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Best Review on Syma S107 S107G Helicopter Red

Growing up I always wanted a remote controlled airplane or helicopter but never got one no matter how many times I asked Santa for it. Now as an adult I can buy the toys I could only ever ask Santa for. Of all the things I wanted as a kid that I still wanted as an adult there was this, a remote controlled helicopter. And, lucky for me that with the massive improvements in battery and motor technology of the past few years they have managed to make such a wonderful miniature helicopter.

I've purchased several different helicopters over the past few years with varying degrees of success. When the gyro stabilized ones showed up on the market I was impressed with the responsiveness and control the online videos all showed them having. I have one that I purchased from a different retailer that claims to be gyro stabilized but it's just not quite right. After reading up on the Syma 107 I discovered that this other one may have been an attempt at a knock off on the Syma design. Once I knew better I bought an S107 and am definitely pleased. This is by far the most responsive easily controlled helicopter I have yet had. Syma definitely has my loyalty in terms of helicopters right now.

I love flying this little helicopter around the house or in empty theatres where I volunteer. If you have dogs, like I do, be aware that they may not like the helicopter quite as much as you do. My poor little yorkies run to the next room and hide when the helicopters come out...

There are a few limitations you need to be aware of if you're going to be buying an S107. First off this is an infrared remote controlled device. That means the range is limited. If your helicopter gets too far away from you your signal will stop controlling it, results may vary as to what it will do then. If you use it in a really sunny space or outside the sun can and likely will interfere with your infrared signal.

Air currents are a big problem for this little guy. A gentle breeze outside can push this a long ways, you may not feel the breeze too much but the S107 will and it will start getting away from you very easily.

Air currents don't just occur outside... If you get this too close to an air duct you may have some surprising flight paths result.

Helicopters work by creating a negative pressure zone above their blades. The helicopter rises not so much because it's pushing air down but because the air beneath the blades is more dense than the air above the blades and this causes the helicopter to move up into the negative pressure zone. This is important to remember when you fly your helicopter indoors. If you hover too close to the ground you may not be able to push enough air down to keep reducing the pressure above the helicopter and thus you will have no negative pressure zone into which the helicopter can be pushed. Also if you get too close to a wall, couch, tv, tray table, ottoman, etc... you can inadvertently create a negative pressure zone between the helicopter and said object. Thus causing the helicopter to suddenly be pushed into said object and potentially damaging the object and/or the helicopter. The helicopter is not broken if it suddenly veers into a solid object you were flying it near, you were just a poor pilot.

This helicopter is a toy, and it can be a very good educational toy at that. But, it is not a toy for young children. My brother-in-law got a lower quality helicopter for Christmas last year and let my four year old nephew and six year old niece fly it. Neither really understands the concept of finesse just yet, and as a result that poor little helicopter was slammed into nearly everything in the house. It didn't last long, and my brother-in-law was out one helicopter. Kids will want to play with this, adults will want to play with this, but if you want to play with it you'll need to be careful who else you allow to play with it.

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