Tenergy Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow

I stumbled upon the awesome community of RC helicopters by accident a month ago. My son kept badgering me for a Christmas gift idea. OK! I'm 57 what more could I want and "want" was a requirement of the gift. Some how the idea of an RC helicopter came to mind and I mentioned it to him. He said he was thinking of getting the same thing as this form of entertainment has become very big. I did all the research and sent it to him becoming more amazed each day at just how big this is, the technological superiority of this "toy," the very reasonable price point and they are darn near indestructible. Now, that's my kind of toy/hobby. I quickly learned from Amazon.com Syma is a top brand in the industry, selected four models of interest, researching them thoroughly including reading all the reviews I could get my hands on. Nothing short of impressive and very exciting. One's age is totally irrelevant with this hobby since I found reviewers from age 17 to almost 80 years old really into this form of entertainment. I was quickly sold on the product and the idea. My only challenge is being wheelchair bound, getting to and picking up the helicopter when and where it crashed. I was torn between the Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow to fly strictly indoors and the Syma S032 Gyro S032G 3.5-Ch Metal Outdoor RC Helicopter Newest Model to fly indoors and outdoors. He bought me the Syma S032G for Christmas. I had read so much about the S107 I went ahead and bought the Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow for myself. What an awesome helicopter. I could fly this immediately right out of the box and got quite used to it - both flying and crashing it - very quickly. This heli is indestructible, very stable, easy to operate and I can't tell you how much fun especially since the price point is not a consideration. The reviews were all right on the nose but I would highly recommend reading all of the reviews supplemented by watching the videos on YouTube which are a fantastic training resource. Pay particular attention to how to charge, flight time, cool down and recharge of the LiPol battery. Not only can you charge the S107/S107G with the infrared transmitter, you can use the included USB cable to a PC or laptop. But, I chose to also purchase the 110v Syma wall charger which cuts the charging time down considerably. This "toy" was built for me with all of the considerations of not breaking, inexpensive replacement parts, ease of use, short learning curve and great price point. The down right fun you receive back is unbelievable and my grandsons love to watch grand-daddy get psyched by flying it. Your age makes no difference with this toy/hobby, it's all about the fun and worth every penny. I haven't been this excited about getting a Christmas gift in years and I am hooked. I Highly Recommend this Syma S107/S107G R/C Helicopter - Yellow regardless if you get the red, blue or yellow you can't go wrong. I would also share a warning to stick with Amazon.com for your purchase as there is a large market of clones and fakes out there to be aware. Amazon.com removes that concern almost 100%.

I had a buddy who wanted one of these things a year ago, he did a lot of research on the web and was really excited about the Syma S107G. So this year I decided that my wife needed some help picking out a Valentines Day present for me and ordered one from Amazon. As usual the shipping was fast and the little chopper came well wrapped, and had all the right markings so I'm sure it's the genuine Syma product. I did get the replacement blade and parts set just in case. I've tried model airplanes before and never had one fly for more than a few seconds before I managed to smash it to bits so I was pretty nervous about this one, and I had purchased a small chopper at the mall a year ago but it had only one set of main blades and a conventional tail rotor....and was extremely hard to control.....avoid those at all costs. So I quickly plugged my little yellow Syma into the USB port, and a while later when the plug started to glow again I knew I was ready to fly. Popped 6 AA batteries into the control unit and started testing it out. Just move the left lever up slowly and see what happens when it tries to take off, mine didn't need any trim adjustments with the center knob so I practiced lifting off and setting it down a few times to get a feel for the collective control. It does tend to be quite a bit more squirrly down close to the floor, kind of a ground effect thing that makes it really scoot and requires quick correction if you don't want to hit something. I found that it's pretty easy to reposition the chopper from a bad landing spot to a more open area just by giving it a bit of lift then turning it and scooting it over to a safer place. Experience with my other chopper tells me that the little tail rotor motor can easily pick up lint or hair fibers that wrap around the shaft and slow it down....you have to get a needle or xacto blade and dig that stuff out if you notice a lack of response to the forward/back controls. Once you get it up off the floor a foot or so these things are AMAZINGLY stable, the gyro is just awesome! Make sure you have a good grip on the control box and don't let your body movements cause unwanted control inputs......at times I found myself accidentally giving it a lot of power and the little bird jumps up and bounces off the ceiling......then you try and react and over correct dropping it to the floor. I am very impressed at the amount of abuse mine has taken and still not a bit of damage or loss of control. I've crashed it into things, even let it get into the hallway when the furnace was running and it got sucked up towards the main air filter intake......hit the ceiling, then the wall, bounced over to the other wall, and hit the floor hard......set it back upright and she flew without a hitch.......a VERY WELL MADE PRODUCT!!!!! So now I'm doing a lot better, can do figure 8's and send it down to the kitchen, buzz the wife (of course) and make it back, I can avoid the ceiling fan chains and wish the dogs would come out so I could torture them. Next thing is to start checking out some of the "Mods" that folks are doing to these things, especially where they put the little keychain video camera underneath and make in-flight movies. I'll be checking into modifying it to be able to quickly change out batteries and have a couple fully charged spares so I can keep playing. For less than $30 bucks you just can't beat all the technology, quality, and durability they've managed to pack into this little gem. I think my next one will be controlled by my iPhone......looks like fun. Happy FLYING!!!!

