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Title: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: Edgedamage on November 29, 2010, 11:23:09 pm

I picked up this heli for less than $35 shipped it is super stable and fun to fly.
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j235/edgedamage/DSC00030-1.jpg)

Watch this review:
Gobelus.de Hubschrauber Phantom 6010 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJr5mYVdtcs#ws)

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: TOK on November 30, 2010, 07:39:37 am

I was rooting for the helicopter to poke that guys eye out, but I went and bought one anyway.

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: Thenasty on November 30, 2010, 08:12:09 am

where is PETT (People for the Ethical Treatment of Toys)  :dizzy:

Toys got RIGHTS too  :laugh2:

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: drventure on November 30, 2010, 10:12:14 am

That dude's harsh on that copter. But I might just have to get one.

My wife gave me one of these for my birthday a month back.

(http://img2.prosperent.com/images/250x250/ak2.ostkcdn.com/images/products/P11934122.jpg)

It's a sygma 0009 Apache.

They're all over google shopping.

Anyway, it's already burned up two motors. They're cheap (about 6$ each), but what a pain.

However, when it flies, it's also super stable.

The one thing I'm not sure I care about is how you steer

Since there's no collective on these tiny copters, you essentially steer by pointing the copter in the direction you want to go, then lifting the tail (by applying power to a horizontally mounting tail rotor)

Completely NOT like flying a normal 4 channel copter.

Still, it's loads of fun.

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: hyiu on November 30, 2010, 01:17:13 pm

I also got one... its fun when it works...

donno what's wrong... even fully charged, the motor does not spin fast enough to fly anymore...

anyone knows where I can get parts for this ??

new motor, new battery pack,... etc ?

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: Dartful Dodger on November 30, 2010, 01:37:37 pm

I have an Air Hog mini helicopter they're a lot of fun on a rainy day.

Anyone know of a cheap, easy to fly and hard to break outdoor helicopter?

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: Samstag on December 02, 2010, 06:30:29 pm

Quote from: Dartful Dodger on November 30, 2010, 01:37:37 pm

Anyone know of a cheap, easy to fly and hard to break outdoor helicopter?

Maybe this one (http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/rc/e611/?cpg=147H&link), which is like a large version of the common indoor models.  They say it's okay for outdoors in zero winds.  It's definitely more likely to ride out a random breeze than the little ones.

It's definitely cheaper than spending many hundreds on one intended for 100% outdoor use.

Title: Re: Phantom 6010 RC helicopter with gyro.
Post by: TOK on December 06, 2010, 09:59:12 pm

I got mine in the mail today. It is really cool and although I'm still adjusting to the controls I had it moving around and hovering in no time. Its funny that half the directions on the controller are Chinese and half are English.

Edit to add pics. The heli is stable, but always drifting somewhere when you take your hands off so the pics aren't great. This thing is a lot of fun for 35 bucks.