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I have flown other remote control helicopters and thought they were difficult at first then got alot better with practice. The micro mosquito has poor throttle response. Then rotates on its axis horribly. Just when you get that somewhat uncontrol and start to try and move it directionally, it responses but dips and drifts horribly. There is nothing graceful about this helicopter. I was severely disappointed. Other much cheaper helicopters offer better control and more fun.

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Hard a hard time controlling this when I first got it as the rotors seemed unbalanced, I had a "Micro-Bee" purchased from Frys that I didn't like too much and thought the rotors from the Micro-Bee would work better on this....so I Frankensteined the two and now it's awsome, more durable, and very easy to control.

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At first, I thought it would be fun... and it was... Even when it crashed, it was ok since spare props were available... now. NO spares are available; and you can't fix it any other way...
Good Luck. Try another vendor and another type of indoor craft. They're out there.

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I just to tell people not to buy this . It is way to hard to fly its junk.Radio shack should not carry it, if you want a mosquito buy the 3.0 one, then go online and buy syma shaft gear and blade set for 11 bucks [...] These are un breakable and it will fly a lot better, Its [$] spend 100 and buy an mcx by eflite if you wanna real heli

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Take it easy when U first learn to fly and this unit will give U hours of trouble free flying. I suggest take several charges and only hover it until U get the feel of the controls. I took time taking off and landing on a bed until I felt comfortable. Then it was anything goes and I've had a total blast flying this unit. Trouble free.

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broken on first flight

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if you think it's hard to control and there's no physical thing that prevents you from controlling it properly, then your just an idiot. I've never used an easier to control indoor helicopter

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Was really dissapointed to find I had to buy so many batteries.Then found out how flimsy it is. Broke a rotor the second day I had it. Tried to find them on line RS is out of stock. Too expensive on mfg web site.

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when you go to buy replacement blades etc they purposly make them look exactly like other models even the clerk gave me the wrong ones. And if you do get wrong ones even though they look identical do not try to fit because there made just a bit different so when you try you will destroy them.and if you think super glue,or using a hot paper clip or tape or anything else will fix it 4 get it!take them back right away!they really did there homework on this one.you will be stuck with it after purchase.

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read the directions they are very helpful! check the gears and make sure there is nothing in them before take off!

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Has odd quarks compared to the VERY stable Micro Mosquito 3.0. Should I say, just like the Micro Mosquito 3.0 only way more noticeable. Ease into the forward throttle and it wants to fall, so you apply more vertical power, but by doing that the direction goes a little off and it wants to torque off to one side. But with a little tweaking of the trim, practice and a steady hand, I have gotten better at it. This unit also has the ability to float left and right if you put it in 4 channel mode. Take a LOT of practice. Unit is VERY durable. Run time is not as good as the older Micro Mosquito 3.0. The Mosquito 3.0 honestly is the better little chopper. But its not as fast. Its a bummer that RadioShack seems to have discontinued it. I would recommend it, but keep in mind that this thing takes a few hours of practice before your not crashing it every time. If you can find the older Micro Mosquito 3.0 I would suggest getting that instead. Unit is VERY durable. Run time is not as good as the older Micro Mosquito 3.0. The Mosquito 3.0 honestly is the better little chopper. But its not as fast. [...]

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this is a great upgrade to the previous mosquitos, which I also own. the only way it could break is by getting stepped on or chewed.

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When I first got it, one of the spare rotator was broken. It spins in the air all the time, going up and down. Not once did it show a hint of turning out of place.

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Very good. At first, I recommend using it on low heights, and getting used to adjusting the trim while flying. I don't understand how it can't come with batteries; the helicopter has them put in. But the only complaint I have is charging time (30 minutes per 6-9 minutes of flight). Besides that, it is easy to fly, handle, and once you get the hang of it you will be able to literally fly circles around people's heads!
Takes about a month to learn good control.

