Blade Scout CX RTF 3-Ch Heli

Item Description

Engineered by authorities in RC heli efficiency. The fantastic Blade Scout CX may only weigh a small more than half an ounce (17 grams) but it will have you flying circles around other helis like it.

Product Details

Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.9 x 7.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
ASIN: B005KP1E14
Item model number: 2700
Manufacturer recommended age: 10 years and up
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: 14,634 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
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List Price : ~~$69.99~~
Price : $49.99
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Product Characteristics

Engineered by specialists in RC helicopter overall performance
Advanced two.4GHz radio control lets multiple helis fly at the exact same time
Computerized Piezo gyro for excellent directional manage and stability
Proportional rotor head servo for smooth, precise manage response
Replacement components on the market to keep your Scout CX flying like new

Client Critiques

I've had a Syma S107 for the final nine months so that is what I have to compare it to. The Blade is smaller and lighter. It's even more stable although hovering. It has a swashplate, like a real helicopter, rather than a tail rotor for pitch manage. Like most little R/C helicopters, it has yaw manage but will not crab (at least not when you want it to).
Forward flight is fairly slow, slower than the S107, slower than a walk. It would be much easier to fly than the S107 except for a single annoying quirk. If you're going straight ahead, then move the cyclic to neutral to go into a hover, this factor crabs to the left and slightly backwards. Not just a bit, but possibly a foot or two. Sufficient to run into whatever it was you were attempting to keep away from when you told it to go into a hover. This is not a fatal flaw, and wouldn't maintain me from purchasing this helo, but it positive does take some receiving applied to. It is painless to trim, and the trim holds well.
Charging is from the controller's battery. The S107 charged from a separate USB cable, which I appreciated considering that it saved the controller battery. Charging and run time are each fine.
1 factor I definitely like about this helo, while I have not had a chance to truly test it, is that it seems particularly sturdy. The S107 has these little plastic nubs for the gyro linkage that broke off within a couple of weeks, and needed replacing the complete upper rotor assembly and inner shaft. The nubs on the Blade look considerably sturdier, and better yet, there is a spare nub on the rotor in case you break one particular. The physique looks substantially flimsier than the S107 but I don't assume that's where you're going to get really serious damage. The rotor blades are thin low cost plastic and are currently acquiring pitted but it looks like they'll be effortless and low cost to replace when the time comes (but ask me again in a couple months).
So far I'm entirely satisified with this bird but time will tell.
UPDATE: Two months later
Like the plastic nubs on the S107, the Blade has its personal Achilles heel. The upper rotor has two thin plastic pins that go into the shaft assembly. As the rotor pitch modifications, the rotor swivels on these pins. In two months I've had to replace the upper rotors twice when these pins broke off. But it is nevertheless far better than the S107. These pins don't appear to break as very easily as the S107 nubs, and when they do, they are each less costly and less difficult to replace. If you crash as a lot as I do, it's a superior concept to maintain a couple of spare upper rotors on hand.
As for the tendency to slide back and left when going from forward motion to hover, this is apparently a mild form of "toilet bowl syndrome" and can be lowered by keeping the above mentioned swivels clean. It happens when the upper rotor angle does not adjust promptly sufficient in response to gyro input. My property has enough cat hair lying about that it tends to foul the pins.

Prior to getting the Blade Scout CX, my knowledge with RC helicopters was with an eSky Honeybee. I produced the mistake that countless first-time buyers do in shopping for as well considerably helicopter for my ability level. In short order I turned $200 worth of helicopter into a pile of plastic shards.
I now have about a week's worth of knowledge with the Blade Scout CX and studying to fly it has been a really satisfying expertise. It exhibits remarkable stability in hovering and flight thanks a number of style components which contain coaxial main blades, gyroscopic yaw control and a well created fly bar method. You can look up what these attributes are on any number of RC helicopter internet sites. This is a neat small piece of technology that with a tiny care, you can fly proper out of the box. Whilst you will most likely be flying successfully in just a few minutes, there is a learning curve. You will crash it repeatedly. Fortunately, it is also pretty sturdy. It comes with one particular flight battery which is decent for about 8 minutes of flight. I advocate that you obtain 1 or 2 extra batteries for additional flight time and a pair of upper main blades (these broke on about my 20th crash). Each are low expense items.