Mosquito Version 2 RC Helicopter - RTF

by Syma

Product Features

• Newly designed Version 2
• Full function 3 channel radio control (Left, Right, Hover, and Lands)
• Very stable when hovering in the air
• Easy to control, Easy to Fly, with Flight stabilizing system
• Flies over 40 ft high

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• ASIN: B000XPIZ1I
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #167,857 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)

Product Description

This is a Brand New Version 2 of Mosquito RC Helicopter. Known as Alany, Micro Mosquito, Alien Fly. The RC helicopter is carried by Syma, the best brand for mosquito rc helicopter. New Design Version 2, with new propeller design, provide extreme stability ! Precision control and action, stable Hoover and moving forward, backward, 360 spin much faster! The newly design Mosquito is the most stable indoor RC helicopter we have ever seen. With slight bigger dimension then V1, and much larger propeller design bring the mosquito much higher and faster. This rc helicopter is ready to fly right out of the box ! High quality made, with Lipo rechargeable battery built into the helicopter, and included a fast charger. Only takes 30 minutes to fully charge for 15 minutes flight time ! It has unique design of The twin, counter-rotating rotor, which provide top stability. Other features: 3 ch remote control, flashing multi color LED eyes. Charger and battery are included.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars fun stuff, November 15, 2007

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walshy "walshy" (Grand Rapids, MI) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mosquito Version 2 RC Helicopter - RTF (Toy)

The Mosquito II is a fun toy to fly around the house. Once I got used to the sensitivity of the control I was able to fly it pretty much anywhere. The only down side is that the blades won't stop spinning when I let go of the throttle. They spin for an extra 5-10 seconds which isn't good when I crash it. It moves forward pretty quickly compared to other indoor helis I've flown. Backwards is pretty slow, but it still moves.
I also own a Mosquito I which is has a much more sensitive controller and a quicker response time, but is less stable, especially if a draft of wind catches it. It's not as noisy as the Mosquito II, and a few of the parts have broken (piece of the blade, stabilizer pins) from some crashes, but it still flies just as well.
The Mosquito II seems to be more durable and would still be my pick. The fiber-optics down the side of it are pretty cool too...

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stable and easy to fly. Instant fun!, December 28, 2007

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E. Weingardt (Huntington, WV) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Mosquito Version 2 RC Helicopter - RTF (Toy)

The Micro Mosquito 2 is a very stable and fun helo. Within 30 minutes, I was able to fly it without putting anything together. With no previous RC helicopter experience, I was hovering instantly. As with all helo's, it is a little difficult keeping the tail straight, but there's a trim button that will help stabilize the tail spin, if it is an issue.

Of course, every new person will crash it or have hard landings, but after a week of constantly flying it, it still has held together even though it has crashed into leg chairs and walls. It handles most minor collisions without breakage and has not marked up the walls or hurt anything I have run into.

CONS: It doesn't go backwards very fast and after about 15 minutes, you have to recharge, but all small helo's don't fly much longer.

PROS: Very cool looking, made of plastic, not styrofoam, quick charge, easy to fly, doesn't break as easy as some others

I would highly recommend this for anyone unless you are looking for an outside helo that can handle wind and longer RC distance. This is perfect for the beginner or a person that wants to fly helo's indoors.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great value for the money (with caveats), March 11, 2008

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P. A. Vinger "pv" - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Mosquito Version 2 RC Helicopter - RTF (Toy)

I have used this toy for a total of three charging cycles (about 30 min total). There is a definite learning curve - I spent most of the first two sessions skimming along the surface of the floor, trying to get the hang of making it go where I wanted. On the third session, I had it mostly in the air, but could only control it for short hops.

Positives: Much larger than other RC helis in the same price category. Unorthodox rotor design makes it truly flyable in theory, as it has three axes of input - up/down, right/left (yaw), and forward/back. LED lights look cool and help you keep track of where it is. Different colors fore and aft make it easy to tell which way it's pointed. Light intensity also gives you an idea of remaining battery power. Fairly durable - I bumped it into several walls, posts and pieces of furniture, and had many light crashes, including one down a flight of stairs, and it's still in one piece and working perfectly.

Negatives: It loses the ability to leave the ground about half-way through the battery charge - I can still skim around the floor, but it won't take off. I have not gotten the hang of getting it perfectly trimmed yet, and I'm not sure if this is possible, as the required trim seems to change with the battery state. This seems to raise the learning curve, as I'll have to learn to make constant, small inputs just to keep it flying straight and level. Directions are translated, barely - luckily it's very easy to use, but there are some small things left unexplained.

Overall, it is fun, and a great value for the money.

After having this toy for a longer time, I would change my review above to read as follows:

Most of the positives of this toy have to do with the fact that it is a helicopter you can fly in your house - in other words, I didn't find this particular RC helicopter to be exceptional in any way. I am impressed by its durability - I've crashed it into walls and down stairs, but the only thing that broke any of its parts was my trying to adjust it by hand (see negatives, below). It doesn't matter how durable it is if it doesn't really work, so I can't recommend the Mosquito unless it is for a small child who will be happy to have the thing skim along across the ground, and who can be trusted not to let it fly right into his own face.

The biggest, glaring negative about this product is that after under 10 charging cycles, it became incapable of getting more than an inch or so off the ground. I have tried adjusting the rotors, but the plastic they are made of, while durable, will not hold a different shape when flexed - it will crack first. Also, while practice does bring better control, I find this toy too skittish to be truly controllable. It is only possible to get it to go in a general direction - you can get it to fly towards one part of a room, but in doing so, you will be bouncing off the floor, walls, and furniture, not flying around them. The trim controls work well, but as the battery drains down, the amount of necessary trim changes, further complicating control.

Overall, it is fun to use for a while, but without real controllability and the ability to get far off the ground, it doesn't have lasting appeal.