I'd wanted a remote controlled helicopter since I was a child but had never bought one for myself until now, (decades after my childhood!) The helicopter is tremendous fun! It is very easy to control and surprisingly durable when the inevitable crashes occur. I would recommend ordering a spare parts set at the time of ordering the helicopter though as they are low-cost and will no doubt be required at some point in the near future assuming all my crashes eventually take their toll! I charge the helicopter via the supplied USB cable plugged into my Kindle mains plug. It seems to charge better and quicker this way than either plugging in to my computer's USB port, (I guess the port is low powered), or by plugging the helicopter up to the remote control and charging via the controller batteries. I get around 6-8 minutes of good flight time per charge at the moment per charge before the helicopter starts buffeting the ground and struggling to gain altitude. (Each charge takes around 45-55 minutes.) My main gripe with this unit is that I wish the battery was exchangeable allowing quick and easy swapping. As it is, when I need to replace the battery, (hopefully not for well over a hundred charges), I will need to splice (and solder ideally), the new battery in place. This is a hassle that could've been easily avoided by a slightly better internal design. I can't really complain though as the helicopter offers great value for money even as it is. A second criticism is that this helicopter is controlled via an I/R link and not radio control. This means that if the helicopter doesn't receive a direct line-of-sight signal, the helicopter may occasionally fall out of the air to the ground. This happens quite rarely, but has still happened several times when I'm flying the helicopter in a direction where the receiver's line-of-sight is obscured by the helicopter's body itself from the controller, (and only about ten feet away.) Don't get me wrong though - I would definitely recommend this item to anyone looking for a low-cost remote controlled helicopter. It's heaps of fun and a great entry level product. I'm certainly hooked and already considering upgrading to a bigger outside model at some point in the not so distant future.

Reading all these different reviews can be confusing, they span from horrible to greatest gadget on the planet. For those that rate them bad, all I can say is; operator error (O.E.), a short between the operator and the controller, they take time to get used to. It is a toy helicopter! Having said that, there are a lot of moving parts! Yes it takes some getting used to, and each one is different, just like each car is different, each motorcycle, etc. They all handle with their own slight nuances, they are not going to change the world, however they are fun to operate. It does take some time to get the controls and coordination down for each one, thus our goal (my son and I) is to fly them no more than two feet off the ground when starting out with a new one (this helps to limit the magnitude of the crashes and yes you will have crashes). This allows us to get used to the helicopter and the controller, again they are all different, yes they look and operate the same, however they are slightly different, but they are fun. Once we master being able to control a fairly steady hover, we move on to left, right, forward, back, up, down, etc.... again they are all different, I can not stress that enough. If we are having a hard time getting it into a hover, we will hold it from the underside and then throttle it up until it lifts out of our hand (the blades are plastic, yes they can sting a bit, however w/some common sense a person can still be safe), we wouldn't do that with a big one, but these mini units are fine. The only complaint I would have is the battery capacity, the batteries are fine, however if they could hold more power and/or last longer that would just make them all the more fun. I am guessing this is a technology thing as well as a weight issue, sometimes you have to take the good with the bad.... As for the Syma S107, this is about the easist one to fly, however if you have never flown a rc helicopter please re-read the above comments, it will save you the aggravation/frustration. Of all the small units we have (about 5, one is a little larger) it is the most rugged and well built, like the one we have that is a little larger. We did have to replace the head rotor as we did not follow the protocol written above in the beginning. Three of the other units are mini/micro units, some by Syma, however they are all plastic, the S107 is a metal frame that is rugged and I would definitely buy more and/or other ones. All in all, they are fun, are there better ones on the market, sure there are, they are also bigger and cost more. They are all basically the same in principal, you control their flight, or at least try to. Their fate is in your hands, literally, and just like anything else, practice makes perfect. For some it may take more time than others, however when you do get "it", it is fun and rewarding.

