Blade Scout CX RTF 3-Ch Heli

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: 11,273 in Toys ; Games (See Top 100 in Toys ; Games)
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By : BLADE
Price : $49.99
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Product Description

Engineered by professionals in RC heli overall performance. The amazing Blade Scout CX may perhaps only weigh a small over half an ounce (17 grams) but it will have you flying circles around other helis like it.

Product Capabilities

Engineered by specialists in RC helicopter overall performance
Advanced 2.4GHz radio manage lets many helis fly at the same time
Computerized Piezo gyro for superb directional manage and stability
Proportional rotor head servo for smooth, precise control response
Replacement components obtainable to maintain your Scout CX flying like new

Consumer Reviews

I've had a Syma S107 for the final nine months so that's what I have to compare it to. The Blade is smaller and lighter. It is alot more stable whilst hovering. It has a swashplate, like a true helicopter, rather than a tail rotor for pitch control. Like most compact R/C helicopters, it has yaw control but will not crab (at least not when you want it to).
Forward flight is really slow, slower than the S107, slower than a walk. It would be simpler to fly than the S107 except for 1 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 maybe a foot or two. Enough to run into whatever it was you were trying to steer clear of when you told it to go into a hover. This is not a fatal flaw, and would not hold me from purchasing this helo, but it positive does take some receiving utilized to. It is easy to trim, and the trim holds effectively.
Charging is from the controller's battery. The S107 charged from a separate USB cable, which I appreciated given that it saved the controller battery. Charging and run time are both fine.
One particular issue I really like about this helo, while I have not had a chance to genuinely test it, is that it seems really sturdy. The S107 has these tiny plastic nubs for the gyro linkage that broke off within a couple of weeks, and necessary replacing the whole upper rotor assembly and inner shaft. The nubs on the Blade look much sturdier, and superior yet, there is a spare nub on the rotor in case you break a single. The physique appears substantially flimsier than the S107 but I do not consider that is where you're going to get critical damage. The rotor blades are thin low-priced plastic and are currently finding pitted but it looks like they will be easy and low cost to replace when the time comes (but ask me again in a couple months).
So far I am completely 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 changes, 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's nonetheless better than the S107. These pins don't seem to break as quickly as the S107 nubs, and when they do, they are each more affordable and less difficult to replace. If you crash as considerably as I do, it's a fine thought to hold 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 transform immediately adequate in response to gyro input. My home has adequate cat hair lying about that it tends to foul the pins.

Prior to purchasing the Blade Scout CX, my encounter with RC helicopters was with an eSky Honeybee. I produced the mistake that lots of initially-time buyers do in shopping for too a lot helicopter for my ability level. In brief order I turned $200 worth of helicopter into a pile of plastic shards.
I now have about a week's worth of expertise with the Blade Scout CX and understanding to fly it has been a genuinely satisfying knowledge. It exhibits outstanding stability in hovering and flight thanks a number of design elements which consist of coaxial principal blades, gyroscopic yaw control and a nicely designed fly bar program. You can appear up what these functions are on any number of RC helicopter internet sites. This is a neat tiny piece of technology that with a tiny care, you can fly proper out of the box. Although you will probably be flying effectively in just a few minutes, there is a learning curve. You will crash it repeatedly. Luckily, it's also pretty sturdy. It comes with one particular flight battery which is beneficial for about eight minutes of flight. I recommend that you obtain 1 or two added batteries for even more flight time and a pair of upper primary blades (these broke on about my 20th crash). Each are low price products.