Was just up at Radio Shack when I noticed they now carry the Bladerunner Helicopter that everybody seems to love in a cheap indoor helicopter. Around last Christmas they were selling a small indoor copter that got good reviews from this forum, but they don't sell them anymore. The clerk opened the box for me so I could get at the instructions and check things out. Here's what I found...

The unit is 2 channel (up/down, left/right). As I've heard on these forums, you can go forward or back by simply adjusting the COG before a flight. It claims the controller is digital "full control" and the TX runs on one 9V. The copter it's self has two blades that are guarded by a ring around them. It looks to be of pretty good quality. The unit does use a lipo but I could find no details on the capacity or how many cells. I would assume it's a single cell? It comes with a seperate charger that runs on 4 C cells. I examined the charge port to see if I could replicate it for use on my own lipo charger. It's a plug I've never seen before so it looks like I'll have to cut off the lead from the charger for use with my Celectra 1 to 3 cell lipo charger. Still, I'd like to know how many cells the battery is and what it's MA raiting is as well so I can safely charge it using my own. Anybody know?

The box also doesn't indicate what version Bladerunner this is...one, two...or ? I'm going to assume it's probably version two or newer as the copyright date on the box says 2006. I'll be picking one of these up within a few days but would like to fill in the above questions before buying it. Thoughts, impressions, opinions on the Bladerunners welcome.