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With its matte black coloring, sleek lines and silent operation, the Black Swann is like the real stealth helicopters designed to be invisible to radar. It’s the perfect RC chopper for your covert combat missions behind enemy lines. Even better, the Black Swann has a built-in camera and records 640 x 480 video to MicroSD card in flight. Once safely home, you can review whether your mission has been successful by transferring and viewing the AVI video files on your PC.The Black Swann has a built-in rechargeable 3.7V Lithium battery that charges in 70 minutes directly from mains power to give you 6 to 8 minutes of all-action flying time. The remote control transmits using a powerful 27MHz radio frequency allowing the chopper to glide quicker, higher and further up to 100ft (30m). It’s perfect for pilots of intermediate skill with the ability to simultaneously change flight speed and direction. Vary how quick you glide using the 2-speed tail rotor controller, stabilize flight levels with Swann’s
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This has taught me a lot,
1.) Virtually all RC helicopters of this type are made in China, and as best as I can tell by only one or two manufacturers.
2.) Even though this is sold as a product from Black Swann, it is just a Chinese model with the Black Swann name on it. It is identical to the Hawkspy LT-712 and several other models from various companies. When looking for spare parts (you are going to need them), I just ordered parts for the LT-712 because they are much more readily available.
3.) This is a toy, and not a very durable one at that. I have some suspicions about the reviews that say this will stand up to all kinds of abuse. In the first week that I have had mine (and keep in mind you only get about ten minutes of glide time per 60 minutes of charging) one of the blades broke (no biggie, a spare is included), the landing skid broke (no biggie, just hold it in your hand for take offs), the rear tail motor shaft sheared off (biggie – will not go forward or backward without it).
4.) Parts are honestly cheap and available from several sources (remember to look for LT-712 parts). I replaced the tail motor and landing skid – honestly complicated to do: very small parts, need to splice wires, complete disassembly to get to screws, etc.
5.) Does not glide forward well at all. I have read a lot about people not being able to make it go forward and it is right. I suspect it is because to go forward the tail rotor comes on and pushes the tail up so that the main blades now will pull the helicopter forward. But as soon as it tilts I believe the gyroscope kicks in to level out the flight, which is what makes this so stable and simple to glide.
6.) Next to impossible to glide outdoors if there is even the slightest wind. Make sure you have plenty of space on the downwind direction, because that is where it is going to go.
WIth all that said, it is still a fun toy when it is in excellent repair. The camera is incredible, takes very excellent video. It is fun to glide indoors if you have a room huge enough to not bounce off the walls too much. Outdoors on very cool days is fun to. It only took me about thirty minutes of flying time to get pretty excellent at controlling the take offs, flight and landings.
I recommend it as long as you are prepared for, and capable of making repairs that require a small bit of model building type skills.
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Greatest gift I could get for grandson!,
He really likes flying RC airplanes, and this Black Swann helicopter offers
even more challenges and excitement for him than flying airplanes. On
Christmas day and evening and the next day and evening, it was timing
recharges, then on with flying and taking video.
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