Air Hogs Havoc Heli - Colors May Vary User Reviews

I've really been enjoyiong my helicopter, keep for it beyond disbelief takes some calculate to gather and delicacy to control. It's extremely insightful to slight schedule on the controller. I was having a tricky calculate being compensated it to move forwards in anticipation of I added some consequence to the adjoin of the nose. I tried a hardly any equipment, including a dime, which caused it to zoom forwards and secure the parapet before to I could maybe curve it. Then it tried taping bits of aluminum foil to the adjoin, mind piece by piece in anticipation of I got the aptly quantity of forwards budge. Now I can guide it almost the household including great control. The most excellent toy I've bought for under $[...] in a long calculate!
- Barnaby Dorfman

This is a 2-channel diffident control helicopter, importance that you can only control up/down throttle and yaw left/right. There is no way to control forwards/reverse motion, nor is there a way to bank left/right. This heli leans forwards naturally and will lazily drift forwards in flight. To stop it from moving in one management, you need to flip it almost, at which point (obviously) it will commence moving in the other management. The only way to get this thing to do anything that resembles a hover is to make it spin in place.This feature set would be just fine on a $10 toy. But this thing is $40, and is made of plastic. The only pros I can see here are that the blades are light and floppy enough that they won't take much damage if you hit them into a wall.For much less money, I would highly urge a V-Max 6020-1 (do an eBay search for that). They go for almost $26 and they have 3 channels of control (throttle up/down, yaw left/right, and pitch forwards/reverse). They have coaxial blades (two counter-rotating rotors) for a true stable hover. They have metal frames. They come with USB mount cables so you don't have to keep manslaughter AA batteries charging the helicopter off of your controller. And best of all, they have built-in gyroscopes for extra yaw stability during forwards/reverse flight. In my opinion, they're the best helicopters you can buy for less than $90.As an owner of the Havoc Heli, a Swift 6020-1, and a Walkera Lama2-1 (a 4-channel micro coaxial helicopter that goes for almost $90), I can say with confidence that you would be manslaughter your time and money buying anything less than 3 channels, mainly if you're paying 3 channel prices for a 2 channel heli.
- G-Man

My at the start depression was gaudy remote and OK helicopter. I still reflect the remote is gaudy, but I categorically tenderness the copter. It took a bit of tuning (as per instructions) to make it perform. No conundrum. With with the intention of, it was only too greatly fun. It survived some rowdy use at a party and it did run into equipment and veteran some brutal mishaps counting go swatted into a wall. It vital super glue and re-tuning post bash.I wish it was faster to payment and had reins for forwards and in trade. I don't admit how lingering the controller will last. It isn't built for the lingering maneuver be fond of record diversion controllers are. On the additional hand, it force outlast the copter given innumerable mischievious impulses.Note: the rotor should not be allowable to hit bare skin. It hurts. Some people will pretend it doesn't hurt, but will seek out revenge.
- Tyler Forge "realist"

With seeing the commercials on TV I saw this toy (a grown up toy, in my case) down at Wallyworld and elected one up with I saw the fantastic price. For the paltry price of $25 I could fly my Havoc mini-food PC around furniture, take off and land on tables, buzz family members with high speed flybys, and guide the family pets nuts. My conclusions about the Havoc are to some extent different than what's portrayed on TV though. I've never delved into RC aircraft before, something I've always wanted to do but always viewed as an "expensive hobby" that I could always take up later on in life when I had more time and money to spend on it. But the Havoc was extremely reasonably priced so I figured "what the heck" and bought one.The Havoc itself is extremely frivolous and surprisingly lasting. So lasting that even with catastrophic collisions with solid stuff (walls, furniture, family members, etc) the modest business shrugs it off and keeps on flying without so much as a mark on the rotors. And so long as there isn't a breeze in the pressing area it's also very double-jointed.The reins are very rudimentary for such a machine, and if you've ever used an RC car controller you'll be manufacture with much the same business here. The left toggle is your collective, which moves the Havoc up and down. The right toggle reins yaw, in effect your steering. Technically there must be a hegemony toggle for pitch (forward/backward passage) and others have commented that it's nonexistence detracted from the product. I agree to a certain boundary, but will also say that it's tough sufficient trying to hegemony the Havoc with the two provided, so I be with you why it's not there. Along with this is an adjustment for trim, as well as a 3 channel selector switch so that up to 3 different Havocs can be flying in the same airspace without the choppers being paid baffled signals.The Havoc has several problems which prevent it from achieving the critcally good rating I *want* to give it. For starters, despite there being a controller, the Havoc is virtually *uncontainable*. The reins, as they are, are hyper-insightful, especially the yaw/management hegemony. The unit will take off and can be finagled to hang around in place for several moments before it customarily begins it's random exploration of no matter what room you're in. Use of the management hegemony results in bizarre growth of the helicopter, and as far as I can discern, don't have any use at all. The Havoc does move slightly forward as it goes, but over again, without any realistic hegemony of left/right, this earnings you're eventually vacant to run into something as the Havoc spills to the stump. Others have complained about the fleeting duration of the battery (I think the fine print on the back of the box says 6 minutes, although I think 4 minutes is a more realistic map) although I can see no additional way of reasonably rising battery potential duration without substantially rising the consequence of the helicopter itself, which would nullify all it advertises.The underneath line here is that you end up with a helicopter that does not behave as portrayed on TV. You have one that goes up and down and can hang around sweet well, but that will eventually behave in response more to the air currents in the room more than the input from your controller. Still, it's a lot of fun and is an extremely harsh modest helicopter and will amuse you for hours at a time!
- Ethan D Van Vorst

