I just bought one of these for my 12 year old son. He charged it and flew it once..the second time we charged..the chopper no longer lifts up..ideas?
1650423
Couple things that happened to me as well. Solution 1) did you use old batteries to charge it from the controler? If so, replace the batteries and charge again. Also the second time that happened there was some fiber wrapped around the rotor that I had to remove. Other than that, I think it's the best flyer for the price on the market. Hope this helps.
1650424
Be sure to fully charge it, 45-50 minutes. Also be sure to check it is charging, the plug is flimsy and often shakes off the heli's socket. Could also be a defective battery, for me the hobby is in the repair/upgrade, so I enjoy soldering in New batteries. Haven't gotten any that have died quickly or have been defective, so my gut says the charger fell off.
1650425
When I was researching my issues with our copters someone mentioned pressing the lower rotor down to seat it onto the shaft. Hope this helps.
963175
I had the same problem. It just doesn't have enough power. I think some fly, and some just don't. New batteries won't help. The quality control is inadequate, I guess. You might ask, "What did you expect for such a cheap helicopter?" Personally, I expected a helicopter, as opposed to a paperweight.
1367984
Unplug and reset it. Put it on a level surfacenter and recalibrate it (left stick down and right, wiggle the right stick left and right) if this does not work, make sure the propellers are both good, and put on correctly. A goes with a, and b goes with b. Happy flying!
911862
Sounds to me like the electronic board is out or the servos are bad! You could try to send it back to the manufacturer but I don't know about warranty??? Maybe you just got a bad product! I don't even fly mine for now due to tail rotor motor burnout! It was a pretty sturdy little helicopter while it lasted! I crashed it a bunch and kept on flying! They are cheap so in the end you get what you pay for! I thought about buying a couple of them then you could use a broken one for parts. Hope I answered your question! Sorry my response is so late!
166330
The battery might be off center making it lean forward or backwards. Try adjusting the battery so that it keeps tue heli level.
2128566
it is quite possible it is defective(it happens) if you 1 -turn on transmitter FIRST then set heli on a FLAT surface. turn on heli and wait about 3 sec. the built in gyro will engage . NOT doing this will cause all sorts of problems. check the balance everything should be factory balanced.also look at r/c flight school.com lots of info there.GOOD LUCK.
1296900
Had similar problem. Out of the box, the copter flew fine (apart from my novice controlling). From the second flight onward, it would not get any higher than a couple of inches off the floor. I trolled the forums to try and solve the issue. I purchased a replacement battery, struggled with the fiddley fitting of it and still not sorted. I've now ordered another copter off amazon 'cos my lad (and me) really want to have one of these working. As a last resort I've just applied a little WD40 (via the WD40 straw) to the cogs and the bottom of the shaft and Hey Presto, works a treat! Looks like me and the boy will be duelling now that i've ordered a second! Hope that this helps anyone with the same issue. Had similar problem. Out of the box, the copter flew fine (apart from my novice controlling). From the second flight onward, it would not get any higher than a couple of inches off the floor. I trolled the forums to try and solve the issue. I purchased a replacement battery, struggled with the fiddley fitting of it and still not sorted. I've now ordered another copter off amazon 'cos my lad (and me) really want to have one of these working. As a last resort I've just applied a little WD40 (via the WD40 straw) to the cogs and the bottom of the shaft and Hey Presto, works a treat! Looks like... » Read More Had similar problem. Out of the box, the copter flew fine (apart from my novice controlling). From the second flight onward, it would not get any higher than a couple of inches off the floor. I trolled the forums to try and solve the issue. I purchased a replacement battery, struggled with the fiddley fitting of it and still not sorted. I've now ordered another copter off amazon 'cos my lad (and me) really want to have one of these working. As a last resort I've just applied a little WD40 (via the WD40 straw) to the cogs and the bottom of the shaft and Hey Presto, works a treat! Looks like me and the boy will be duelling now that i've ordered a second! Hope that this helps anyone with the same issue. « Show Less
1635083
The charger should light-up when plugged into computer or power source AND not plugged into copter. That's the first test.Ensure you have a good connection at the copter. Your copter battery could be worn-out - is copter old ? Otherwise I would agree the charger is bad.
977466
An extra battery is too heavy. I added a couple of washers to the bottom of the nose of the copter.Add them one at a time with super-glue or tape.it works.
810501
Try pushing the steering stick all the way to the left or right right at take off. It should correct the spin shortly after take off. More than likely, you may have 'unbalanced' one of the sides of the helicopter and it tends to spin that way at lift off. I had the same problem with mine, so I just start with the stick pushed all the way to the right every time now, and it works fine. You may also have to crank the slip stream in that direction as well. Good luck.
507000
Same thing happened to me when I let the battery to discharge too much, that ruined the battery and had to purchase a new one. The battery instructions give advice on that, unfortunately I forgot that. Try to stop the Drone as son as the red light start flashing.
592520
If you can hover it fairly ok, after some time it will need more power cause the battery's start to go down a bit but it should never have a huge change in flying with out a control input. If it's hovering or flying slow and descends rapidly with out your command it's a problem most likely... Best of luck
855668
First check and make sure the tail rotor blade is spinning, if not it may be stuck. Try moving it by hand. If it is moving then there are adjustment buttons on the controller. L and R. Check to see what direction the copter is spinning. You will need to push the L or R butyon until it adjusts properly. Hope this helps
1788918
Unfortunately, we just had a chance to try to fly it and it simply doesn't work. When we first received it, it was missing the battery charger. They did send us one, but since then the helicopter has not worked.
1449478
I don't know because it was Dead On Arrival. The radio would not light up with fresh batteries in it and neither would the chopper after charging for 48 hours. Nothing would work. I ended up getting one locally made by World Tech Toys. It operates on 49 MHz RF so you can fly it farther up and away from your position. It is built a lot tougher than the one pictured here. You can even fly the World Tech Toys chopper outside in calm wind.
1321538
Right after it beeps, push the left joystick all the way up and then back down. If that doesn't work, reset the controller by pressing the left button under the left joystick and push up on the left stick at the same time. That's all the intruction MY manual gave me! Mine is un-flyable now because the controller isn't communicating with the aircraft anymore=/ Unfortunately, it was a waste of $70!
2220076
I don't know the answer to that question? I can however tell you the chopper lasted about 2 days and had a lot of problems. Got no help from seller.