High quality, cheap replacement parts when it becomes unbalanced after a hard crash, but quite a bit more expensive.  Worth the $ if you're into this kinda thing though, kinda like mech keyboards! www.bladebelis.com