NEAT!

tdeckard2000

WooHoo! Got mine on the way. No more 2 channel craptastic helis for this boy!

BigDogues

Holy Heli! At that price it pays for itself after only 2 or 3 flights!!!

frigg

Just FYI, you're missing an L in steaLth.
Keep on rocking.
If I had money laying around and didn't just pay my tuition, I might consider one...NOT!

Dudemeister on the Run

Battery for these things usually last around 20 minutes max. Although more would be nice, 20 minutes should be plenty of flight time if you think about it.

iamxyj

damn, i would like that... how long does the battery last?

Charging_Mooses

Yea, best cat toy ever. Is this one actually 'RC' or is it LED?

MagnoliaBoy

dang...i still have my foam one...i play with it every once in awhile...it's something great to show off to guests.

kamikaze

It's beautiful to behold.

I'd love to get some stick time.

strider_mt2k

@iamxyj:

I cliked the link and says :
7 Minute fly time, 10 minute charge time.

qazwer00

I'd get one, I think the guy in that video got offered his one for free after they shaved his head to make him look bald

vinnieg

20 Minutes? I have one of those Air Hogs... maybe the motor is much different, but mine only lasts about 5 minutes per charge.

pop-pop-pixel

@strider_mt2k:

That's funny, that's exactly what my girlfriend said to me last night. ;-)

winexprt

does this cause barotrauma in little innocent bats?

BiZarRroBALlmeR

@Dudemeister on the Run: just imagine, flying this thing through the dorm, or ur frat house. maybe get a neerdy friend to put a small camera on there, and take it in the girls bathroom, or spy on someone else in you dorm, through the windows, there are so many ideas that you could use this, in college, and maybe if you had extra dough, take in into your lecture with you, and have some fun. lol.

d4rlp3nc1l

@iamxyj:

I wish this thing had 20 minutes of flight time:

Product Features

Easiest to fly, most precise controlling R/C copter yet
Three channel control gives you fully proportional up/down, right/left and forward/backward control
Sleek black plastic body. No foam cockpit.
Choose from two different channels and fly with a friend
Both channel copters are black in color, a flashing red or blue LED lets you know which is yours
Dual counter-rotating blades give incredible hovering and stability
Helicopter Charges from Remote
Easy to adjust trim dial (rather than pushbuttons)
7 Minute fly time, 10 minute charge time
Requires 6 AA batteries, not included
Copter is 15.5 cm in length with a top blade diameter of 13.5 cm

[www.thinkgeek.com]

winexprt

@d4rlp3nc1l: Don't get attached to it then, because it's going to be swatted and smashed.

Kaiser-Machead's Apostrophe's Power

that drop at 1:15 was awesome!!!!!

godwhacker

what kinda like that beer commercial where the guy turns in to a fly. lol.

d4rlp3nc1l

No cyclic. Instead it looks like the tail rotor control attitude. Pretty sweet design to simplify things.

5cents

My boss has one and it is pretty sweet, we beat the crap out of it and it keeps going. hurts when you hit people in the face also.

Cougenstein

@d4rlp3nc1l: You are a genius.
Coming to think of it, I can use the heli-cam during swimming to check out ladies across the door in the dressing room.

Dudemeister on the Run

@winexprt: He'll be here all week folks. Try the veal.

:D

strider_mt2k

@Rhodizzle: Oh

Rhodizzle

@Rhodizzle: He said attitude you moron.

Rhodizzle

@d4rlp3nc1l: The tail rotor controls pitch. The altitude is controlled by the speed of the rotor rather than a cyclic control. The tail rotor spins one way or the other to tip the main rotor forward or backward for travel in that direction. Left and right is controlled via varying the speed of the overhead rotor so as to offset the torque and spin it.

Rhodizzle

@strider_mt2k:

LOL!

You keep lobbin' softballs, and I'll keep hittin' home runs! hehe ;-)

Good to see my old ClieSource/1SRC.com buddy is doing well here. :-)

winexprt

That is about the coolest mini chopper I have seen. One of my kids had the older style that is impossible to fly steadily, it wasn't much fun. Did anyone notice the tail rotor was up and down instead of side to side like normal copters? I wonder if that's what makes it so maneuverable?

maven2k

I knew it wasn't likely to have made it into the video, but I can't have been alone in hoping that there'd be a shot of that thing bumping into a wall or something and shooting off in some odd direction.

Purple Dave

I get .

FinalValgas

Well, the big question is if you could stealth it inside a phallus and fly it during the political conventions. Will it Dong, so to speak?

Elvisisdead

@Elvisisdead: Probably not, the Russians are light years ahead of us when it comes to the flying phallus.

We must close the phlying phallus gap!!!

Blue Oyster Cultist

well i bought one, a flight like that indoors does prove that is is somewhat flyable

so i officially bought into the scheme
(two are a couple of days away now)
^^

splitkooks

somebody come back with a review of it. I've seen videos like this before, bought one, and it was CRAP.

doofusgumby

This is just a variation of the Micro Mosquito.

[gizmodo.com]

It just has the addition of rotor stabilisers and looks like a copter rather than a bug.

Lukewpnunn

they have 3 channel foam one also.
[www.thinkgeek.com]

it's the same as the two channels, it looks like, except there's an electromagnet in the body to make the blades spin faster. the foam ones are more of a challenge to fly.

homer15