Tenergy Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow

I originally purchased an Air Hogs Sharpshooter. It was a lot of fun, alhtough it never really trimmed out well. The trim would change as the battery charge changed. It was pretty durable. But eventually, a small plastic piece that connects the rotor to the balance bar broke off. You cannot replace the parts on an Air Hog. None are sold. A seperate companany sells generic replacement rotor heads, but they do not work on the Sharpshooter. With no other options, I threw it away.I really missed the Sharp Shooter, so I decided to replace it with the Yellow Syma S107G sold by Amazon. I had read to be careful about "fake" S107s, but the one I got from Amazon is the REAL thing! Flying this new S107G makes the Air Hog Sharp Shooter I used to have seem like a dinosaur in comparison. The S107G flys dead solid perfect! I didn't even have to trim it right out of the box. IT IS A GREAT LITTLE HELICOPTER!!COMPARISON TO AIR HOGS SHARP HOOTER (AHSS)* S107G is 3-channel, AHSS is only 2-channel* S107G has a gyro, the AHSS did not* S107G gyro makes flight VERY stable - you can hover without effort. The AGSS would never hover and was twitchy.* S107G will fly forward or backward. AHSS would only fly forward.* S107G is more powerful with quicker reaction time than the AHSS...**** S107G has the power to recover quickly from mistakes before crashing**** AHSS, once it started to fall, you could not bring on the power fast enough to save it.* S107G can be charged via provided USB cord from your computer, or even an AC/USB wall adapter. AHSS only charges from radio conroller.* S107G flies about 8-minutes on a charge. The AHSS flew about 5-minutes max.* S107G costs less than the AHSS.* Every S107G can be flown on three different channels. The AHSS had to be purchased by specific channel.* MOST IMPORTANT: You can purchase spare parts for the S107G. AHSS has ZERO available replacement parts.PROS of just S107G:* 3-channel (can fly backwards)* Gryo makes hovering and flight dead solid easy* Very powerful, great lift, reacts quickly to input* Durable - almost impossible to break* LOTS of replacement parts available at fair prices (nearly ever part of the helicopter)* Has pretty long flight time for a small bettery-powered heli (about 8-minutes per flight)* Very inexpensive for such quality - less than $30 delivered!CONS of the S107G:* It takes 40-50 minutes per charge - that's longer then other small helicopters.* Not very fast. Once you get used to flying it, you wish it would fly forward much faster.Here are some things I learned from forums and verified in my own flights. Please note:* Don't fly the helicopter until the battery completely dies - the LIPO batteries don't like to be run dry* Turn the controller on FIRST, then turn on the helicopter* IMPORTANT: Hold the helicopter totally still for a couple seconds after turning it on - that stabilizes the gyro* IMPORTANT: The first time you press the left stick for throttle, nothing will happen...* Not to worry, that's because the controller is registering it's channel to the helicopter* Don't turn off the controller - just try it again and it will work fine* On first flight, don't even touch the right stick - just lift to a hover, then trim it out and set it down* Imagine yourself in the cockpit - that makes the controls more intuitive when flying towards you* When done flying, turn off the helicopter first, then turn off the controller (it has something to do with the gyro)* The little propeller on the tail only runs when you press forward or reverse, so don' worry that it doesn't always run* The small rotor tips the helicopter slightly either forward or reverse causing it to fly that direction (slowly)* The S107G is not fast, but it's stable as hell. That makes it great for first time flyers or for kids.* My 6-year old grandson flies it perfectly. It makes a great toy for a young boy (plus an old boy like me!)BUY ONE AND HAVE A BLAST!!

I had seen these little RC choppers flood the market for the last few years, and iv flown a few of them in stores, at first they were a little bulky, with short flight times,. and clunky flight controls. but this one caught my attention due to all the good reviews it was getting,. and because it was under 20$At 20$ I figured if I got two or three days' worth of flight time out of it before it broke, and got to chase my cats a few times with it, I would be coming out ahead for the sheer entertainment value. But amazingly I've been flying this little bird for two weeks now, multiple times per day, and crashing multiple times per day,. (some fairly hard crashes) and it just keeps on ticking,. after probably over 50 crashes, I am starting to see some wear and tear on the propellers, and iv had to do some fine adjustments, ever so slightly re bending this or that back into perfect alignment, but beyond that she still fly's perfectly straight and level and flight times continue to stay at about 7-8 min. So this little bird,. is very sturdy. The build quality on this helicopter is way higher than I had expected for 20$.Flight controls are the best iv tried, if you're at all good at controlling a game controller you will pick this up quickly, if you're not flying perfectly on the first battery charge,. you will be by the second. The S107G is made for indoor flight so she's not very fast,. You don't want fast indoors or you'll just be constantly hitting the walls,. While you don't have much speed,. You have a lot of fine control, hovering in one spot is very easy,. And once you get a hang of the three control axis you will be zipping around the living room ducking under tables, landing on your friends outstretched hand, and tormenting your pets.As a cat toy,. It fails,. All three of my cats are very interested in it when its flying at a distance,. (its about the right size for a small bird, and not very noisy at all) so they watch it very intently,. But if it gets close enough for them to feel the down draft of the propellers they scatter in fear,. My neighbor's dog will chase it all over the yard, however,. I don't recommend letting a dog catch it,.As a human toy its simply awesome,. If your kid is dexterous enough to play a computer game, he or she will be able to fly this. To get good at landing and taking off, I put an office box in the middle of my living room and treated it as a "sky scraper landing platform" the smaller, and taller the box, the trickier it is to precision land,. so I started with a large box, and now I'm down to being able to land it on a small candy box about the size of my hand. doing this also helps you learn about the "edge" drafts you have to adjust for when flying near steep drop offs or in tight spaces.Recommended upgrades:I am going to be changing the main tail tube to carbon fiber,. as well as the two tail support rods, this should reduce weight, extend flight time a little,. and by removing weight from the back half,. I will be making it forward heavy, slightly increasing the forward speed. (Be warned this will also give it a slight permanent forward movement when hovering). Although there is a weight in the nose of the chopper, if you really want removing that will likely balance you back out again, if you don't want the added speed or the permanent forward movement.If you're going to upgrade the battery, get the 250 mAh upgrade battery that's out there,. do not do what one of the other reviewers did and add a 70 mAh battery to the existing battery, this is for a complicated reason,. but to simplify, when you add non equal (sized) batteries like that, the 70mAh battery will drain out much faster than the 150-200 mAh battery, once that happens,. performance will drop for the remaining mAh, think of it this way, you have two gas tanks, one is a gallon, and the other is two gallons, your "toy" takes from both tanks equally so the 1 gallon tank will empty before the 2 gallon tank empties, when this happens, the empty tank starts to act as a deficit for the remaining amount of fuel in the 2 gallon tank. In addition your charging circuit is going to get very confused by this de-balanced pairing, as it will try to charge both equally, though the smaller 70mAh tank will fill up first and trick the charger into thinking the system is fully charged, when it really is not. (This was grossly simplified, rule of thumb, it's just a very bad idea to match non matching (size) batteries in parallel). So if you're going to go to the trouble of ordering an upgrade battery just get the single 250mAh battery, that will give you much better flight times, will not degrade flight characteristics, and will not confuse the charging circuit.