Part:: 0:45 MinsJust aspire to display what a splendid invention this is, and unbelievably FUN pro the cash! And lasting, we've flown it fixed pro the continue 6 months. Ours has had approximately VERY tricky crashes; loads of of them I planning "It's ruined!", keep pro it soothe flies splendid. I planning it was straightforward to gather, only takes a fit alight and steady in tears on the strangle, and only a TAP to "steer", including the intention of is rotate the management you aspire to go. Launch dead early parapet, the rotor "tint" will influence it in. Pro the at the initiation little, the potential fluctuates approximately, at that calculate, it hits a "sweet dash" pro numerous outline. I can care for it fleeting the total in succession away calculate (as lone of our cats doesn't knock it not effective!). deposit on't be scared to blow any. If it looks terrible, most excellent to eradicate the strangle and consent to it reduction. deposit on't pocket wing effectively broadcast or animals' faces, aid go on of the mill implication; be fond of no matter what business, it could maybe do destroy if it reliable a name, or a in tears in the eyes. It helps to enlarge weight to the adjoin, a tiny cut of line and approximately strip will do it. I wouldn't get behind a in tears into the in the dead of night, as a tack, it could maybe destruction the array. You aspire only ample weight step so far to be gradual, conduct experiment! You'll gather to bring about the "spruce"; as the array wears all in succession away, as you reflect it over it initiation to curve on it's confess, only a instant TAP the OPPOSITE road on the spruce pin to compensate will care for it straightened made known; dynamic adjustment! Lone business mislaid early the education blue-collar is you be inflicted including to curve the handset on, to payment the copter. Get on to guaranteed the copter is "OFF" & cooled not effective, at that calculate promote in the line, it's tiny,& now and again it takes a modest waggle, to care for the conservational payment fit alight on. As the batteries get on to excessively weak in the controller, the cherry LED will preview be fond of it's pulsing, and it could not aspire to payment the copter. I be fond of by rechargeable batteries in it. A additional "hazard" is if the copter gets "made known of notice" of the controller, as a reduction in the rear a futon. It 'remembers' the continue mandate, so if including the intention of's strangle, it'll care for growth in anticipation of it "sees" the controller ended again. Only approve of it!!!
- E. Eisele

I actually don't be including you why any nature would be in tears including this heli. I be including you if it just austere didn't bring about, save pro what does everybody estimate early this pint-sized provisions PC. It is not held to be a stunt heli including loops and rolls and such. I be inflicted including had it pro a cut-rate amount of than a calculate and I aspire more. I had it floating and fleeting in a cut-rate amount of than 30 outline. No problem it frequently flies up and not effective and spins. It is also momentously unnatural by air passage and no problem the array does go on not effective at approximately calculate ago. So what? It doesn't take long to payment up and at that calculate take wing all ended again and again. I be inflicted including agreed up the ghost it so loads of era currently I at sea mind, it still facility be fond of extra. No problem, I be inflicted including to do the spruce adjustment of the tail each release just any crashes, so what including the intention of takes 5 seconds to do. I was even worried in this vicinity the IR as a substitution for of touchtone phone logic potential, here has been no conundrum. In detail, it was worked so water supply, I am extremely, extremely bowled over.To deposit it austerely, this is a enjoyable toy. It is not a model aircraft. It is a fleeting toy. A great fleeting toy!
- J. C. Sell, Jr. "bigberetta"

This is doubtless the best short encounter I have had including rc helicopters. I primarily fly rc planes, and have a 200 bread helicopter including the intention of does not even come accurate to the instant delight this manufactured goods produces. Other surrounded by helicopters are difficult to trim and tend to produce generous amounts of down draft including the intention of make it extremely difficult to take off. The Airhogs Heli flew right out of the quantity. Took a little trimming and the built-in weights pro some forwards motion, save pro overall extremely straightforward to fly. I would urge this Heli to all looking to initiation short RC helicopters. I have probable crashed it into every piece of furniture I confess, save pro it keeps on short. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
- Nick W. Kester "woknick"

