mknope019

Hey all. I babysat a 5 year old boy with my girlfriend the other night and brought my blade cp over and flew it for him. Ever since then his mom said that is all he talks about. Are there any like toy helicopters that are out there for someone in his age range? His mom would like to get him something like that for his birthday. You know....something cheap and made for a little kid. I just thought I would throw this out there and see if anyone knows of anything. Thanks alot

Mike

chickenx5

maybe you could find one at radio shack for him, ive seen some more toyish helicopters there, i also some some in a local mall that would be perfect but im not sure what they are called

Gorgok

A coaxial is probably the most toyish heli you can find... Just figure out the most durable and steady one, then thats it.

Shortymet55

a coaxial heli will still be too hard for a 5 year old. I learned from experience a 7 year old cant even drive and RC car, so he wont be able to fly a heli. I told the kid to hit the throttle real slow and drive around, I even turned the throttle down, then gave it to him and he instantly slammed the throttle and drove 20mph into a tree. Lucky I didnt have it set to full throttle or it would of been goin 45mph. So I would trust anyone 5 years old to fly a heli where you accually control it. Go to Toy R Us and get one of those you hit the throttle and it goes straight up. Cuz thats all he would be able to handle.

VinceHerman

This is the toy that you want. The great-nephew did not have quite enough finger strength to pull the trigger, so he held the transmitter backwards and used both thumbs. But he was two-ish at the time. Your five year old will have an easier time.




And more pics if you want to suffer through all of them:
http://www.vinceherman.net/Heli/DSCF0069.JPG
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Shortymet55

Yea those things are awesome. Im 14 and still have fun with the ones my cousins have.

Gage.

Ya i got one of those UFO disks and im 14 also, there a lot of fun. I went to the beach with mine and it fell in the water.

Shortymet55

I love this!

mknope019

Where can i get one of those UFOs?

Stealth X

I have a coaxial Hirobo XRB. i thought my 11yr old son would be able to handle it no problem as he spends more than enough hours on his Xbox that i was confident in his hand eye coordination. unfortunately he wanted to treat it just like his xbox controller and was VERY jerky on the controls. i havent let him try again since... i think i'll hold off till i graduate to my next model before letting him trash this one!

anyway if an 11yr old that SCHOOLS ME at every Xbox game imaginable cant get an easy grasp on the controls i DEFINATELY wouldnt put it into the hands of a 5yr old! (especially not with the price tag the XRB comes with!!)

it so happens my son got one of those UFO's for Xmas. the novelty wore off pretty quick for him, but a 5yr old would probably love it!!

DEFLYER22

The coaxial helicopters (eg, [link=http://www.linknety.com/modevideos/demo/index.php]Lama 2, Blade CX, Housefly[/link]) is the good helicopter for the kids.

Shortymet55

coaxial will be WAY to hard. Did you read everyones post or just the first? We explained why it would not be.

asf

Stealth x,
I'm 13 and I play video games much more than an average kid, and i mostly agree with you. i bought a blade CX and crashed it a couple times before i got control over it, although, I do feel my video games helped a lot because I play racing and twitch games so i can think about what to do about in-flight-problems quickly. Many of my non video-gamer friends tried to fly it and could not get it in the slightest, taking this into account, I feel that maybe putting more resistance on your gimbles would help your son get the hang of it.

jschenck

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Get a $60 Bladerunner for the 8-12 year olds and the Radio shack thing for the younger ones.
My 4 year old daughter "hovered" the radio shack heli full throttle into the celing at the store, no damage to the heli or the celing. Then somehow hit a display rack and flipped it upside down, still full throttle. It thrashed around on the ground upside down until I grabbed the radio and handed it back to the suprised clerk.
No damage to anything including the heli. I should have bought it right then, but they didn't have a new one in the box.

Radio shack heli:[link=http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2135190&cp]SpinBlade RC heli[/link]

Stealth X

yeah i'm a gamer myse4lf and have had non gamer friends try TO NO AVAIL. so i figured finally my gmaers thumb has come in handy!! lol

so i fugured my son would also catch on pretty quick, but again he was very jerky and i was very STRESSED watching him!! lol i wouldnt have cared but with a $500can price tag and approx $3/blade, my blood pressure cant take it!

CXela22

(im 12 btw)
nope thoes are peces of junk, they crash perminantly, and they just go up and down. I decided to wait a while to get mine, so i started on thoes zip zaps cars, it got me used to mechanics, and now I know how it works (mechanicly) and can classify any part i need in a crash and know how to fix it.

maybe you can get him started.
OK, shuuuuuuuuuure. I played Mercenaries and ruled in the helicopters. THIS IS NO WHERE LIKE THE CX
I played Battlefeild veitnam and 2 and ITS NO WHERE LIKE AN RC HELI, or any heli in my oppinion
I played MechAssault2 online and NO ONE could beat me ground or air if i was in a VTOL (jet helicopter) but ITS NOTHING like RC. Its nothing like real.



I see how you can say that, and i do slightly agree, but really dont practice it like a sim or take it seriously, its just a game.

(PS, literarly its i eat, sleep, go to school, fly the CX, get my eyes tired on videogames while the battery charges and the motor/servo cools down)

i forgot to quote this dude, but good hand eye cordination is basketball or lazer tag. Even I half to exersize! Its not like im a lazy dude sitting around all day.

Sabot

gah my friends all think that flying a heli is easy because they clocked the RC helicopter mission on grand theft auto

CXela22

Wow, genusies.
lol.
Tell them to spend hundreds on one, with repairs and all.

mikefly562

Those inexpensive UFO's are pretty cool. My co-workers and I are in our 30's, and we still have fun with those, even though we fly regular RC helicopters too.

VinceHerman

Yesterday, my brother started working with his grandson on helis.



Bryce was about 30 minute old at the time.

mark_micallef

It's a very bad mistake to compare games and RC. I'm a really great gamer ( I have all the consoles out there ) but it's really not the same. In games you must be very very quick and all. In RC you have to be really calm.

When we play the analogx on a joystick are always going full left full right full down etc.. In an RC you have to be very careful or you'll fly 3d without knowing what you are doing. LOL

CXela22

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEExactly. Great gamer told ya so!

CXela22

And thats not true. It depends on the person. For instance, a Military pilot that never seen a videogame. A scientist thats never seen a videogame. SOMEONE WHO OWNS ONE AND FLYS IT ALOT and never seen a videogame.

VIDEOGAMES are past times!!!! THATS ALL!
RC REALISTIC SIMS prep you.
RCs are the real deal