Good: Sharp looking and very easy to fly. Controls aren't perfect, but precise enough to let you maneuver in tight spaces - the gyro stabilization helps a lot here. Adequate flight time on a charge, although recharging can take awhile. The included USB cable might be faster than charging off the controller; haven't tried that yet. Pivoting rotor blades were an excellent idea; looks like this thing can take a lot of punishment, and spare parts are available. Perfect for an older child or novice RCer. Bad: Didn't realize until I had it in hand that the remote control is infrared, NOT radio. This is not a good thing. The copter has receivers at front and rear, but reception still pretty much requires line-of-sight, and at that is iffy beyond a few feet. I doubt it would work at all outdoors. You'll know when you don't have contact, because the thing drops like it was shot the instant it loses signal. A fallback controlled-descent mode should have been built in. Note that there is not one word in the product description regarding infrared, whereas the phrases "Frequencies may vary" and "Full 3 channels" strongly imply radio control. Irritating, and borderline dishonest. Ugly: "List price: $129.99"!? If I'd paid anywhere near that price for the three I bought as gifts, I would have returned them immediately upon discovering the infrared link. Bottom line: A fun, good quality $20 toy, but don't pay much more than that for it. Five stars for fun and design of the chopper itself, minus two for the rude surprise re the remote control link. ** UPDATE ** (1/3/12): I finally smacked my copter (yeah, I kept one of the three for myself :) ) into the ceiling one too many times, and thereafter it would oscillate wildly out of control the instant it left the floor. Per net research this is a common problem with R/Cs of this type - they call it the "toilet bowl effect" for reasons which will be obvious when you witness it. (This is also relevant for new, out of the box copters btw - keep reading.) I tinkered with the beast for an evening, and eventually discovered that the upper rotor blades have _two_ pivots: one lets the blades yield if they hit something, same as the lower one does, but the whole upper assembly also pivots longitudinally on the rotor hub, changing pitch (as controlled by the dumbbell-shaped gyro just above) to keep the copter stable in flight. That longitudinal pivot (a plastic peg coming out of the hub) was broken. I disassembled the upper hub ( precision Phillips screwdriver required) and replaced it with a new one (hub only; the old shaft wasn't bent). Problem solved. NB: The gyro and upper rotor *MUST* pivot freely on the hub to work properly. I had to clean some flashing out of the shaft holes in the new hub with a Dremel tool with 1/16" burr bit to make this happen. A small dab of silicone grease helped as well. Anyway, this is relevant for new purchases because one of the three I bought had this problem out of the box, and we discovered that the aforementioned rotor pivot was indeed broken, with the broken-off nub nowhere to be found - possibly a manufacturing defect. A new upper hub fixed this problem as well.

