This is a brand new Dragonfly 24″ Remote Control Helicopter. This helicopter is most suitable for beginning RC hobbist. Get your training and acquire you skill set before flying expensive RC Toys. It comes with all the items necessary to get you started and fly immediatly. It comes with Remote controller (required 8 X AA batteries), AC Battery Charger
Customer Review: Not as advertised
These are not new helicopters. These are refurbished. Mine arrived broken. The cockpit was split from previous flights. The bolts holding the rotor blades were not screwed in properly. The screws were stripped and could not be removed. I had to drill them out so I can replace them. I have had several of these choppers. Generally, I think they are great, but this supplier is the wrong place to get them.
If you leave the blades loose, they fly in circles. If the blades are tight, they will only hover. You also need to adjust the center of gravity if you want to changes these flying characteristics.
BUT, buy them somewhere else. They have a New one on here, for $0.30 more. Maybe they are better.
Customer Review: A New Pilot’s Learning Tool
This is essentially a well-engineered way to learn basic helicopter functions before moving on to the far more expensive multi-channel machines. The Dragonfly –and it’s many clones — are basic two-channel helicopters, made to do no more than go up and down and rotate on its axis. It’s not fanciful; looks just like a real helicopter. If you’re new at this, you’ll be busy enough just keeping it stable. Of course, the great thing about a helicopter is that it doesn’t need to fly forward to remain airborne — the way an airplane does. So, learning steady control is the key.
Fly outside. Don’t fly anywhere near trees or over hard surfaces (or water). It’s too big to be flown indoors unless you’re in a gym or auditorium. But hey, you’re going to crash several times, and outdoor grass or hay softens impacts. And don’t fly in wind. The Dragonfly doesn’t have controls to fly forward or backward, so you’ll always be contending with annoying breezes.
At your initial flight, you’ll probably have to adjust the potentiometer knob to modify the tail rotor’s effect on the main rotor’s torque. Adjust the potentiometer very carefully in increments of 1/16″. If you manhandle it, you’ll break the knob right off. I know, I did and it took forever to get a replacement. It’s one of the flaws in this otherwise good design.
The other flaw is that the helo carries only one permanently mounted rechargeable battery-pack, providing around ten total minutes of flying time. Then the battery needs a two-hour recharge (not from your car’s cigarette lighter, either). It’s a shame the Chinese manufacturer(s) didn’t work out a system whereby two or three charged battery-packs could be easily swapped back and forth. I think it’s also a shame that this clever little machine wasn’t produced by an American or Japanese manufacturer.
Lastly, the radio controls do not happen smoothly but in “ranges.” For example, when advancing the main rotor power, you’ll find that it has three ranges: low range where the Dragonfly skitters around but won’t lift off; apply more pressure and you’ll feel mid-range — where it wants to lift off, and high-range where it really wants to head skyward. Same is true for the tail rotor power: low range is to work in conjuction with the main rotor’s low range and so on.
It’s a toss up. If you want to enjoy simple, fun flying indoors for relaxation, consider instead some of the smaller helicopters like the Picoo Z. But this Dragonfly is for learning the rudiments of the more complex outdoor R/C machines. I don’t regret buying mine because that’s just what I was after.
