i phone helicopter/hover craft

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i phone helicopter/hover craft

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i just got back from miami. i went into a store down there and they were flying this object around the store with there i phone. it can be done with the pad as well. they had a beefed up one as well that some one made. it was insane....
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they made an app for remote control airplane to fly with the phone. I would not do it for fear of burning in somewhere I didn't want it but it was supposed to work ok.
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the one that was beefed up was so fast...
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it would be cool if you could make it pick thing's up and bring them to you like the remote, man im a genius or am i just that lazy. :thumbs:
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they are fun until you get to fix them, and from what I have found on flying rc toys you send almost as much time tweeking, tuning and repairing them as you do flying them. That is the reason I switched from airplanes to rc trucks, much more reliable.
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i have like 3000 in my rc truck. this is 10% o that.. i could brake 10 of them and probaly still be under what i will have in my rc truck by that time. i betthis is gona be the x mas toy to find.. im gona grab several and wait.
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they will probably be popular for a little while, I got bored of my rc helicoptor pretty quick.
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now that i just got the phone... i know whats next....
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I want one of these things! That's Fantastic!

My Blade CX2 was the best $200 I spent on a RC heli. Easy to fly, hardly breaks even when you crash it, I can fly it in doors, parts a CHEAP and easy to find, blah, blah, blah. The CX2 is one of the best heli's you can get if you just want to have fun and fly something inside :) I can do stall turns and all that jazz in the house :lol: It's fun to chase the cats around as well :D
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it CAN fly indoors? You mean it had to fly indoors or with 0 wind. I tried mine outside but with even a small draft it will spend its time with the head into the wind and just tring not to be pushed backwards. Its been a long time since I did anything with it, it looks cool in my office hanging from some string....
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Shorten the "balance bar" on the top, the thing with weights. If you take about a 1/2" to 3/4" on each side of it it will DRAMATICALLY improve it :D You can haul ass forward with it. I was able to fly it outside with about 10mph wind, but that was only with a full battery so that lasted about 5 min :lol: So ya, try that and see what happens.

I still love my CX2. My buddy and I used to play "heli wars" and attempt to bring each other down, using nothing but your own chopper :lol:. It was good times till be broke all our spare parts :lol: Then we would have to wait a week to go into town at the time :lol: It was good stuff.
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Oh and add a 3 cell lipo to it instead of the wimpy 2 cell one, and that makes it a whole new machine. It has GOBS of power and can power through wind no problem, to a point :lol: I got a new 3 cell lipo just chillin' here, I should wire that guy up... It's been a while :D
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what happens when you lose signal? lol! i mean it's controlled by a phone! they drop calls all the time......
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That is cool.
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money-b wrote:what happens when you lose signal? lol! i mean it's controlled by a phone! they drop calls all the time......

All The take offs are optional, but landings are manditory. It would come down one way or another...
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