How long can you run this helicopter before it needs to be recharged?
1413487
The manual states approximately eight minutes. HOWEVER, you then have to charge the battery for an hour. The ideal place to fly this is an open field, a park of sorts. In my case that would be a ten minute drive. I am not going to make a 20 minute round trip for less than 10 minutes of flying time. It's going back from where it was purchased.
1413488
It's hard for me to say, because they sent me two of them and both would take off and immediately crash.If you buy one of these I think you're not going to be happy with it.
1413489
Just bought one for my nephew for Christmas...it runs for 5 minutes then needs to be charged for 3 hours...Not Happy!
2017459
Yes, the max battery life is about 5-7 minutes of flight time between charges. This is typical for these small helicopters.
1275380
It runs on battery. The only "electric" part is charging the battery with electricity. Let me reiterate what a joke this helicopter is. It's not as tough as it claims to be and I really wish I would've considered other people's reviews before I purchased this.
1901043
I can get a good 15 minutes before recharge .. and it recharges in maybe 30 minutes. It's a lot of fun .. BUT .. it's only for indoors or for ZERO (that's z-e-r-o) outside wind, because it doesn't have enough thrust to fight the wind.
525677
The transmitter is rechargeable with the same SUB cable that you will use to recharge the Heli. It takes 15 to 20 minutes for a full charge from your pc.
124077
The controller itself uses throwaway batteries. They are not included. The helicopter comes with a small rechargeable battery installed in it. There would be no reason to buy a separate rechargeable battery. It is small and wired in. Not really intended to be swapped out.
1550267
It does have usb cord to charge helicopter that has internal battery. Controller needs regular batteries. You can also charge helicopter off controller but it will drain batteries. Our helicopter batteries do not charge well any more. It lasted a year.
1983393
Yes and no. Thereciever, helicopter has a small quick charger aboard. The control requiresbatteries I think.
2107034
it takes about 20-30 minutes. I left a negative review for this heli because even though I fully charged the battery many times, it only worked for about a month before it stopped holding a charge. I've owned many of these types of helis before and am very familiar with them. The batteries are not replaceable, so once the batty goes, so goes the copter. They are great fun, and you should get about a year out of it. Unfortunately, the Chinook from Syma lasted about a month.
1205072
Depending on if it's continuous, start-and-stop, or if it's in pause mode for long duration. I would safely guess three hours. Just bring your re-charger to give it some quick juice for 20 minutes.
33531
Tha helicopter battery is its own battery, not AA or AAA. The controller and battery charger are AA :-)
1543959
There should be no problems with putting a new fully charged battery in helicopter and flying it again , that being said make sure the battery that you are putting in the helicopter is good . I had bough extra batteries for mine and found two out of five to be defective
246049
On the original battery I can fly around 15 min unloaded, with upgraded battery it goes nearly 20 minutes. I have taken it out 300 yards. It is difficult to see at that range.
808296
How long does what last? The helicopter? I imagine a long time. I have had mine for a month, and it has been in plenty of crashes, and it is still fine. A very durable and rugged toy. The charge? Mine takes 20-30 minutes to charge, and I get a good 10 minutes of flight time.
926888
It uses batteries in the controller to charge a capacitor in the helicopter. The charge lasts more than long enough to break the drive gears in the first or second flight so it will no longer fly. I had no response from numerous email and calls to world tech toys. Save your money...
246054
It lasts about 12-15 minutes, line of sight as far as you can see. With the software and waypoint pads it can fly pretty damn far. comm distance is listed at 300 m, but I have flights as high as 450 plus. If you look at the battery it has two contacts one for the heli the other to operate the leds and such. 2200MAH-20c-11.1v.
2078874
The wireless remote radio controller requires 6 AA batteries that are not included. The helicopter has a built in rechargeable battery. The helicopter battery can be charged by the controller or by anything with a USB port by using the included yellow cable.