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Interactive Toy Firefly R/C Radio Controlled Helicopter | 
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| Brand: Interactive Toy
Category: Toy
List Price: $89.99
Buy New: $42.45
You Save: $47.54 (53%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 22199
Color: Red and Black
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 10 - 14 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 8 x 10.8
Requires one 9V battery for transmitter sold separately
Available in 27MHz and 49MHz frequencies
MPN: 45031
Model: 45031-030-001
UPC: 628741450313
EAN: 0628741450313
ASIN: B000F3GP6A
Release Date: July 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 50 foot range | | • | Includes Lithium Polymer flight battery with 7 min of flight | | • | High tech Look | | • | Full Control Left, Right, Up, Down and forward | | • | Recommended for ages 10 and up |
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Product Description
There's nothing like it! The two-channel Firefly is the world's smallest, lightest, most stable indoor helicopter, with a range of up to 40 feet. Don't be fooled by its size - this high-tech miniature chopper packs a big punch and is sure to catch the eye of any onlooker. With full digital proportional steering, it will amaze you with its maneuverability as it flies up, down, left, right, forward and reverse, for up to 10 minutes per charge. The Firefly's open-structure design lets observers see the inner-workings of this amazing toy. The Firefly is ready to take flight as soon as it's out of the box. Includes R/C transmitter, flight battery, charger and instructions. Two frequencies available. Requires one 9V battery for transmitter (not included). UL listed. Colors may vary from image shown.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...
 Small, Easy-to-Use, Rotors break easily June 10, 2008
This Helicopter is very easy to use, right out of the box it had enough power to keep it going for a few minutes and the controls i could master after a few days. It charges in under ten minutes and will go for about 2-3 minutes, the rotor speed control makes it easy to tweak the blades to make it go straight. The only problem i have with this is that the heli is very easy to crash as the two sets of rotors easily wobble and frequently clash with each other sending it to the ground, as a result the non-durable plastic blades will inevitably break fairly soon and even with tape they still it not fly very well requiring you to spend money on the replacements.
 Couldn't get off the ground! April 12, 2008
It looks cool, if a bit flimsy. It arrived in one piece, charged...and not ready to go. Checked it over, nothing loose or broken, the rotors spun and the helicopter sort of moved around the table trying to lift off, but to no avail. Cannot recommend unless you like to be disappointed.
 Durable, with long-lasting flight times January 31, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I purchased this product through edmund scientifics, but i felt that I should contradict the other less satisfactory reviews this product has received.
1) Item was in flight-worthy condition upon arrival and I could not ascertain any noticeable manufacturing defects.
2) I don't know about the other reviews that complain about the rotors easily breaking in a crash situation; this seems to be a half hazard assumption, and possibly attributable to improper flying at high altitudes with too many obstacles in the vicinity.
3) This helicopter is durable. I (and friends) have easily crashed this heli in excess of 40+ times since arrival. Crashes ranged from 5 inches above ground, to 10 feet above the ground. No breakage or misalignment of rotor blades has occurred in the week since I've used it (which is daily).
4) This unit charges in under 8 minutes with 6 'c' batteries. I am considering investing in the over-priced $20 ac adapter, but I'm fairly sure I can find this adapter at a cheaper price at a hobby store/online.
--- All-in-all, this is a highly recommendable and durable product. Would definitely recommend this to ages above the suggested 10 years old. It does take practice, and one does have to readjust the stability of the helicopter; as the full charge performance compared to the 50% charged performance in mid-use often yield different variables. Failure to adjust in mid-flight just causes endless issues from any range.
 Instability Problem Solved January 12, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Draganfly Firefly indoor R/C helicopter is a fun, but delicate, toy. While learning to fly it, I crashed it numerous times (mainly into houseplants). This quickly destroyed the delicate blades beyond the point where Scotch tape could fix them. After retrofitting the helicopter with a set of (very) expensive replacement blades, it became highly unstable, spinning uncontrollably into the ground no matter what I did. The problem turned out to be the locking mechanism that holds the rotor shaft to the underside of the helicopter body. There is a locking pin, which looks like a little wrench, followed by a tiny washer, then finally a cap which is simply pushed onto the end of the shaft. When I pulled off the piece of rubber tubing from the top of the rotor shaft to remove the blades, the bottom cap was loosened ever so slightly. This allowed the shaft to wobble during flight, which slowed down the upper blades which are directly connected to the shaft (the lower blades rotate freely around the shaft). This caused an imbalance in the torque, resulting in uncontrollable flight. The solution was to simply push the end cap back on tightly until there was no wobble in the rotor shaft. Unfortunately, the manual is poorly written (it even contains sections that don't pertain to this model) and fails to mention this as one of the remedies. Ever since I discovered this fix, the helicopter has been very stable and is again fun to fly.
Very dissatisfied with this product January 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This product is not for beginners. My son who is 8 received it for Christmas and played with it twice. On his third try, there must have been a slight tear in one of the blades on the bottom rotor because it shredded and took out the top rotor with it. The blades on the rotor are paper thin. The other problem is that you have to push the throttle on full to get it off the ground and then feather it back to bring the helicopter to a safe distance from the floor. If you crash and you are too high off the floor the blades tear and then it won't fly. It does not come with any replacement blades and they are ridiculously expensive. I ordered them on Christmas day and it took two weeks to get them.
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