Read First Before Buy 3 5 Ch Metal Outdoor Helicopter S032G
I bought this S032G and a S107G as my entry into the helicopter hobby. I read all the reviews and figured if I could just learn basic hovering skills before destroying the bird I would be money ahead in flight training. Let me tell you, the S032 impressed. It was well worth the price of entry and then some.
Here are my observations: The S032 is definately a good trainer and flys excellent indoors and decent outdoors. It hovers great. It is fairly manueverable. The motors are really powerful. Forward flight speed out of the box is ok for learning, add weight to the nose and it helps. Wind....if you see leaves moving this bird will soon end up in another county. Run time is 6-10 minutes depending on throttle. Recharge is 30-50 minutes depending on usage. Night flying outdors is fun with the led lights. I has been a lawn dart quite a few times and we have broken the right landing gear, the canopy mounts, lost one tail boom support, wasted one set of blades but this thing still flies. For the abuse it has been through I am amazed how it has held together!
Tips for improved performance. Break the battery in with easy first 2 flights w/ many landing to let it cool and complete uninterupted charging. Once the bird will not climb well, turn off and recharge. Never run these LiPo batteries dead. Order spare blades, crashing causes nicks on blades and this will reduce balance, performance and stability in the air. Spare blades are CHEAP! Add some clay or glue or any weight to inside nose of the Canopy to improve forward flight speed. To improve flight range, unwrap the antenna wire and let it hang. This gave me 4x the standard range and with the power these motors have I was able to fly WAY over the mature GA Pines surrounding our yard and about 100ft away.
OK, here is the really cool part. I let my 12y/o nephew fly it outside. After a few crashes he was getting the hang of it. Recharge...then on the next flight he was making this heli do things it was not supposed to be able to do. He would climb, spin, chop the throttle while giving forward elevator. It would nose down and dive and then he would give full throttle. The helo would fly across the yard FAST!!! and climb out of the dive, occasionally going into a banked turn until the flybar stabilzed the rotors. It was a hoot!!! We may be getting another to keep around as a trainer for visitors as we graduate to full collective pitch helos.
As a beginner with RC Helicopters I have to say this S032 is the best 3 channel "BANG FOR YOUR BUCK".
BalasHapus"AGAIN INDOOR ONLY". I got a 9053 just because it was so big and easy to fly. ALL REMARKS APLY TO BOTH MODELS. By extra blades, a must. I fly it every week with a HELI Club we started. I have only chipped one blade sense I purchased it. Doing speed dives under and over things. Pushing my flying skills AND I pushed my baby into a metal pole. OPPS! I recommend a backup battery for double the pleasure in flight time. But then allow the motors to cooldown.
KEY POINTS:
o You can and will master the FLIGHT CONTROLS but each one is different DAH!!
o If you can't figure that out just give it up and stop crying like a bunch of "BABIES".
o OH MY HELI BROKE IN ON DAY; or THE BUILD QUALITY IN POOR (REALLY!) grow up. Start slow and fly in an open wind free environment first. Then you will see all the pieces fall in place LIKE TRIM, SWAY AND PITCH. Worked it out all in one flight because I took my time.
My S032 and Double Horse 9053 are great. Never crashed unless I did something daring.
TIPs:
o To add weight help on both to fly outside. Double sided sticky tape and pennies, but your helicopter, your money, your RISK.
o Find your center of balance line and attach pennies as needed. So easy for FORWARD and READ PITCH.
Again the best BEGINNER MODELS IN MY OPINION ARE THE SYMA S032 MEDUIM SIZE 15 INCHES LENGTH AND THE DOUBLE HORSE 9053 26 INCHES LENGTH . BUY BETTER QUALITY LI-POLY BATTERIES, WORTH THE MONEY,
I have had this for 24 hours, crashed it into the roof, a tree, my dog, my girlfriend and countless pieces of furniture! This thing is Durable! Thick plastic pivot blades, a thick plastic nose shell and a Aluminum skeleton.
BalasHapusIt takes about 30min to charge from a completely dead battery with a proprietary charger and flies for about 10 minutes outdoors and 15 minutes indoors. It can fly it 1 - 2 mph wind outdoors but because it doesn't pitch a lot (maybe 5 degrees in both directions) you are really just chasing it as it goes in the direction of the wind.
The Gyro is not a joke it really really works, yawing the unit by hand you can feel the individual blades slow to compensate and stabilize. Outdoors it really shows how well it helps keep the unit level. The control has a trim knob to keep the unit from spinning while hovering.
