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

[Ryan Stille]

Yes the gyro is rock solid after you trim it. Pretty amazing for this price
range.

-Ryan

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 8:26 AM, Dan Linder <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> 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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>
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