Syma New 3 Channels Helicopter - The Alloy Shark - Forward, Backward, Left, Right + Free Rear Rotor Blade

Syma New 3 Channels Helicopter - The Alloy Shark - Forward, Backward, Left, Right + Free Rear Rotor Blade

Features :

• Syma Newest 3 Channels helicopter with metal tail boom and landing gear
• Capable flying forward, backward, left, right and stable hovering in the air
• Comes with beautiful golden colour window box with plastic handle
• Transmitter only consumes 4 Aa Battery, the helicopter is charged via AC/DC Wall power plug
• fly up to a maxmium of 40 feets (Subjected to wind condition)

Syma New 3 Channels Helicopter - The Alloy Shark - Forward, Backward, Left, Right + Free Rear Rotor Blade description

* Function: Up/Down, Left/Right, Forward/Backward
* Product is 100% new, never used
* FULLY ASSEMBLED, READY TO FLY
* Flight Time: 8-9 minutes
* Controller Type: A pole square
* Battery for controller: load 8"AA" batteries
* Battery: Li-Poly 3.7v 1000mAh
* Metal Frame

* Product size: 37.5*14*17.5 cm
* Box size: 63*23*11 (cm)
* Charge time: about 1 hours
* Aviate Time: 8-9 minutes
* Aviate Height: 20-30m
* Aviate Area: 20-30m
* Frequency: 27mhz / 40mhz / 49mhz

* 1 x Helicopter
* 1 x Remote Controller
* 1 x Spare tail propeller
* 1 x Instruction Manual
* 1 x Charger
* 1 x Sscrewdriver

Not as 'toy like' as I was lead to believe...
My wife bought one of these little monsters as a Christmas present for me. I pulled it out of the box, ignored the instructions and flew it (flailed around about a foot and a half in the air actually) in the bedroom over the bed for about three minutes until the factory charge on the battery went flat. I then decided to read the instructions while the battery charged. The instructions provided are moderately 'encrypted' by loose translation, but answered a few questions.

I flew the machine a second time and had some issues with rotor torque or something causing it to spin without input from the remote. I made the adjustments listed in the instructions and the machine flew flawlessly after that. The potentiometer listed in the instructions is a small white surface mount type on the forward right hand portion of the circuit board (looking from the rear). It helped to snip away part of the plastic shield over the board (I assume a radio freq. shield and mirror for the disco...