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QwkTrip

My wife gave me one of those small remote control helicopters. It was fun for maybe 2 minutes when suddenly it dropped out of the air and fell about 10 feet. One of the motor shafts fell down, caused the gear to disengage, and the top rotor lost power. Kind of a bummer. I was hoping to terrorize the cats all night.

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 2:37 pm Post subject:

Aha! I fixed it! Very Happy

1987_sportcoupe · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject:

Me and my uncle used to play with those all the time. I'd spend the night and they would keep us entertained all night haha but they never lasted more than a weekend

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:39 pm Post subject:

It broke again. Piece of crap.

flea · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 3:52 pm Post subject:

sorry but thats funny.

91RSVert · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 4:47 pm Post subject:

Did you get to torment the cats any atleast? Laughing

aaron_sK · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 5:08 pm Post subject:

QwkTrip · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:00 pm Post subject:

One of the motors is junk. The shaft has too much play and I think it has been ruined by side load on the gear.

My wife went and got me another one today made for little kids. Laughing

I can't control forward and back motion but I have to admit it is tough as hell.

Dewey316 · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:06 pm Post subject:

I have one of those little heli's, I think I broke one of the rotor balance weights on its maiden flight. Some tape and re-balancing and it flies again, but is a little limited in performance now as the added rotating mass of my botch job has severely limited its ability to climb.

flea · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 6:32 pm Post subject:

RSFreak · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:17 pm Post subject:

flea · Posted: Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:23 pm Post subject:

IROCDave · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 12:53 am Post subject:

Those mini helis are fun as long as you fly them inside. If your cat is, welp, a cat, it wont stick around long enough to torment it with one. Trust me, I tried last year when I one for each of my sons. My wifes cat still doesnt stick around long enough to land it on him even though it doesnt freak him out anymore. Guess he isnt as dumb as he looks.
Now if you could put a lazer on it .....

They are fun untill they break. You must have crashed it hard? My 5 YO's copter is still flying...

91RSVert · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 6:03 am Post subject:

RSFreak · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 2:54 pm Post subject:

My GF's nephew got one for Xmas. They were flying it around the house this morning and tormenting the cat. Now I want one! Very Happy

DBL_TKE · Posted: Sun Dec 25, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject:

Me and my brother got some as well. "Here kitty, kitty, kitty..."

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:40 pm Post subject:

My cat wants to play with it. This could be a problem.

flea · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:26 pm Post subject:

Well, you get that laser put on there yet?

QwkTrip · Posted: Tue Dec 27, 2011 4:29 pm Post subject:

No, heat seaking rubber bands. State of the art in rubber band technology.

IROCDave · Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 4:45 pm Post subject:

This thread inspired me.
I pulled out the one heli that still works, charged it up, replaced the leaking RC AA bats and put the 13 YO cat to the test.

The results looked alot like this - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD8ndsZWYTE

Stupid cat, he hasnt killed a bird, mouse, rat, squirel or bug in 5 years but once he saw the copter he was all over it.