I've always liked remote controlled models. I had several radio controlled cars when I was younger and always dreamed of building an airplane or helicopter that could really fly. Unfortunately the larger flying models ended up being difficult to fly and maintain. Not because I couldn't build them, but more because they require a lot of space to operate and also can break VERY easily if you aren't well practiced in how to fly them. Put simply I wanted a toy I could mess around with but not something I had to spend hours and hours working on as a full-time hobby. The Syma S107 helicopter is simply amazing. You can seriously take this thing out of the box, charge it up, and begin flying it without any practice or any worries. It flies amazingly stable! As long as you don't "floor it" and push the stick all the way to the top immediately you'll be fine (otherwise you'll fly straight into the ceiling). The helicopter can easily simply hover in one spot. This ability to me is just amazing when you consider how much design and technology has to go into accomplishing something like this. The body is actually very durable with a mostly metal frame. The blades themselves utilize a folding design that means you can fly this into the wall, ceiling, floor, etc. without much worry about damaging it. I've run it into the wall and other objects many times and even though the blades start striking the wall and the helicopter falls to the ground I have yet to damage it. Many times it will fall down and land upright so I can just crank it up from the remote again and start flying without even having to touch it! The helicopter uses an infrared remote control rather than radio, but surprisingly this works great inside. I can only guess that the remote puts out a very bright and wide angle infrared signal because it will even work if the helicopter is around corners or if the remove is behind an object. While flying you have three controls: - The left stick moves only up and down and does not automatically reset itself. This is used to control the speed of the helicopter blades, which in turn determine the altitude that your helicopter will fly at. Since you can take your finger off the left stick and it will remain in place you are able to get the helicopter to a hovering altitude and leave it there "hands-free". - The right stick moves both up and down and left and right. Moving it left and right changes the speed at which the counter-rotating main blades spin, thus causing the helicopter to turn left or right. Moving the stick up and down causes the helicopter to pitch forward or backwards (by using a smaller propeller at the tail of the helicopter). When the helicopter is pitched forward it causes the main blades to then propel the whole helicopter forward. The reverse is true when you have it pitched backwards. The remote control unit takes four AA batteries. The helicopter itself has a built in lithium battery that can be recharged either through the included USB cable or via a small cable that pulls out of the bottom of the remote control. I recommend charging the helicopter using the USB cable when possible so you can prolong the life of the batteries you have in your remote control. I actually just connect the USB cable to a standard iPhone charger and charge the helicopter that way. A nice feature of the USB cable is that it has a light that lights up when the helicopter is fully charged so you know it's ready to go. Charging time is somewhere around an hour and provides you with about seven to nine minutes of flight. When the battery starts running low the helicopter simply won't fly as high. Even when you have the blade speed maxxed out you'll notice that the helicopter will slowly start drifting downward until eventually it won't have enough power to even lift off the floor. I'm in my thirties and have this little guy sitting on my desk in my home office. It's a great little toy to fly around for a few minutes as a break! If you've always wanted a little helicopter but don't have the time or the drive to mess around with the big models then get this! It provides great straight out of the box fun and the price is right!

I bought two of these intending to give them to my kids for Christmas. They arrived today and I decided to try them out so I didn't get any surprises Christmas morning and so I could have them charged and ready to go when the kids opened them instead of waiting for them to charge. Lucky thing I did. I read the instructions (which weren't exactly in English) and hooked the first one up to my computer for charging. With the charge seemingly complete and batteries placed in the controller it was time for the first test flight. The blades began to whirr and I waited in great anticipation for lift off. I didn't have to wait long. With lights flashing, as quickly as the blades started turning, they stopped...and out went the lights! Thinking that perhaps I did something wrong or took them off the charge prematurely, I put it back to charging. The second attempt at flight was much like the first but this time it stopped even sooner. By about the sixth attempt at charging this little devil not even the lights worked. I read and reread the instructions. I searched the web for possible solutions. Exhausting those resources, I figured I just had the bad misfortune of getting a dud. Surely the second one would be different. It was...but not in a good way. I hooked up the helicopter to my computer, following the instructions to a tee. I plugged the cord into the computer. The little light glowed red. I put the other end into the the little monster. That red light went out just as the instructions said it would. After an hour and a half of charging and not having the light to indicate a full charge ever go on, I decided that I would give it a whirl. Much like the first one, the blades began to spin making a pleasant sound. Again they suddenly stopped without the machine ever gaining enough speed to budge. I never expected what happened next. I turned off the switch and hooked it back up for additional charging. As soon as I plugged the wire into the helicopter the blades started turning. I must have left the thing on. Wrong! I flipped the switch to the "on" position and the blades stopped. Switching it back to the "off" position resulted in my having a neat little computer fan that didn't make much of a breeze. The only thing worse for a kid (of any age) on Christmas morning is to have to wait for a toy to charge before they can play with it is to wait for it to charge and not work. Thankfully I tested this piece of satan doodie before wrapping it and putting it under the tree. Not only did I avoid the disappointed looks of two kids, I also avoided the ill feelings towards the evil sons of hades who made/sold me this "flying" (feel the sarcasm?) lump of donkey excrement. They sure sound like fun but buy at your own risk. I won't make that mistake again.

