[olug] [OMG] [OT] Christmas gift question regarding mini helicopters.

[Dan Linder]

Ryan, thanks for the offer but my daughters band concert is tonight.  I've
seen many YouTube videos of normal people flying it (not glossy
commercials) and it looks promising.

The older one I have flys well, but I could never get the "spin" trimmed
out of it for more than a couple seconds so it was really only control-able
up/down. :)

I assume the gyro in the S107G takes care of most or all of that?

Dan


On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Ryan Stille <ryan at stillnet.org> wrote:

> Dan are you going to the OLUG meeting tonight? I can bring my S107 so you
> can take a look at it.
>
> -Ryan
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:
>
>> My 11 year old wants one of the small RC helicopters for Christmas.  I
>> have one from about 3-4 years ago that still works but it's a real pain to
>> control and I've heard the new gyro ones are a lot easier.
>>
>> This has to be in the "small gift" price range (~$25), but I wanted some
>> feedback from others who might have purchased one and know of a specific
>> make/model to look for.
>>
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> DanL
>>
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