Three New Picoo-Z: Mini Micron; Tandem Z; 3 Channel Helicopter
My beloved little infrared-controlled helicopters have added three new models to the family line-up:
• The Picoo Z Mini Micron, a two-channel model that's the smallest yet—about as big as a credit card. Suggested price of $60.
• Picoo Z Tandem Z, a Chinook-style dual rotor chopper with a two-channel controller, giving it not only lift and rotation control, but motion forward and backwards. (On previous Picoo Z two-channel models, you could induce forward motion by adding weight to the front.) Suggest price of $80.
• Picoo Z 3 Channel Helicopter. It's a three-channel helicopter! Suggested price of $60, plus it appears to have some sort of LED spotlight on board.
I looked forward to playing with all of these once the price has dropped by at least half, which should happen by Christmas, I'm guessing.
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these are quickly approaching "real" heli prices:
http://www.enjoyhobbies.biz/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=7_52&products_id=50
$98 and you get the whole thing. sure it has all the crappiest parts, but if you manage to learn how to fly you can upgrade the battery, motor, etc
Where's my V-22 mini-Osprey? If it's overpriced, won't fly right, and crashes all the time, it'll be just like the real thing!
These things are amazing... I bought a cheaper one on buy.com for like $7.00 plus free shipping when using a google checkout $10 coupon. They are fun but unreliable... meaning you may buy one that lasts a year and another may not last a day (probably why spending a little more for better quality would be good). Enjoy!
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One problem. The law. Once these shrink to the size of your thumb in 5 years, based on piezoelectric flapping instead of super-magnet motors, and they add a stereoscopic remote control camera, they become, with slight modification, flying poison arrow bullets, with no metal parts to detect (silicon and graphite fiber is non-magnetic as are new batteries based on carbon chemistry) and no radar signature. It would take a huge police state to track every encrypted control signal that these flying syringes would require, then an even greater police state, once they can be programmed to follow the smell of a specific person's DNA, in his sweat. What do you inject? A bacteria or virus. Which one? I wont tell. Eh, why not? Drug-resistant HIV. Where do you get that? Advertise $100 per patient on Craig's List for your fake study of HIV victims, drawing blood samples and making them fill out a mock form on a clipboard. The study will tell you which patients are not responding to HIV drugs. How to keep the HIV viable? That's in lab technique textbooks at the public college medical library. It's all fun until someone puts his eye out and suddenly small flying objects are banned as consumer goods with curiously strong penalties for even possessing them.
These are great I bought the mini micron, its real name is picoo z mx-1 supreme for anyone who cant fine it. I bought mine from gift to gadget. They sent me a offer code which was EARLYSAVE if anyone wants to try it you save 10%. Links below for anyone who wants to take a look.
http://www.gifttogadget.co.uk/section.php/2/1/radio_controlled_toys