The controller itself feels really cheap and the decals placed on it are off center to a point where it was inhibiting the trim knob and required me to remove it.
So the only 2 real complaints about this RC is the lack of Forward and Reverse maneuverability, and the quality of the controller. Otherwise well worth $40, maybe my dog and Girlfriend will stop hiding soon :)
PS. For replacement Parts for this unit:
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I bought this RC helicopter a few weeks ago, and so far I think it is a great helicopter for begginers. I first bought the S107. That one is a very nice helicopter, it is very easy and nice to handle. However it is tiny and there is no way you can use it outside. The S032 is almost twice as expensive (although it is still pretty cheap), but I thought it would be nice to have an helicopter that could be used outside. The S032 is as easy to use as the S107, but it is bigger and faster. It is pretty much a 2:1 scale of the S107. The advantage of the S032 is that you can use it both inside (if you have a reasonably sized living-room) and outside (if there is no wind whatsoever). I definitly recommend this helicopter for adults who are self-learning to fly RC helicopters. The S032 is probably good for kids to play at home, but if you are a begginer and want to start learning about RC helicopters without spending too much money, this is probably a good start. I think when I master this helicopter, I'll go to a 6 channel helicopter.
BalasHapusA note 6 months after I bought it: I cannot believe how bad I beat this helicopter and it still looks like new. Once I dropped it (obviously unintentionally) straight from a sixth floor to the ground (hard concrete), and nothing happened it. This helicopter is incredibly durable.
I've had a number of micro RC heli's and also have a 250 size 6-channel heli. I think of them all this little Syma s032 is the most fun and easiest of them all. The gyroscope makes flying it nearly "idiot-proof" since it stabilizes itself as soon as you let go of the stick. So forward motion it automatically arrests etc. Makes it very easy to fly I fly it through obstacles etc in the house and have taken it outside as well. It is VERY sensitive to any wind. Even wind you can't see/feel it seems to be bothered by. One of the things I didn't like though was the range is nowhere near the 50m they claim. I took it out about 50-80 feet and it was doing fine when it suddenly lost the signal and dropped out of the sky. Another good display of its durability though as it was completely undamaged.
BalasHapusOverall the helicopter is very easy to fly and does a great job. Incredibly durable, I've never had a helicopter sustain anywhere near this much abuse without any breakage. Flight time is reasonably short, about 5 minutes or less, and it charges in about 30-45 minutes usually. Not bad though for quick occasional flights on a whim.
It would be nice if you could have more than one batter and swap them, but the battery connector doesn't match the wall charger and it takes some effort to change the battery out, so that is not very feasible with the overall design.
Great little durable heli that I definitely recommend! I'll be buying some more of them for christmas to gift to some family members!
BalasHapusI Purchased The Syma S032 Thinking it would Fly Like My Syma S107. Well, at first I thought : "Hey This sucks!" It didn't fly like my S107. It Kept Trying to Go To The Right. No Matter what I did in trim it still would not lift off like the S 107. Until.... I took a long look at both Helicopters. On The Syma S 107 there are two ball link connectors and on the S 032 there is only ONE!! Well, I purchased a couple of extra parts and added the link...VIOLA!!!! It Flies as Perfect Now as The S-107. I suggest if you purchase this Helicopter, look it over when you get it and purchase the link if it is not there. The Manufacturer and Sellers, should take note and add that part for buyers. It's a cheap add on. (I suggest include it at no charge) And you will have as Happier Customer!!!
BalasHapusI was looking for a small indoor heli. This one caught my eye and knowing Syma produces higher quality items I opted for this model. It took very little time to set trim and be off and flying. It is very very stable. Also it is rated for the outdoors. I caution against this. It simply does not have the weight unless you are in dead calm air no breeze at all. Charge time ugh. Overall 2 thumbs up perfect for beginners.
BalasHapusWhen i bouught this product for the first time, it did not work, but the Deron from BASAL enterprises was great. I sent an e-mail explaining the problem, he called me immediately and send me the return voucher to send the product back. The great customer service is that he did not wait for the damaged product to get back to him. He did ship a replacement for me on the same day i was sending the damaged one back to him. replacement came in withing three days right in time for my 8 year old's birthday. My son loves this one, they have been flying in indoors and outdoors. it works great, probably it might have went up to 100 feet in air. Ordered one more from Deron
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