HX-232 Winner Radio Controlled Indoor Helicopter Maplins Only £29.99

bargain_hunter07

I have been looking for a while for a cheap but realistic flying heli and found this at Maplins.

It's reduced from £49.99 to £29.99.

I got one today and it's brilliant, 3 channel so, up/down, left/right, forward/back (have'nt mastered this yet), unlike the other cheapo's that only go up and down.

click here for the link

And heres a link for the flying video, the video is at the bottom of the webpage (scroll down) :-

heli flying

The kids will have fun (the big un's

competitionscafe

Aria have some for £19.92 although I have no idea how they compare quality wise - was tempted but just about everybody who bought one had crashed and trashed it after a few days so thought it probably a waste of money!

http://www.aria.co.uk/specials.asp?productid=19043&customerid=223046#5054

paul.jacobs

http://www.aria.co.uk/specials.asp?ref=fun-in-sun-banner

scroll halfway to see their helicopter for £16.95+postage+vat - total about £28 and its better than the one above , these sell on ebay for about £40
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6051015909&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D6051015909%26fvi%3D1

mark398

paul.jacobs wrote:

http://www.aria.co.uk/specials.asp?ref=fun-in-sun-banner

scroll halfway to see their helicopter for £16.95+postage+vat - total about £28 and its better than the one above , these sell on ebay for about £40
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6051015909&ru=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ebay.co.uk%3A80%2Fsearch%2Fsearch.dll%3Ffrom%3DR40%26satitle%3D6051015909%26fvi%3D1

I don't think the aria heli is better. It's a simple 2 channel heli that (from the videos) looks barely controllable. The maplin type heli is a clone of the blade-runner type, whiich - while it has very limited speed - is at least very controllable and can hover properly.

digitalhen

mmmmmm, can anyone recommend a light wifi webcam for mucho geekiness?

Rudolph

got the Aria one last christmas.....good fun for the money...paid about £20 including delivery on an offer they had.The battery lasts about 10 minutes, it definitely can't be used indoors and is best on a large field....even gardens are a bit small for it.