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Takes a nack to fly. I broke the main shaft on a hard landing. The rotor blades are way too flimsy and break up easily if you run into a wall. Replacement parts are too expensive.

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Just wanted to say its fun helo, but if you live in high populated area it will not function well due to RF noise pollution like most RF toys. 27MHz and 49MHz. "Cell phones,cordless phones, RF TV remotes, and WiFi will affect its range. Best time i had was way out in the boonies at the beach. Clam day flew like a charm. Has about the same durability as a real helo.

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It's fast, agile and a lot of fun to fly. Keeping a good heading requires constant fiddling with the heading adjustment. All in all a very fun and durable indoor flyer!

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This was my first venture into the world of small RC Helicopters. The first thing I can recommend it READ THE MANUAL!!! The second is, this is an IN-DOOR helicopter ONLY! Give yourself lots of room and start out slow to get the hang of controlling this unit. At first you'll see that even in 3ch it is sensitive to control movements. Learn to hover, then learn to move forwards and backwards. As you learn the controls you'll quickly find yourself having a blast. Then you can try the 4ch settings for even more challange and fun. Great product, older kids and adults only, not a small kids toy.

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At first i was so excited to get this product for my son's birthday! But the problems began when he started using it. It says in the product description that it will fly indoor and outdoor. I soon found out this was not true. When my son flew it outside it started wobbling and crashed. It is not very durable in ANY wind. Also i do not think this product is worth the money. Total rip off also in the product description it says that it "zips through the air" it does not.. It barely even moves it just floats in the air and kinda swerves to the left and right. Also my son was flying it in the grass and it wasn't even 2 feet off the ground and it fell and the back small motor for movement snapped off. Now it is unusable so we threw it away. DON'T SPEND YOUR MONEY ON THIS!! You can get an even better micro helicopter for [$].

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Product comes with replecement parts for the main and tail rotors, but I went through them all within 1 day. Very flimsy for being so expensive.

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After ordering a few different heli's online and returning them for being defective I was about to give up. I read a lot about specs on different models and decided to try one last time with this guy. I'm 36 and I think it's an absolute blast. It'll definitely take a lot of practice to master, but that's part of the fun. It controls very well and holds up to a lot of crashes (which will happen.) I would not let my young kids play with it. It's lightweight of course (it has to be) so it should be handled accordingly. The 30-minute charge to 5-minute flight time is about as reasonable as you'll find. Beware of false advertising. One heli that I ordered said it was a 90-minute charge for a 15-minute flight. When I received it, the manual said 2-hours for 5-minutes.

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i play with it in the garage kitchen den living room you might want to start off with somthing like a havoc heli beacuse a beginner might have troble it is sssssssssssooooooooooooo ffffffffuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnnnn

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This held up to all the crashing until I learned how to use it and held up to my cats swatting at it when I chased them with it (Very funny might I add). The first thing to break on it was the tail rotor but I really crashed hard before it did that (Ceiling to ground kinda crashes). Over all its durability is good but the charge doesn't last long. Luckily it doesn't take too long to charge either. Over all its a good buy.. a bit pricey but worth it look for it on a sale.

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ya know i hear all of your complaints but if you take it easy and learn how to fly it then it becomes alot of fun.give it a slight weight adjustment and it does become faster and i have even learned to do dive bombs with it(very cool).the flight time sucks but in that time i am havin a blast

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sons favorite toy

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Out of the box mine would just randomly stop accepting commands from the radio. I did calibrate the speed control before each flight.

It would regularly get out of control because it would lock into the last command and then crash.