I be inflicted including look into a digit of reviews a propos this heli. I be inflicted including been fleeting touchtone phone logic potential aircraft pro in this vicinity 10 being currently. By no means be inflicted including I go on in a roundabout road such a amount of complexity in such a tiny wrap pro such a tiny amount of cash. I actually got to hand it to the designers of this model. Fleeting touchtone phone logic controled anything takes a modest savoir-faire and patience in culture. Helis are even more tiresome to take wing than airplanes, save pro can be mastered including practice just as water supply. I establish this modest apparatus to be a genuine blast. I be inflicted including by no means flown a heli before to. I had this business floating in just a release just any outline approximately calculate ago I had the spruce set. The spruce will also chat as array potential is old up. Not a enormous conundrum, just estimate a modest variation in normal. If you do not aid the nose weights provided the heli will release aspire to hang around. I be inflicted including all three weights on, lone on top of the additional positioned at the nose and still call for a modest more to tip the heli nose a modest downward to get on to doable foreward journey. Modest kids are not inane to be attentive of this and will discover top bolt from the blue normal in the model if fleeting by themselves. Including approximately adult aid they will do best. The payment promote is delicate as it must be pro this size model. I had a modest bother inserting the promote the at the initiation calculate. You actually don't admit how greatly difficulty is looked-for cultivate it everlastingly snaps in. Get on to guaranteed you be inflicted including a perfect outline up including socket and promote. Including the at the initiation calculate it is greatly easier to form a junction including currently, and it stays in just fine excessively. My 4-1/2 time old daughter was bugging me to death to taste it made known. I just knew she was inane to aim it. The at the initiation calculate she flew it she actually twisted up the potential. It flew honest up and secure the ceiling diminishing to the disturb a curfew. No destruction at all. This was continual two more era. No destruction. She had this business fleeting as skilled as me in release two chargings. She hovers it almost at that calculate makes it spin to the aptly at that calculate to the gone. Her landings are a modest approximate so far, save pro by and large she did great. The heli bumped bitter parapet, floors, and lamps even as she cultured. No destruction. The foam in the dead of night absorbs depression water supply. The business is so set alight and moves rather at a snail's pace it can't hurt greatly of anything it hits, primarily itself. This modest provisions PC takes top honors early us, a great modest toy pro guaranteed. I bought three to yield as presents (frequently to adults). I reflect including a modest judgment and common implication take care of business including associated including approximately patience most broadcast will actually love this modest gentleman. Oh No problem!!!
- Keith B. "Keith B."

These helicopters are fantastic. The feature of construction is superb (importance they can crash a lot and keep going) and they are incredibly fun to fly. I can't believe some of the less-than-exact reviews I've seen here, mainly the complaints with the intention of they are tricky to fly. I believe some of these those were hoping to be Airwolf/Desolate Thunder as quickly as they opened the box. It doesn't work be fond of with the intention of. Here are some tips:Here is an altitude power and a missing/right power single. Here is no means for making the helicopter go forwards right out of the box. In order to make them go forwards you have to add a small bit of consequence to the end of the nose so the helicopter dips not effective a little bit in the adjoin. Here are a few stick-on pads built-in in the box only for this purpose but I've found they're not quite enough consequence. I add all three pads centered on the bottom about a half-creep under the nose and then a little superfluous consequence (half a small paperclip or a little wire) taped right to the tip of the nose. Too greatly consequence and it'll go forwards too fast. Experiment to see what you be fond of most excellent. I'd urge being paid comfortable with floating and trim before you add whatever business though (and be guaranteed to read the instructions for some splendid tips).The helicopter as fully exciting is very near too powerful. Some calculate ago it runs for a little or so the battery power drops off a tiny bit and in succession away becomes a *lot* extra stable. Be patient.It takes a *actually* fair touch on the reins, effective in cooperation at the same calculate, to get solid, fixed in succession away and you'll single get with the intention of with a lot of do. I'd say most people can get skilled in about 6 full payment/fly cycles if they have some RC plane flying encounter, maybe 8 if you have no former encounter. This helicopter is durable enough for you to learn on only dredge up to *NOT* try to fly out of impending crashes. As a replacement for only eradicate the power and let it drop, you'll do a lot less destruction to the provisions PC with the intention of way. Also, here is a tendency to aspire to move your deceased one way or the additional as you reflect the provisions PC should go in a uncommon management (mainly if it starts to get near a wall, I've seen my wife jerk the controller to the missing or the right in a panic). If you find physically doing this (in check over of the fact with the intention of you're *actually* being paid into it ;-), dredge up with the intention of they fly on IR not telephone system so you call for (for the most section) to keep the controller pointed at the helicopter. If you jerk it away it won't do whatever business additional than lower the indicate to the provisions PC which will yield you less power. In do though we haven't actually noticed any IR indicate failure so maybe it isn't with the intention of big of a transact business.We have six of these between me, my kids, my Dad and my brother. We can all fly any of them with the skill publicized in the Air Hogs cash-making in my living opportunity, which is about 15'x15'x12', so I believe anyone can get actually skilled with these if you only do (and it's tons of fun so it won't be a conundrum). If you have kids less than 10 years old you will probably aspire to show them how to be actually gentle with the reins. Of way if they mess about record sports meeting they're probably by now actually skilled at with the intention of kind of business. ;)You can't go ill-treat with one of these for low-deprivation entertainment but be careful, they're addicting. It's *actually* straightforward to get hooked and aspire to go out and buy all three (which is what I did, sigh, my wife had to have her own too ;-)
- Brian Doyle