I'm not going to lie, these are GREAT! The S107G was the FIRST RC copter that I ever used. I've had them for about 3 months now. These are tons of FUN for the price, BUT they can break if abused too much. If you never flew a RC helicopter than these are PERFECT for the newbee. If its your first time using a RC copter than READ ALL of the INSTRUCTIONS...... TWICE or THREE TIMES just to make sure that you understand how these work. These are whats called "CO-AXIAL" helicopters because they have TWO sets of main blades. The mini Co-axials are PERFECT for indoor flight, they are VERY STABLE indoors and they have about a 30 foot range because these are IR (Infra Red). Your remote control for your TV is also IR, and as you know, if something is blocking the IR signal than you will lose the signal (and can't change the channel or whatever). As long as you can see your mini copter, and your less than 30 feet away, than you wont lose the signal. BUT if you try and fly around something big and your RC remote/transmitter doesn't have a "direct line of sight" than your copter might lose the signal and fall. FYI (For Your Information), just because the mini Co-axial is PERFECT for INDOOR flight, it doesn't mean that BIGGER co-axials are good for OUTDOOR flight. For example, I bought a 28 inch Co-axial copter called "Double Horse 9101" and I thought since its like 2 feet bigger than the mini S107G, I thought it would fly great OUTSIDE. But the BIG Co-axial copters are BAD (outdoors and indoors unless your in a gynasium)! If there is ANY wind outside (I'm talking about the DH 9101) than my copter wouldn't be able to move forward with just a LITTLE bit of wind. And if there is like a 5mph gust of wind than my DH 9101 will just DROP OUT OF THE SKY because the BIG blades will hit eachother (its called BLADE SMACK) and if my DH 9101 was 15 feet up and crashes than parts BREAK! To be honest with you, my S107G can fly outside, but only at night time, and it might get swept away in the wind but it wont just DROP OUT OF THE SKY because the blades are NOT as big as the 28 inch DH 9101. Don't get a BIG co-axial unless you just want a decoration or whatever. And if you buy THREE S107Gs than you can fly one and have the other 2 charging. Also, if you break one than you'll have the other two to play with and you can use the broken one for parts or get it fixed. If its your first time using one of these mini copters than keep it as far away from the walls, furnniture, ceiling or anything that might hit it. If you have a 20ft by 20 ft room (with minimal furnature) than it will be perfect to get used to your controls. The S107Gs are well built and can take alot of crashes, but they can break. If your a noob than Id recommend that you practice JUST lifting off about a foot, hovering for 20 seconds or so, than land. Than go up to 2 feet off the ground, hover than land. Because if you can hover and land than everthing else is easy. Another thing to mention is that your mini copter will have LOTS of lifting/up power on a fully charged battery. After 6 mins of flight than your copter will NOT be able to "climb"/ascend up as fast and eventually the battery will be so drained that you won't be able to lift off the ground or whatever your copter is on. On a scale of 1 - 10 (1 being really bad and 10 being really good) Id rate the Syma S107Gs a solid 9. Get to know your copters controls before you try and fly next to anything. Eventually you'll be able to fly all around your house and land on anything flat, as long as its a square foot or bigger. And if you crash, or crashing, make sure that you let off the throttle. You can land on a bunch of surfaces, but when you take off, your copter needs to be on a realitivly flat surface or it will roll over or start flying at an angle that your not expecting. I'm sure your pets are going to be amazed and/or scared at first. I love doing "fly bys" or fly over my cats. HAHA, at first they were scared because it looks "dangerous" but after some time I can be hovering 1-2 feet over my cats and they just look at it, or if they are tired they will just sleep. HAHA. I believe that EVERYONE deserves to have FUN, and these are FUN! I hope I helped someone. I'm a Christian so its my job to be the best person I can be for God and His children. God bless!

Very happy with this purchase. It arrived before the promised date and the machine itself is great fun, and very tough (still flying despite multiple crashes). Had to go on the internet to get some tips on flying. In particular, it will not launch slowly (it just skids sideways and crashes), but needs a good push of the throttle to get it off the ground. And once in the air, it takes a while (at least it took me a while) to develop the right instincts in terms of using the two control toggles. Also, be warned that if there is sunlight in the room, it crashes. Overall, highly recommended.

Great helicopter toy...Very accurate flight which makes the short battery life to be worth it. You enjoy a 15 min flight so much that you have enough until it recharges.

Arrived as advertyised. Flew very well and stable indoors. I balanced front to back with slight adjustment of tail fin position along boom and got vertical lift off and descent. Battery has been excellent and even seems to have increased flight times with careful handling - 15 minute cool down, charge off USB exactly 52 minutes, remove on time so no overcharge.

Didn't last long

This little helicopter is really amazing, I can't believe the level of control you can have with it, especially considering the price. Awesome purchase.