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i have started with the first heli micro mosquito then they changed it. to the next level witch was much better handled nice moved faster. now they came out with this new 4x4 so i had to find out how it was so i bought it. it has three ways to control it the first way is the way the other two flew foward and left right backwards. so i put it on the first way it is the worst this does not fly like the old ones any time you try to go foward and make a turn it goes out of control and crashes never mind the other two levels. the first time i flew it it feel and broke the rear right tail now its a[$] paper weight pice off junk dont buy it. they should have stuck with the last mosquito 3.0 much beter

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I had a micro before. Got another for Chrismas. It sucked (lemon, bad motor). I was just gonna trade it for another but saw this 4x4 and paid more for it. Very happy with it!!! This is not an easy thing to master, it's challanging and that makes it fun. As for the fly time, thats part of the challange. Get it to do what you want it to do in a short time.

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Cheap very expensive parts

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I love how easy it is to fly sideways. I mastered it the first day I got it. After that it has served me as the best helicopter i've ever tried.

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I like this one, Interactive Toys do a good job with this one... I know a lot of people complain on how hard is to fly it but isn't as hard as it looks if you concentrate and practice the basics (hovering on one area, going up and down nicely) before thinking to fly it arround the room.

I have crash a couple of times my 4x4 and nothing is broken at this point, the LiPo battery last more than 5 minutes (arround 7 to 9 per charge), I haven not experienced any interference with the control (I have a 49mhz one)... I'm really pleased with this heli!

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I flew this helicopter at the store and I must say, if you don't like this helo you shouldnt be flying RC's. It is so easy to control. If you read how to fly this thing, you will have it in the air in no time. By far this is the most stable Helo i have flown. The only downside is it doesnt go forward very fast which can be helped with a slight weight adjustment.

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One should be careful to find out more specs on these helicopters. This particular one will not fly at 7200 ft, which is the altitude where I live. In fact, Wikipedia notes that the maximum altitude is 4000 ft. This fact will only affect a few of you readers, but it is worth noting. At 7200 feet all it does is climb to about 1 foot and then spin, despite "trimming" from the R/C.

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I have never had an R/C heli before, but I think its great. Yes the rotors sometimes break, but look at the thing its light weight and made from thin plastic so it doesn't get weighed down. I've hit walls, ceilling fans, xmas tree!! and still have parts from the replacement set they give you. It's NOT a toy!! It takes practice but once you get the hang of it, it's awsome.... just wish it came with a another battery and a means of charging it so you can have unlimited fly time. For the people complianing about the battery issue, buy the plug in adaptor for the charger.

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Product is very flimsy and cheaply made. every flight the back rotor blades fall off. 2nd flight the main rotor breaks. For[$]this thing is sad. Only flies 5 minutes if that and needs to be charged. Spend your money on something else people.

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You don't have to buy batteries, it has a 9 volt charger port. A very good plus is the trim is on the controller and works like a champ.The control is not the best but with practice it can be fun also don't by into the 7min flight time more like 4 min. Best price to pay is about [$] or just buy a havoc heli.

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The best thing about this product is the trim is on the controller. The Blades are protected by a ring that will protect it from hitting edges, Control really is poor if you had a airhog before your not going to like this at all.
It wont fly around the room and you don't need 6 C batteries
it has a charge port that you wont know about until you open the package. Does fly go up and down left to right alittle, forward and backward about 2 inches at best. The airhog will tear up faster but a better buy.

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You know..I've been reading these reviews...and i have to say..it really shocks me...I LOVE this product..i was going to buy an expensive indoor r/c heli (about $130) i thought about this one. I'm glad that i bought it. i like the way it looks. its really neat. the control, i have to admit, take some time to get use to. but I've been getting better...

all these people that do not like this product, should really give it a chance. there IS replacement blades as some people point out. also..it says in the Manual. READ FIRST BEFORE REMOVING PRODUCT! that is what the manual is for. geez...this is a great toy to play with. i love chasing my 4 big dogs with it..=)

well...im done...and thank you Interactive Toy for coming out with the best indoor helicopter i have bought...=)

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alot of fun,my 49 year old husband loves this.

