Product Description

This is the worlds smallest blade PicooZ Tandem Z Chinook Helicopter. Measuring a mere 6 inches long this super cool, super stylish, super duper transporter Tandem Z Chinook micro helicopter is guaranteed to give you hours of fun! Stabilised by a sophisticated gyroscopic stability system, with proportional throttle for precise control, the Tandem Z-1 undoubtedly represents a outstanding technological achievement for a model this small. This is the new Ltd Edition Military Tandem Z Helicopter!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #407 in Toys & Games

Features

• Limited Edition TandemZ Helicopter
• Camoflauge Colours
• Official Silverlit Product

Customer Reviews

More than satisfied!
I received this as a father's day present and could not be more pleased. Needless to say, as my first ever helicopter it was abused at the hands of a novice. I can say that it took each and every crash and obstacle in stride and with the exception of a crease or nick here or there it came through it in flying colors! Between myself, my two daughters (ages 10 and 6) it saw action on our home front which I have seen heavier, tougher toys crumble under the abuse.

If you want a first helicopter that is easy to use, understand and takes incredible abuse, this is one that can be recommended with whole hearted recommendation!!

Helicopter
Delivered in time, easy to set up, takes a bit of time to get used to controls and manouverability. But far better on all of these compared with other helicopters, due in part to the 2 main rotors

A teeny version of the toy I always wanted. Great fun.
Ok, I blame James May and his TV series about toys from before the age of computer games. When I was a child I always wanted a remote controlled helicopter. Back then, they cost a fortune. Now, a small, indoor remote controlled helicopter costs very little. Watching James May resulted in a conversation about toys we never had, then about toys we never had but which we could now afford, then voila - I have a small remote controlled helicopter.

First things first - this is a proper man toy. I suspect most (but not all) children younger than teenage years would get too frustrated by the sensitivity required to fly a helicopter and would give up (but only after having crashed into everything in sight). So, if you are considering buying a remote controlled helicopter for somebody younger than say 11 or 12, I would suggest giving them some juggling balls first. Once they can juggle three balls easily and five balls just about, they are ready to try a helicopter. Am I exaggerating? Not much. I have flown fixed wing aircraft, as well as both full-sized fixed-wing and helicopter simulators. The latter was the most difficult of all of those. Bizarrely, flying this remote controlled helicopter seems even harder (I suspect the controls are not as accurate as they should be, and crash damage causes some unpredictability). I don't think the instructions help - with the controls adjusted so that it hovers perfectly with a reasonable amount of power, attempting to take off by gently increasing the power from nothing results in a sideways tumble across the floor. Give it some welly to get off the ground (but not as far as the ceiling!), then do more sensitive changes once in the air. Also, the removable plastic stabiliser at the front is a nightmare. Each time you crash the stabiliser ends up pointing in a different direction. Take it off as soon as possible and things become more predictable.

Note that this is very much an indoor toy. It is tiny. It's not the sort of thing you see guys flying over the South Downs. It does use batteries at a fair pace, so good re-chargeables are probably the way to go, although you notice when the charge starts to drop (if you keep flying, the helicopter just drops out of the sky when the charge drops below a certain level). With hindsight, I should have bought one not in camouflage colours - you aren't supposed to fly these under bright lights, so in a long, not very well lit room, when the helicopter is end on to you, it can be hard to tell whether it is pointing towards you or away from you. But that's a minor point.

Great fun. I hope nobody is expecting me to get much practical stuff done in the near future, other than, like now, when I am re-charging the helicopter.