Customer Reviews

XPV R.A.D. Robotic Air Defense Red 27 MHz

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And here we are at take off.... the ground performance was great and we even got it off the ground a few times. Followed abrubtly by a quick crash. Not really a problem for the body - the durable foam took it well. The first night out with it we flew/drove it for nearly 30 minutes.

Then the fun ended. No matter how long the battery was recharged, full power (needed for take off) lasts less than 10 seconds. It takes at least 30 feet on a flat surface to get enough lift. That's less than 0.5 seconds of flight if any.

The videos are impressive - but I'm depressed by the performance of this product. Perhaps it was merely a defective battery.

My son was so excited to get this toy for Christmas. We charged it, went to the park, and watched it fly for about 4 seconds before diving straight into the ground. No matter how many times we tried, the toy would invariably lose lift, and head straight for the ground. After five replays of the same performance, the wings cracked. We repaired the damage with high hopes, only to watch it's final, catastrophic nose dive and subsequent retirement. The promo videos of repeatable, sustained flight are misleading. There's a reason this item was available at such a great sale price. We wasted our money. Don't buy it, no matter how much they lower the price.

I purchased two of these at Amazon. The first never flew, it only nosed into ground and then broke. The second I had some spectacular flights and was able to actually do barrel rolls and high speed passes. These planes are, however, extremly fragile. Even minor crashes would cause the stabilizer to become unglued. I was only able to keep the second one flying with lots of tape and glue. The flight times are also quite a bit shorter than the XPV shadow hawk.

This toy is horribly designed. It looks okay, but that is all smoke and mirrors if you expect a toy that does what the box says it does.

First of, it could never take off from the ground because once it gets moving quickly, it starts to pull to one side or the other and then spins out. So, we tried a throw launch. No dice. It nose dove in under 3 seconds 100% of the time. Holding it up with the props going you can feel why: they pull forward and DOWN. There is no way this thing could stay aloft, unless it were already high in the air with an updraft.

I suppose we can run it on the ground, but we could have found tons of nicer RC cars if we had wanted to do that.

By the way, the only reason to give it a 2 in educational value was that it unintentionally provided lessons to my son in troubleshooting and in learning that there are companies out there willing to swindle and disappoint children.

This toy is just styrofoam and BOTH arms broke off the first time my son used it. Needless to say he was a bit upset that Santa did not do a better job. I was expecting more from all the positive reviews. You need a LOT of open space (like a football field) for this toy to work. It is already in the back of the closet and forgotten.

My son had seen this on a commercial and absolutely wanted this for Christmas. Have not managed to get the thing to fly and have now ripped his leg off. It does come with a repair kit - that should give me a clue. What a disappointment.

I got for 8 yr old son for Christmas and its very hard for him to fly and keep in air does not fly like it said... I would save your money