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Is it okay when I post my random thought amidst your conversation here? :o

If I click my heels, can I start this weekend over again?
 
remote control helicopters are great gifts for kids that won't kill your wallet...just got all my little cousins one for under 20 bucks a kid, each with their own color :thumbup:
 
Practically a steal. :thumbup:
 

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jtc303 said:
remote control helicopters are great gifts for kids that won't kill your wallet...just got all my little cousins one for under 20 bucks a kid, each with their own color :thumbup:
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Those things are so hard to fly... My Dad got me one, I can't keep it in the air for 10 seconds. I crashed it, and now it's broken, and I can't fix it.
 
I got my wee lad an indoor remote control helicopter (or as he called it a "hoddydocker") for his birthday last year. He got over excited when we were setting it up and tried to pick it up just as I was spinning up the blades. They were only flimsy plastic things, but he got such a fright, he told me he never wanted to play with it again. :(
 
sfbloodbrother said:
Those things are so hard to fly... My Dad got me one, I can't keep it in the air for 10 seconds. I crashed it, and now it's broken, and I can't fix it.
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Might be better off getting an R/C car or SUV. Much easier to handle I found. Like the helicopters they're plentiful and quite low cost. At equivalent of like $10-15 each, as many of them seem to be, don't think they're really meant to be fixed. I had a cheap R/C chopper for few weeks, couldn't fly it very well, but I did find it could stand up to quite a bit of abuse and was surprisingly robust. Like flying it into a wall..LOL. I passed it onto the neighbour in the end.
 
El Presidente said:
I got my wee lad an indoor remote control helicopter (or as he called it a "hoddydocker") for his birthday last year. He got over excited when we were setting it up and tried to pick it up just as I was spinning up the blades. They were only flimsy plastic things, but he got such a fright, he told me he never wanted to play with it again. :(
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Think you have to be careful about model helicopters and your little ones. I know the rotors do go round extremely fast and could be rather dangerous, even though they are only flimsy plastic. R/C cars probably ok and quite safe.
 
Random impulse I popped into the local toy shop on the way home, where they have dozens of these things, they're all labelled as being suitable for "14+". Basically not recommended for toddlers or wee ones. ;) The R/C cars didn't appear to have any age warning at all. They probably don't make very good toys for cats to play with either, unlike laser pointers or Roombas or whatever. :D

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EDIT... looking closer, looks like there's a warning printed on the blades as well. This is China, but I'm sure the UK and US has similar toy safety notice regulations.
 
One of my friends son has been playing with an RC chopper since he was about 5, with supervision. He shied away, off and on, for a while. He's pushing 12, has several, and still has all of his parts working.

Pretty sure that EP read everything and knew what he was doing. ;)
 
yea probably not best for young kids but all of my "little cousins" are 10-15 so they'll probably be fine...and they are indeed difficult to fly but oh well they're still cool..and can definitely take a lot of abuse
 
jtc303 said:
yea probably not best for young kids but all of my "little cousins" are 10-15 so they'll probably be fine...and they are indeed difficult to fly but oh well they're still cool..and can definitely take a lot of abuse
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Still amazes me somewhat, is how they can do them for the price, they are fairly complex mechanically and electronically, and quite well engineered IMO. It's really lithium batteries and tiny high performance motors that made them possible as a cheap toy. The two I posted were equivalent of $20 each. That's retail from a brick'n'mortar toy shop. The wholesale is less than $10.

BTW this one looks interesting $22 on Amazon... A Chinook. ...it's probably shipped directly from China.
Amazon.com: Syma 16.5CM S026G 3.5Ch 3 Channel Mini Chinook RC Helicopter Gyro Small Toy Gift Army-green: Toys & Games

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I want to go out...drink beer and eat nachos but it's dark..and cold...and starting to snow a little...and it's warm inside..and I just made brownies..and......ugh....I HATE WINTER!!! it's only 5 oclock for sake! If it was summer...it would be a no brainer:(:rolleyes::smokingsomb:
 
HAHAHA

OH LORDY YES

I so remember my little experience with my first remote control helicopter!! :D

EPIC FAIL

I wish I could have saved it on my phone and uploaded to the glorious youtuubz - BUT when I build my time machine and cloaking device I will cloak myself go back in time and THEN I will film it! :):):)

EPIC FAIL OF TOTAL UNPARALLELLED OF EXTREME FAILURE

xD

OH I am just SO special!

:-D

yay!

I took my V3 Lama to the local park with loads of free space thinking like the "Einstein" I am (FAIL SAUCE) and I did.... "something" - I am still clueless as to what that something was!

:D

And just as God made little nuclear bombs it went WOOOSH right up into the air about SHIT I dunno!

Shiiiiiiit!

HAHAHA

I think it was maybe like a crazy ass 30 or like a crazy maybe 50 (MORE? :-D) meters - shit it was VERY HIGH ek se!

:-D

And then my brother says:

"WHOA WHOA WHOA Wayne!!!!

Take it back down!!!

:eek:

WOW SHIT!

Didn't you READ the manual!?!?!"

And then I did the opposite of how I got it up there.... I turned the throttle OFF or something I think :D.... it was sooooooo dang high it must have almost hit SPUTNIK THE SATELLITE IN DEEP SPACE.

I think the Martians on MARS saw this crazy thing.

:-D

After almost hitting Alpha Centauri in the next star system I was STRUGGLING to see this soon to be ground pie helicopter... so after killing the throttle.... :D:D:D it came down like it had won the lotto!

:-D

AND WOW IT WAS MOVING EK SE

MOVIN MOVIN MOVIN


And WHAM...

Harry the helicopter was NO MORE

:-(

BWHAHAHAHAHAAA!!

Good LORD it came down FAST bruizer!

SHAW.

Wild hey? :)


I am not wild.... just "spirited".... :D

True story!
 
NightHawk877 said:
I'm freezing my nuts off.
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'Course ya are! Just like any other Texan. Right now, I'm traveling to Albuquerque, and it's cold. Cold like I haven't seen before. Since we don't get snow much down here in Houston, it's cold.
 
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