I saw a piece on the smallest remote control helicopter in the world, but couldn't find it. Quite a journey, but it looks like there is an entire world of enthusiasts for remote control stuff. Helicopters are cool because in our world of lots of rain, they are way more practical.
Piccolo
- RCGroups.com is the place to look for information on remote control stuff and a huge group on so called Micro Helis and even a very extensive FAQ at swashplate.co.uk that has a good web version. They have good recommendations for getting one.
- The Corona ahd ECO Piccolo come out on top. All things are relative, but at $270 from Helihobby.com I wouldn't call it a kids toy.
Picoo Z
For fun, the hot model is the Picoo Z which is caled the Air Hogs Havoc Hell in North America or Honey Bee in Japan. It is made by Silverlit Toys of Hong Kong and distributed by SpinMaster in the US. There is a clone at Hobbytron which is just $56 for three of them, so quite a bit cheaper :-) but has terrible online reviews so I probably wouldn't order from them.
There is even a whole modders community devote to this little helicopter which is pretty amazing. They are a little hard to find, but Amazon has folks with them. Toysrus.com also has them for $20 and for $83, they have a set that can work together that include a little laser transmitter.
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Hi Rich - I bought a couple of little helis - finally bought a Blade CX2, and now I've customized with a variety of mods. Come over to the Melodeo offices sometime and fly in the big open area!
-Bob