SYMA X550 RC Plane, 4 CH Remote Control Airplane with High/Low Speed, One-Key Takeoff/Landing, Stunt Flight Modes, Army Model Plane Gift for Kids, Beginners & Adults

This was a big hit at Christmas. Although the model is smaller than I expected, it was easy to operate and had excellent battery life.

Love it! Simple to control for my 5 and 8 year old kids. Would be great if it had a bit bigger battery, but it's perfect for the little trinket it is.

Es bastante divertido pero un poco complicado de controlar al principio, pero bastante entretenido👍

Great toy with a little drone experience

My 7 yo grandson and I have both flown the 3.5 channel Syma 107 helicopters. I wanted to try a 4 channel so bought him a Syma X550 which is patterned after the Army V-22 Osprey. With the 4 channel system it has the ability to fly sideways which is the difference between the 4 channel vs the 3.5 channel which cannot fly sideways. It was opened on Christmas morning and flown in the house. I anticipated a learning curve as it would be more like a real helicopter with the 4 channel. I put on the prop protectors and would highly recommend using them. We started flying without reading any instructions. It needed some trim adjustments which we didn't figure out how to do until watching at several YouTube videos. Our learning curve was more complicated without better trim, but fun as we had multiple wrecks with no damage. The 3.5 channel relies on only the right stick for Left/right (=rudder) control whereas on this drone the left stick serves this purpose. The right stick tilts the drone to the left/right (=ailerons) allowing straight sideways flight. Being used to the right stick for turning, it required practice to acclimate to using both sticks together to get correct turns. My grandson and I were both having fun and were determined to get flight down. I would highly recommend being smarter than I was. Go to YouTube to learn how to adjust trim and flying will be much easier if it is trimmed out to begin with. For an absolute beginner or someone more easily frustrated I would stick with the 3.5 channel helicopters at least until one has some flying experience. One might learn on this model but it definitely requires more patience.

This RC helicopter is very fast the rotors are crazy it very durable atleast with guards inside the house on the controllers smaller than a ps4 controller, the buttons for up make it go vertical and then move around forward. you gotta stablize it from flying into the walls automatically or land it right away. I definitely like it but it's just crazy to control.

I like the size and easy to fly and the only to try flying it outside is a bit difficult for a bit of a breeze for it. It's for indoor mostly and it could be a outdoor helicopter bit with no wind. But it's a nice beginner rc. No issues with it because I like to fly once in a while.

I purchased this for my dad for Christmas, hoping it would be a pleasant gift. We unboxed it and tried to turn it on but it didn't turn on, which would make sense if it were out of battery. I turned it off and plugged it in to my laptop for the 60 minutes the manual indicates as the estimated charging time, but when I took it off it still didn't turn on. Quite disappointed as it claims to have lots of good features. Edit: After contacting them they were very willing to resolve the issue. The unit I have now works quite well, so much so that I bought a second one. I would recommend the product so long as you receive a working unit.