This chopper looks great with all the lights and details but it only ...
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This chopper looks great with all the lights and details but it only worked for a day and the rear blade stopped working
4374983
After reading a lot of reviews both here and on RC groups I decided to go for the V912. The Heli itself is very good, I really enjoyed the day, yes one day I spent with it. The controller looks nice, the helicopter flies great but then the let down...quality. I used it for about 5-6 flights and everything was working great and then the transmitter started acting up. If you power it on the LCD back light would come on but nothing else. If you let the transmitter sit for awhile it would come back on and show the display and bind to the helicopter, but turn it off and then on again and nothing. It seems to be the power switch causing the problem. It is too bad that there are so many quality issues associated with these products because they are actually very good and a lot of fun while they last.

On the plus side Amazon's customer service is awesome! It is not their fault that some products have poor quality control and I understand that, but Amazon backed it up all the way an made good on it.

Update: Let me first start off by saying that Amazon's customer service is a model for how it should be done...period. I called them about the issue and they price matched another one and shipped it out 2 day so I would have it by this weekend. The new heli arrived today as promised!

Now on to the heli. This thing fly's fantastic right out of the box. Everything is working perfect as far as the transmitter and the heli itself. Still a little quality issue though, the front LED light stopped working, it's not a big deal because I don't use it anyway but it is still a quality issue. WLtoys has a fantastic product but they really need to work on their quality, once they sort that out this this heli would be perfect. It is a lot of fun for sure so I would hesitate to buy one

Update II: O.K so the second heli has been flying fantastic and then all of a sudden the quality gremlins rear their ugly head once again. The heli is flying along no issues and banks hard right dive and slams into the ground. At first I thought I might have done something so I picked it up and set it level turned off heli and TX to reset gyro etc. Take off flying fine and then fly's almost out of sight and down field I bring it back down but it is acting like it is controlling itself and then hard right and dive. So either the RX or the gyro has gone out. This time it could have been not good had I not been out away from people. As it is it crashed into the top of a box van truck luckily not the windshield.  I bought extra spare parts but I didn't buy spare RX pcb's nor should I have to replace them when they are new and haven't been crashed prior to having issues.
1539896
The workmanship looked great with real feathers on all four pieces but only two pieces lit up.
2828664
This helicopter is a great purchase. BUT,it comes with lousy hardware. All the screws are very soft and strip just trying to remove them. I bought a hole new supply of screws from Align and replaced them all. Besides that it is a good buy.
832998
I would not recommend this chopper.  I have the older version and I was trying to replace it before it died.  This one is even louder than the older one.  The button is hard to hold now compared to the old one.  I would have returned it but I guess I passed my 30 days. I love my old black and decker chopper but this one seems really cheaply made.
1500788
This thing looks really cool and I really wanted to like it but it did not perform as intended too, my stock carb for my 80cc motorized bicycle blows this thing out of the water wen it comes to performance. With this one on it was struggling to climb the smallest hills, with the stock carb I am still able to gain speed going uphill
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This was my first quadcopter and very impressed, however after reading up on it more and more I found that the v222 or the v959 with a v222 reciever board is what I really wanted. Those are 6-axis, where this one is only 4-axis. Meaning no accelerometer, which means two things. 1) You are required to keep the helicopter completely level while plugging in the battery because thats when it stabalizes itself. 2) If you are flying and a gust of wind blow you vertically diagnol, you will most likely crash because it can not autostabalize unlike the 6-axis vehicles. Wish I would of known, but still a blast to fly regardless. I ended up upgrading to a 6-axis about a week after receiving the quadcopter. Oh and it's not a "BadBoy" brand, but a WLToys brand. You can indeed find them slightly cheaper elsewhere, but those places mostly ship from China and take 3 weeks delivery. This one was from Cali and only took a few days.
3155447
I love this heli, it is the best looking one of all the syma micros in my opinion.  However after a couple of weeks of flying the heli would lose altitude and slowly sink to the floor.  I found out from the syma forum that this is an issue syma has not address with the S111G.

 When the heli crashes ... and it will crash, the shaft can becomes disconnected from the gearing assembly.

