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I just received the H911 last week, quick delivery, packaged well for shipment. After unboxing and thoroughly reading the instruction manual I charged up the batteries and started to play. The only minor problem when getting ready to fly is the way the manual describes how to "bind" the rc transmitter to the helicopter. It reads like your supposed to put the charged battery into the heli, the receiver light on the circuit board flashes rapidly, then blinks slowly and the manual then tells you to turn on the transmitter which will beep three or four times and bind or connect with the heli. I did this several times and it didn't work. I googled a video that I saw online posted that showed a guy getting his ready to fly and he put the battery in and while the light blinked rapidly he turned his transmitter on right away and when the controller stopped beeping the heli light turned to a solid glow, no blinking and he could fly. I tried this and it worked the first time. I checked the control surfaces, the rotor toggles up and down like it should, goosed the power to make sure the rotor turned and then gave it about half power....it came up, I freaked and cut power and it dropped like a rock. No problem. Turned it upright and throttled up again and had very little to do to trim it out and be able to come to a hover. Let me tell you, talk about feeling like a kid again this thing is a blast. I read some comments about getting a used product, it could happen I suppose but not my experience. And there is no question about the durability of the H911. For the short time I've had this the first couple of times I flew it in the living room. On a couple of those flights when getting to know the flight characteristics I throttled up too fast and came up to the eight foot height of the ceiling, and as a new pilot would do and from watching numerous videos online before purchase, I did what everyone said, I cut throttle and it drops slowly af first, the blades are turning a bit but comes down the rest of the way fast. This is something I don't recommend doing often but it hit on the skids and didn't break a thing. Picked it up and examined it, not a crack or break, probably a little lucky on my part. I've had it up doing slow circles in the living room and drifted one way or the other and into a sofa (soft) and a wall (obviously hard) several times and doing what I saw so often in video's, cutting throttle, it falls, you set it upright and take off again. I've since resorted to pulling the cars out of the garage and flying around in there, more room to practice and have fun in. Nice flight characteristics, once you have it trimmed unless you are out of control coming in you can level off with throttle and drop slowly in place on the skids, a real kick for just 15 to 20 flights so far. You can really tell when the battery is low, at full throttle it will only hold hover and power a couple of feet in the air and will not go any higher, time to land. A battery lasts about five and a half minutes so far and they charge in about thirty minutes. I'm already thinking about ordering the five battery pack on Amazon. That way you could charge and rotate the batts. to keep flying for quite a long time. I decided to get the H911 instead of the Syma S107G. The S107 probably would be easier to fly right away but this challenges you more. Also being able to change batteries and keep flying attracted me to this bird besides the reviews of it's reliability. Get one and have some fun.
Edit: Just a little update. Ordered the five pack of 200Mah batteries to fly longer and rotate/charge batteries in the process. Working out great. The new batteries seem to give you almost a good ten minutes of flight with better throttle response. This being my first chopper experience bypassing the twin rotor 3 channel type of copter I continue to learn something new every flight. A soft touch on the sticks is definitely better than ham fisting it if your losing control or getting close to something. The durability of the H911 continues to amaze me. Got too close to a lamp and drifted into the pole sending the 911 from about two feet up crashing to the hard wood floor. Didn't notice it but the tail rotor popped off, when I tried to take off after the crash the chopper just spun around on the floor. Checked it out, found the rotor and pushed it back on and took off again with out a hitch. Can't wait until it warms up a bit to pull the cars out and fly in the garage again. With the speed of this thing you need the room to anticipate direction changes until you get better at it.
This little 4channel RC single rotor 'copter is really incredible for the small amount of money I paid (under $50). The amount of minaturized hardware (gyros, servos, etc.) on this small bird really astounds. Once you've mastered a Syma 107G you can step up to this Heli and master 4 channel fixed pitch flight. Hovers and flies right out of the box. Great packaging and a good instruction manual. Extra parts and two 180 MA batteries for 7-8 minute flights x 2. Well made and detailed. Super value. The most fun and excitement I've had for the money ever.
BalasHapusAfter reading some forums, there were nothing but rave reviews for the WL Toys V911 (a single bladed fixed pitch heli) as the next step from 3 ch coax helis....so I bought one. After receiving it I was literally wow'd by it's speed, agility and stability. It was as stable as a coax but could tear across the room with just a slight push of the stick. What an amazing heli! I've flown the V911 at least once a day for the last few weeks and am still amazed with it.
BalasHapusAfter browsing Amazon one day, I came across the Hero RC H911 Warbird Edition (a rebranded and upgraded ver. of the V911). I liked the shark mouth canopy and already loved the V911 so I picked one of these up too! There are some very slight differences between the original V911 and the Hero H911 though. This model comes with larger 180 mAh batteries vs. the V911s 120-130 mAh batteries equating to longer flight time. This model also comes with a different, more aggressive swash plate. Because of it, I can get the H911 to speed up more quickly than the V911. If I had to choose between the two, I'd say I prefer this H911 ver. over the V911. The paint job doesn't hurt either.
So, if you are in the market for a great 4 ch fixed pitch single bladed micro heli, grab this one. You wont regret it especially since it's the same price (if not cheaper) than its sister V911 AND you get longer lasting batteries, more agressive swash plate and a cool paint scheme.
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I love my Hero RC H911 helicopter. It is way better than the boring 3 channel ones. Challenging enough, but not too difficult for a beginner with self control.
BalasHapusI think any home without one is a prison. You are truly missing out on what life is all about. Go out right now and buy one. Don't ask your wife if it's okay just do it. You will have zero regrets unless it arrives broken or gets stolen in the mail. If you want everybody to stop hating you....and you know they do.....start flying the H911. You will no longer need testosterone supplements or weener pills. Throw away most of your self help books. (Keep one or two because everybody gets sad sometimes.)
The H911 will literally change your life!!!!!
Very nice bird I own 4 other V911 helos of which this is a clone of them, but it has some newer features, new battery plug, stronger 180Mah batts over the stock 120-130 version, more aggressive swash plate, flys great out of the box I did a couple of small trims on the servo arm rods to get it to hover perfect, took outside to park today in very strong wind had to push the TX forward trim all the forward so it would make good head way in the wine none of my other V911 could have done this, so hats on that, its very fast, noses down very strong but quite controllable, I got a unbox video posted on Youtube and best thing of all, common its that great canopy of the WW2 american P40 paint job, thats very cool watching flying in the air.
BalasHapusThis is so fun to fly, its ability to hover is effortless. Its very responsive and has predictable stick control. Batteries last about 5+ minutes, but you get 2 with kit, I knew to expect this and thought is was not going to be enough, but since most of my flying was making it do what I wanted without any unexpected results it was a fun ride. Going to fly this indoor and once I master I'm going to purchase a MJX f45 for outdoor.
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