The one I have is about 4 inches long and made of styrofoam. If you have it so that it will basically hover and you can spin it right and left about equally you can then get going forward (a little). You need to bend (twist) the rear boom so the rear blades point down (ever so slightly). When you make it spin (yaw) to the right (on mine) the downward force of the rear blades will drop the nose ever so slightly and you will move forward. It will also move forward going left, just not as well. Keep in mind that you need to set up the helicopter for forward flight or hover. I don't think you can switch from one to the other completely. Mine will sort of go into a hover from forward flight if you just give it enough left to stop going in a circle. It takes some trial and error but I find it to be fun. Each flight starts out sort of out of control, but then the last 3/4 of the flight is fairly in control as long as no breeze (artificial or other-wise) gets in the way. I have a chain that hangs down from a ceiling fan in my family room. I can sit in my recliner and "fly" around the chain and back to me. I do figure eight's using the chain as one center point and the space in front of me as the other center point. I can land it ok but it always has some forward component of flight that you have to take into account. I usually hand launch as the heli begins much more in control. If you take off from the ground the heli spins like stink and will "ALWAYS" run into the closest object. So, if you want to take off from the ground just have plenty of room around the heli. It is quite fun and a lot less nerve wracking than the "real" thing. It is fun in-doors and my dog does not know exactly what to think.
Robert
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