Blade Scout CX RTF 3-Ch Heli

Item Description

Engineered by authorities in RC heli performance. The fantastic Blade Scout CX might possibly only weigh a tiny over half an ounce (17 grams) but it will have you flying circles around other helis like it.

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B005KP1E14
Item model number: 2700
Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 5,335 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
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By : BLADE
Price : $49.99
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Product Capabilities

Engineered by professionals in RC helicopter efficiency
Advanced two.4GHz radio control lets many helis fly at the same time
Computerized Piezo gyro for superb directional manage and stability
Proportional rotor head servo for smooth, precise control response
Replacement components readily available to preserve your Scout CX flying like new

Client Critiques

I've had a Syma S107 for the final nine months so that's what I have to compare it to. The Blade is smaller sized and lighter. It is additional stable although hovering. It has a swashplate, like a authentic helicopter, rather than a tail rotor for pitch control. Like most tiny R/C helicopters, it has yaw manage but won't crab (at least not when you want it to).
Forward flight is very slow, slower than the S107, slower than a walk. It would be much easier to fly than the S107 except for a single annoying quirk. If you are going straight ahead, then move the cyclic to neutral to go into a hover, this thing crabs to the left and slightly backwards. Not just a bit, but maybe a foot or two. Enough to run into whatever it was you were attempting to stay away from when you told it to go into a hover. This is not a fatal flaw, and wouldn't maintain me from acquiring this helo, but it certain does take some acquiring put to use to. It is hassle-free to trim, and the trim holds nicely.
Charging is from the controller's battery. The S107 charged from a separate USB cable, which I appreciated simply because it saved the controller battery. Charging and run time are each fine.
1 thing I truly like about this helo, though I have not had a chance to honestly test it, is that it appears particularly sturdy. The S107 has these little plastic nubs for the gyro linkage that broke off inside a couple of weeks, and needed replacing the complete upper rotor assembly and inner shaft. The nubs on the Blade look substantially sturdier, and far better yet, there is a spare nub on the rotor in case you break one particular. The body looks a lot flimsier than the S107 but I do not feel that's where you are going to get severe damage. The rotor blades are thin cost-effective plastic and are already getting pitted but it looks like they'll be hassle-free and inexpensive to replace when the time comes (but ask me once again in a couple months).
So far I'm completely satisified with this bird but time will tell.
UPDATE: Two months later
Like the plastic nubs on the S107, the Blade has its personal Achilles heel. The upper rotor has two thin plastic pins that go into the shaft assembly. As the rotor pitch modifications, the rotor swivels on these pins. In two months I've had to replace the upper rotors twice when these pins broke off. But it really is still greater than the S107. These pins do not appear to break as readily as the S107 nubs, and when they do, they are each less costly and a lot easier to replace. If you crash as substantially as I do, it's a beneficial concept to preserve a couple of spare upper rotors on hand.
As for the tendency to slide back and left when going from forward motion to hover, this is apparently a mild form of "toilet bowl syndrome" and can be lowered by keeping the above mentioned swivels clean. It happens when the upper rotor angle does not alter promptly enough in response to gyro input. My house has enough cat hair lying about that it tends to foul the pins.

Prior to shopping for the Blade Scout CX, my encounter with RC helicopters was with an eSky Honeybee. I made the mistake that various initially-time buyers do in getting as well considerably helicopter for my skill level. In short order I turned $200 worth of helicopter into a pile of plastic shards.
I now have about a week's worth of experience with the Blade Scout CX and studying to fly it has been a actually satisfying encounter. It exhibits outstanding stability in hovering and flight thanks a number of style elements which contain coaxial principal blades, gyroscopic yaw manage and a well designed fly bar system. You can look up what these attributes are on any number of RC helicopter sites. This is a neat tiny piece of technology that with a small care, you can fly right out of the box. Although you will likely be flying effectively in just a few minutes, there is a studying curve. You will crash it repeatedly. Fortunately, it really is also fairly sturdy. It comes with one flight battery which is good for about 8 minutes of flight. I advocate that you buy 1 or 2 additional batteries for additional flight time and a pair of upper primary blades (these broke on about my 20th crash). Each are low expense items.