The Smartphone Controlled RC Helicopter

At Mint Gadgets, we love radio controlled helicopter gadgets. Here’s a new twist that caught our eye, a remote controlled helicopter that is controlled by a smartphone.

The Smartphone Controlled RC Helicopter works with your iPhone, iPad or Android smartphone device. You simply download a free app to you iPhone, iPad or Android and your smartphone becomes a remote control that communicates the remote controlled helicopter using the built-in wireless radio. Your smartphone wireless radio is able to control the helicopter up to a range of 60 feet.

The remote control app for flying the Smartphone Controlled RC Helicopter uses the motion-sensing accelerometers that are built into your smartphone device. This allows for easy and natural remote control by enabling the simple tilt and pan of your smartphone to precisely control the radio controlled helicopter’s forward, backward, left, right, up and down movements. The remote control app also provides a visual direction and speed indicator, and a convenient swipe of your finger controls the throttle.

The Smartphone Controlled RC Helicopter has a horizontal tail rotor that works in tandem with the two contra-rotaing coaxial main rotors to keep the helicopter balanced during flight. This innovative design enables easy flying and remote control, no more frequent crashes typical of many RC helicopters.

The Smartphone Controlled RC Helicopter comes with a rechargeable battery that provides approximately five-minute flight times from a 60-minute charge using the included USB charging cable. Suitable for kids ages 14 years and up.

Available: Hammacher

Price: $99.95

Black Ghost Helicopter

Moving on from the Radio Controlled Black Stealth Helicopter posted earlier in the month we now bring to you the Black Ghost Helicopter.

This gadget is for those pilots amongst us who never quite made it to the big time but still want to experience being in control of a combat stealth helicopter. Featuring infra red remote control, this helicopter has a robust stability system making it easy to control, hover, and maneuver.

The remote control allows all for all the common flying maneuvers – up, down, left, and right. One of the things that put me off buying a remote control helicopter was I always thought one crash and that would be the end of my new gadget, however, this Black Ghost helicopter looks remarkably resilient to rough handling.

Guidance:

- For ages 8 and up.
- Not suitable for children under 3 years.
- Do not leave the toy unattended while charging it.
- Battery charging should be done by adults.
- Charge the toy on a non-flammable surface and keep it away from flammable items.
- Turn the charger off when the toy’s battery is charged, and always unplug it from the toy.
- Disconnect AC wall chargers from outlets while not in use.
- If the toy has been damaged, immediately stop use, unplug, and safely move the toy away from flammable materials.
- Follow the manufacturer’s instructions for charging the toy. Do NOT charge longer than recommended.

Battery requirements:
- 6 x AA Batteries (not included)

Available: Firebox
Price: $39.95

Radio Controlled Black Stealth Helicopter

Any remote control gadget fans out there? Well today we present to you the Black Steal Helicopter available from Thinkgeek. Featuring a dual rotor design allows good torque control, therefore making flight control easier.

Comparing this Radio Controlled Helicopter to traditional helicopters you will notice an extra rotor on the top which spins in opposite directions to the first one.  The result is that the helicopter has more stability in the air and therefore not as reliant on adjustments being made between the tail rotor and the main rotor.

The Mini RC helicopters is relatively easy to control with a bit of practice and I guarantee you will not crash as much when in control of the with the Black Stealth radio controlled helicopter as you would with others available on the market.

Check out the video of the Black Stealth in action.

Available: Thinkgeek
Price: $29.99