Is This the World’s Smallest Remote Control Helicopter?
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The MX-1 Remote Control Helicopter from ThinkGeek really does fit in the palm of my hand. It is so much fun to fly around the office and house. I just have to be careful to not let Ponzi catch me tormenting the dogs with it.
Our ravenous lust for tinier and tinier flying R/C toys has been temporarily satiated by these miniscule MX-1 copters from Silverlit. We thought we had seen small R/C copters until we were flabbergasted by a helicopter so small it actually fits inside its own remote. The MX-1 is a sharp looking little copter and it has a redesigned remote with smooth slider like controls. Dock the copter in the clear bay at the bottom and charge it up at the same time. Take to the air with confidence knowing that you’re piloting the smallest manmade flying device commercially available.
Important Note:
The MX-1 is a 2 channel copter so it is always moving forward slowly. You control up/down and right/left turns. Due to the dynamics of the helicopter right turns are wider than left turns. If you want the MX-1 to move forward faster you can add a bit of weight to the front of the nose. Of course careful use of the trim buttons at the beginning of each flight is pretty much a necessity. Practice up on your flying skills if you hope to challenge the expert pilots at the ThinkGeek world headquarters of doom.
It’s definitely an inside toy. It’s very lightweight, and I have a feeling you’d ruin it outside. It takes 20-30 minutes to charge, and will run for over five minutes straight. Make sure you duck when you’re playing with this chopper. We don’t want anyone to get hurt! Oh, and watch out for the dogs.
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D0M1N8R
July 15th, 2008
at 6:39am
I’d be scared to use that around 2 30″ monitors
Mauricio Aquino
July 15th, 2008
at 9:08am
Hi, I think it is a very good toy for 50 dollars, i like it because you don’t even have to go outside to play with it, although i would be careful not to break anything inside my house lol. but anyways I would sure buy it to kill boredom :)
Ken Gourley
July 15th, 2008
at 1:57pm
Great little item however the seller is less than intelligent, refusing to honour a deal being paid by Pay Pal because their view of the acct shows little balance and does not show the bank balance. As it is they appear to have more view than they should of Pay Pal. I will be checking that out shortly. You would think that people would be more thorough when trying to do business!
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Eden
July 15th, 2008
at 5:42pm
I have one of these but I find it so hard to fly, and every time I do try and fly it I end up crashing it and now it doesn’t work normally.
NYC-WiLL
July 15th, 2008
at 7:09pm
Yea these Helicopters are awesome i have the bigger model cant really play with them inside the house have to go to the park or something but they are really fun definitely boredom killers gonna buy the smaller models and compare the fun probably equally fun :P
lubu
July 15th, 2008
at 7:36pm
get the Air Hog Reflex chopper much better and play time is like 15-20 min but takes 2 hours to charge and its about the same price much more fun
da bishop
July 15th, 2008
at 10:14pm
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Vaughn
July 15th, 2008
at 11:36pm
Very nice review. I gatta get me one of those. :)
Eliot Schreiner
July 16th, 2008
at 12:59am
My little cousin got one of those. That sucker hit me in the face.
Tim OBrien
July 16th, 2008
at 11:55am
World’s Smallest???
Maybe the world’s smallest PRODUCTION helicopter,
but there are helicopters being built by r/c guys out there
getting close to the GRAM size…..
Have to watch the hype there, Chris…..
john11
July 16th, 2008
at 5:55pm
That looks really cool , the only down sound is its battery life 20-30 minutes to charge and 5 minutes , well thats ok , thanks chris .
Jacob Stoneburner
July 17th, 2008
at 5:35pm
A young cousin of mine received one of these things as a gift, and I have to say they are very entertaining. 50 dollars sounds kind of on the expensive side, but I suppose its not too bad for RC. I’ve found that sometimes the body gets dented or deformed if you’re a klutzy pilot, even more so if the body is some kind of Styrofoam. Yet another wonderful product from ThinkGeek!