All the parts work but not fast enough to give the heli any lift.  Good news is that it can be fixed, bad news is that it's just about impossible.

You need to take apart the body of the heli, all 16 micro-screws to get to the drive assembly at the belly of the copter and apply super-glue to the shaft and gear contact points.

Putting it back together is even worse b/c you've got those 16 screws and the LEDs need to line up on both sides of the frame.  Also you have to have a very small philips screw driver that will fit in the small holes in the heli.

If not for that issue this would be a five star heli.  I gave it 4 stars because when it worked it flew great, and those lights are really nice for night flying.  If you don't might having to work on this if the drive becomes dislodged it worth getting.

In fact I just ordered another one, and I plan to fix the one I already have.
1002908
This was my first RC helicopter after my little Syma S104 and I really do like it, but these coaxial helicopters are just no good for flying in ANY kind of wind.  Fortunately, It's a super tough product so it will handle some pretty nasty impacts.  Motors and gears will wear out fast so get extra parts with it for sure.  I spend more time working on it than I do actually flying it but I do enjoy that as well.  Made several modifications to improve performance.  Some were neccesary just to make it marginally fly-able outside.  Fun toy but not for serious RC enthusiasts.  Not a great gift for a kid because it would just get broken and that would be that.  Stick with the little micro Helis for kids.  This bird is just too big for a coaxial anyway.
4182875
This RC helicopter is really cool.
On the positive side- great to fly.  Responsive and very well built.
On the negative side- motor gets excessively hot due to heatsink blocking cooling holes in motor.  Works better without canopy- all in all, 4 out of 5.  Can't be beat for the price!!!
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Looks great but the brightness of the lights are really low.
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I got this good looking Helicopter in time, not too expensive. I had no problems for two days,i enjoyed flying it. Then the problem started. The rear prop quit working off and on. I could not control forward and backward movement of the copter.then it crashed. I send back the copter and Amazon gave me the credit.
  Yours truely,Dr. Rajasenan.
4783434
this helicopter was very fun to fly, its responsive and fast with lots of great features.  one motor failed on the 7th flight, however.  I still give it four stars because this thing is awesome in action.
4961552
This is a cool looking Mustang, but actually a realistic representation of one - not made to be overdone cool just because it's a toy.  The controls work great - very intuitive for me (someone without much prior successful experience with remote controls!).  It goes a speed that I'm happy with - it doesn't fly off so fast that I crash it into everything before I can figure out where it's going.

The only downside is the lack of power.  My son built a ramp, and it just plain wouldn't go up.  Oh well.  It's still good fun on normal surfaces.  It runs well on our very-flat (not plush) carpet, on the kitchen tile, and outside on the paved driveway.
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The Syma s107 has been the best r/c helicopter of any I have tried (in the inexpensive helicopter category). Got the replacement blades to fix some wear and tear damage. I think I'll just get a new chopper next time, I doubt the new blades are the cause of mines erratic flight, the long tumble down the stairs might have a little more to do with it. No big deal tho, at $20 a pop they are pretty much disposable. I flew, and crashed, mine a lot before having to replace the blades. Its a fun toy, my wife thinks otherwise =D
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I got this helicopter and loved it! I would recommend buying a replacement parts kit, as well as the upgraded battery(the original only lasts about 12-15 mins. If you don't like to tinker with things, or repair things, this heli probably isn't for you. It can take some hard crashes, but i have had to replace the balance bar, and flipping the lower blade is essential!(look for video of how to on youtube) Overall i love flying it and i think its worth your money.
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I was so excited to get this for a present for my 2 year old who loves motacycles..It looks great..everything was assembled and ready to go which takes a multiperson assembly to do. It was fully charged and ready to roll. My son may have rode this motorcycle a total of 3 times and it started making a loud grinding sound only when going forward..sorry but a 2 year old can not go backward on a bike and its meant to go forward. I bought this bike looking past bad reviews but now $80 down the drain and a 2 year old who looks at a bike parked in the garage..this should not be sold if it does not work properly. PLEASE NOTE THE NO RETURN POLICY..if you enjoy going down the highway and watching money blow out the windows get this bike if not use it as a photo prop