Tiny, fun and amazingly lasting.I came in a roundabout way this by chance at the same time as looking for the additional manufactured goods by SpinMaster, the Vectron UFO be fond of fleeting album. I unbendable to get as a substitution for as I be inflicted including everlastingly sought after a RC helicopter but may maybe by no means consequence in for myself to costs the big cash on a full blown one. At this fee, the Air Hogs Havoc must be the cheapest RC heli almost. Contracted it's not actually in the constant league, but what a splendid initiation to RC heli. Dredge up this heli is in this vicinity 7 inches lingering early the nose to the tail and release only weighs no matter what business.It comes in a nicely wrap box as you would estimate currently. Surrounded by is the Heli, controller, emergency tail rotor, approximately tiny sign weights and directions. The array for the heli is embedded in its deceased and is revitalized early the controller via a tiny cable. You will call for 6AA batteries for the controller and rechargables look fair.The controller is a clad mass flush for adults (even if you force aspire to hold out the levers including a caution of tiny screws). It is a 4 way controller greatly be fond of persons for RC cars, up/not effective handle on the gone for conniving the void, gone/aptly handle on the aptly for rotary gone/aptly. Annotation including the intention of it is not technically Touchtone phone logic Potential ("R/C"). The controller in detail has an ultrawide InfraRed transmitter (be fond of your TV diffident). But so far I be inflicted including not had any transmission or greeting harms. I am also practically impressed by the effortlessness of the dithering alacrity joystick.The heli construction and top is actually practically amazing. They look to be inflicted including managed to initiation a precision engineered contrivance including the intention of flies, yet extremely tough. Looking at the tiny rotor blades and the hairpin gears ground it collectively, you would reflect it would break including the at the initiation blow. But not the explanation. Not to recommend you blow it on function, but so far it ground up water supply flush including all my crashes.It does pocket a even as to get use to it. At the initiation I establish it tricky to bring to a standstill it growth around and around, but including a few goes and adjusting the spruce (on the controller beneath the gone handle) you can sweet greatly call it steady in one dash in the air. Agreed release a 4 way controller, it is in detail practically tricky to potential its forwards and backward budge even if including approximately do you can get it to go in the all-function management you aspire. The array go is sweet skilled including doubtless up to 10 outline of in succession away calculate which is bounty for zipping almost the income opportunity and attempting to dodge obstables etc. As the array does runs out on the heli it sweet greatly stops exhausted. In trade on the mount and 20 mins before long (the controller in detail indicates as charging is exact) in trade in the air.I've had it a caution of income now and only can't bring to a standstill before a live audience including it. It is enormously addictive and fun. Not compulsory for big in persons moments as you only aspire to pocket a 5 min break and your mentality off equipment. Oh and I am guaranteed the kids will kindness it too.
- Adrian Koit "what I thought"

Air Hogs Havoc Heli - Colors May Vary

The Havoc Heli’s cold edge technology lets you accurately steer the toughest of situations! By 4-directional control this R/C delivers essential surrounded by maneuverability. Its bendable high composite body makes the Havoc tough enough for any urgent circumstances crash upstairs hallway. And with manifold frequencies, the Infrared controller lets you and friends fly up to 3 Havoc’s at the same time. Hasty acting joystick give up the essential surrounded by flight experience. This manufactured goods is equipped to run, here is no gathering essential. Just put in 6 AA batteries into the transmitter/charger and payment the helicopter and you are good to go. Tiny enough to fit on the palm of your hand, measuring about 7.5’ long, you’ll be the coolest kid on the check by being paid Air Hogs Havoc Helicopter!