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SYMA 3 Channel S013 Mini UH-60 Black Hawk RC Helicopter ---NEW! - more review | 
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| Brand: Syma
Category: Toy
Buy New: $16.99
New (11) from $16.99
Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 792
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 6.2 x 6
Model: S013
UPC: 300912050965
EAN: 0300912050965
ASIN: B002ZFF7WO
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Weight: Only 10g! | | • | 15-20 minutes for full charge | | • | Requires 6 AA Batteries for Transmitter | | • | All ages 8 and above |
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 Great little RC toy for the price January 6, 2010
E. Freeman
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
I like this helicopter. It has true 3 axis proportional control. It's durable: it has probably crashed 200 times in the ten hours I've flown it and it's still in new condition. It can be flown indoors: in all those crashes I haven't broken anything yet.
Information: it is very small and light; apparently it won't tolerate a breeze outdoors. The controller takes 4 AA batteries. The controller plugs into the helicopter to charge it. You get about 5 to 10 minutes of flying time for 10 to 20 minutes of charging time.
Downsides: it takes a while to learn to control it. After ten hours I am just now able to fly with only a couple of crashes per flight.
Buyer advisory: only buy RC toys that have proportional control (small input/ small result, large input/ large result). RC toys that aren't proportional are no fun, even for kids, because you can't develop skill.
Superior indoor mini helicopter March 22, 2010
William B. Miller (The Village, OR)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Syma S013 Black Hawk RC Helicopter is by far the best helicopter I've owned and flown.
The aircraft body is a solid plastic with flexible rotor blades with balance bar. The blades give the helicopter stable flight and lift. Flashing red and blue lights give the aircraft an in flight appearance of an emergency vehicle but do not appear to appreciably reduce the flight time.
My only critism is the landing gear which break off after a hard landing, mine have been replaced with salvaged runners off an older model.
Out of the box it is easy to fly with great control. My first flight was in a small room with low ceilings and the helicopter went straight to the ceiling while spinning rapidly. Easing off on the control it dropped down and recovered to stabalize at five feet off the floor and I was able to use the trim to bring it to a stable hoover.
From this attitude it responded well to the controls and flew as commanded. Troubles came when I allowed it to get too near the walls but I was usually able to regain control without crashing, and yes I have crashed the Black Hawk a fair number of times which I attribute to pilot error. My wife didn't appreciate the overhead flights and hoovering but she did appreciate the control that allowed me to keep it from hitting her, that would have been bad and I could have really reported on the durability of the aircraft body.
Recharging is fast and flight time is between four to six minutes. Unfortunately I have just about flown this craft to its maximum life making the pups happy. The helicopter has been flown from room to room, flown in the dark (the pups really didn't like that), and landed on a designated landing/take off site in front of my big screen television. The landing site is a ledge about eight inches in front of the screen so there have been a number of bumps without damage to either the television or helicopter.
I suspect that the problems that I am experiencing at this time are due to the accumulation of fine hair in the roto shafts that I would remove if I could disassemble the aircraft body. Unfortunately atttempts to disassemble have been stimied because the top of the body appears to have been glued.
Because of the improvements in the Syma line I have purchase an S100 and S018 but will wait till I visit my grandsons before I give those models a try but they have similar wings and bodies and I expect success and fun when flying those models.
Mini Black Hawk Helo March 10, 2010
Jack Casey (Newport, RI)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I got this helo as a gift and loved it so much I've bought a few more for friends. It takes a little fly time to get acquainted with it but it really doesn't take much to learn. It's a total blast to use and all my friends want one. It's a great 'boy toy' for guys of all ages. I bought 2 on Amazon for the price of one in the store. I've crashed this thing about 100 times at this point ad all the pieces are still on it. I love it as a neat novelty item.
Great and Cheap Product March 1, 2010
Nicholas Brown (Florida, USA)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I usually don't write reviews for products, but I was so impressed by this that I just had to. I've flown the Airhogs Havoc Heli's, but I wanted an upgrade on the control of the chopper. This model provided the extra channel that I wanted, and also a cheaper price than the Airhogs by about $15. It's very durable and can withstand some pretty harsh crashes. Worked great with a smooth flight and is very easy to control. Much better than any Airhogs chopper and much cheaper also.
Great Copter March 5, 2010
Ryan E. Smith
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This toy is exactly as described. So much fun. A little difficult to control, but that is part of the appeal. It feels like your really trying to fly a real helicopter. My 2 year old loves it too. It spends more time bouncing of the ceiling and dropping to the floor Than anything. so DURABLE!!!
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