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NOT RECCOMENDED FOR BEGGINERS!!!! get the micro misquito 3.0 first that is an intermediate flyer; the 4x4 is expert and is a 4 channel. The 4x4 is to hard to fly if you haven't flown a intermediate before. I think it's is great but... Batteries aren't included; you'll have to buy one 9 volt battery and 6 c's. The 6 c's are the only con but they make it worth it 10 times over...
I have the micro misquito and the micro misquito 4x4 they both fly great and work awesome!!!!! good luck flying and dont break anything!!! lol thats why they have replacement kits

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Great toy. It definetly takes alot of practice but once you master it, it's great.

con-flight time is very short.

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It is a craft that needs learning to use. I would like to see the batteries last longer since as they go down the change in rotor speed starts the thing to spin which causes you to constantly adjust the rear rotor speed to compensate. I tour the house with it but I am still learning control. For the money it is pretty good. Just relax and learn.

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If one doesn't have experience flying this type of model, IT IS NOT A TOY, and a LOADS of patience I can see them not liking the experience. One has to crawl before one can run and trust me this baby runs. It is fairly tough too though. I have hit the sides of glass table top's corners, a non-running ceiling fan, cabinets TV's and one of my cats even batted it out of the sky. The only result was that one of the tail rotors came off: I put it back on and I was off flying into things again right away. This thing isn't easy to fly at all, but if one tries to learn it slowly I believe it will be an absolute blast. I have had no experience with RC aero devices at all, but I am getting better every time I fly it. Adding super glue and tape or anything else to an oblect like this is going to change it's center of gravity and hence its performance everytime. It is not a tank, but I think its pretty tough all the same. I would suggest that some of the other reviewers that gave this baby a bad review to try again in a large open room and just start by learning to hover and then move on. If I can fly this thing, especially with a room full of attack cats, then anyone with some patients can too. As I am discovering, the effort is quite rewarding. Next week I plan on biting the cat with my mosquito. Ha Ha Ha.

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The 4x4 is much heavier then the original Mosquito (should have given exact weight but left scale at home) so if/when she falls from the air it does more damage to itself the the original. Rather difficult to control also compared to original. Strafing side to side practically impossible. Hard plastic looks good but it seems to add to much weight. Tail rotors are almost gauranteed to break right where they attatch to the tailboom. Original Mosquito is so much better I want another one for when mine is charging.

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I went with my husband to buy this as an early Christmas present. He had two Havocs and knows how to fly RC helis. So, we decided to spend a bit more, even bought the rotor kit.

So... let's start with the excessive packaging and tape. This makes it immensely difficult to remove form the package. Additionally, the tape was even on the rotors, and wouldn't you know, removing the heli from the packaging broke one of the round rotors.

So, we replaced it and launched the thing after charging. The thing barely crashes, and guess what? The rear rotor breaks. He makes a fix with super glue. Another launch and the rear breaks again, with wire hanging. This part of the aircraft is no longer "healthy."

My husband continues to repair and replace rotors. Please keep in mind, he is not flying this thing very fast or into numerous objects such as a ceiling fan or our dogs.

Finally, he takes what will be the heli's final launch.... The tail rotors are no longer working properly due to the constant repairs and as a result another crash occurs. Again, not a massive crash, a rather soft one. But this fragile machine can't take it. The rod that holds the main rotors snaps along with its wires. Super glue and his friends tape cannot fix this.

So after having this at home for 5 hours we are out 120 bucks (we bought the extra rotor kit and power plug) and I have a really sad husband.

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If you have experience with RC helis, this
is a blast. User should have knowledge
of coaxial helis and other indoor RC
aircraft before buying or you will get
frustrated.

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...before I finally broke the rotor blades. And I've seen replacements at Radio Shack. I just haven't picked up a set yet. My experience is very different than the other reviewer's. I tried those other single rotor copters... They're great if you're lucky enough to get a good one & then add a bit of weight to the nose. I bought & returned 3... I suppose I was not lucky. This one is controllable. I'm gonna get new blades and "play" with the cat!

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the rotors will break and that's it, you will never get replacements