Micro Mosquito Helicopter by Interactive Toy Concepts

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The Micro Mosquito Helicopter looks like it can be lots of fun. Either the guy in the video is very skilled in flying helicopters or this unit is simple to fly. I have seen people trying to get the hang of flying RC helicopters and not having an easy time…

“The future of R/C fits in the palm of your hand! The Micro Mosquito is the world’s smallest, lightest and most stable indoor R/C helicopter. Fully assembled only inches long and whisper silent, its packed with high-tech ingenuity. Based on award-winning BladeRunner coaxial rotor design, the Micro Mosquito flies in all directions with 3 channel digital control going up, down, forward, reverse, turning left and right and it even hovers. Its open structure design combined with glowing green eyes lets you see the inner workings while you watch in awe at its total control flight performance. A great gadget toy for the home or office.

Fitting, as is obvious from this photo (unless they chose a man with mammoth hands), in the palm, and using the ingenious BladeRunner double-propeller system which relies on a coaxial rotor to make piloting the ‘chopper as easy as stroking a tame chipmunk. A three-channel digital remote controls up & down motion, forward & reverse, turning left & right and even allows the Mosquito to hover.”

Via: TechEBlog and SlashGear

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64 Comments




  4. How can this gadget be hacked? Will it hold a tiny camera?


  5. Piers, i don`t see the fuzz- The heli featured here, and the one you refer to, is made by the same dude. He just keeps making them smaller and smaller…


  6. These seem like the coolest things in the world.. both in theory and right out of the box. But once you get over your first jitters and get steady on the controls you may see that the thing is generally uncontrollable. It goes up and down and rotates just fine. Forwards and backwards, however, seems to be a pipe dream.

    We bought 2 for our office a few days ago, visions of helicopter fights and co-worker harassment dancing in our heads. But even after mastering a stable hover, we cannot get the damb thing to move. It seems like the tail prop isn’t powerful enough to tilt the copter forward or backwards, and it appears that it (the tail prop) causes a powerful enough disruption of the air to destabilize the main rotors at times. We tried attaching the “kit” to increase forward speed (I say “kit” because it’s just a collection of rubber weights to attach near the front of the bird — I suppose a bit of rolled up tape would suffice equally well), and I tried augmenting the rear props with some tape (to increase surface area), but to no avail. Of course, the micro-sized rear motor is extremely weak as-is.

    Further, when other people/the instructions/etc say that it’s for “indoor use”, that is a vast understatement. You really have to use it in a room where the air has not been disturbed for hours. In our office environment, wind from moving people and air vents (even may feet away) can hopelessly destabilize the ‘copter (at worst) or cause it to drift around randomly (at best).

    While I’m not one to bemoan a product easily, especially one that requires some skill to use properly, we have 2 identical units and a number of both coordinated and intelligent testers, and no-one could move this thing in a satisfactory manner.

    I am, however, impressed by the durability of the helicopter, despite its apparent flimsy construction. But I think one of its main selling points — its tiny size and low weight — is also its biggest downfall, making it unstable in even the tiniest breeze.

    Unfortunately, most of the reviews of this product have been incredibly PR-sounding in nature, or have only been in the user’s hands for a very short time. I can easily see how a reviewer with limited time to write their article might be quickly taken in by the possibilities of this machine, chalking any failures up to user error. Having used this helicopter for a few days (and at least a few hours of flying), I’m no expert, but merely trying to present a more balanced view. I remember that last year around Christmas, RadioShack sold a great mini RC helicopter that was a bit bigger than the Mosquito and made largely of Styrofoam. That was a great product; it was more stable, and far more maneuverable than the Mosquito. Sorry, but I can’t remember its name, although I believe they still sell a similar product for even less bucks than the Mosquito.

    But that’s just my opinion. Maybe with more practice and/or some more tweaking I’ll be singing its praises.


  7. I’ve had mine for over a month now and have the hang of it, it indeed takes quite some practice to be able to maneuver this rc toy. Observe the glide effect and practice figure 8’s and you’ll eventually be able to maneuver it better, in somewhat turbulent environments you’ll be able to restabilize the heli by counter rotating it at the proper rate according to its descent and spin,unless the velocity is too intense, then the rotors collide. It does have a better forward tilt with some weight attached, but you can get steady forward flight by flying with a slight arcing pattern with the throttle. I can take off, do a few laps, and land from the same spot on the floor or my dresser or someone’s hand.


  8. Mine broke Christmas day. Shoddy peice of crap.


  9. Got mine for Christmas. It has a gear drive for the main rotors not the rubber band drive in the picture. Actually it doesn’t look too much like the pictures here. I had it hovering quickly and, after trimming it so it didn’t rotate, I got some controlled flight. It wasn’t pretty but I thought it followed the controls fairly well. I am not a very experienced rc person so I will have to get some practice before I make any more judgements about its quality of flight. I’ve crashed it a number of times because I didn’t have enough space around it. Tomorrow I will try it in the garage where I have some space to make some control adjustments before it hits something. No damage yet. Kit includes an extra pair of main rotors and a rear rotor too. Hope I don’t need them! I haven’t tweeked it yet. I’ll let ya know how this old man makes out.


  10. Have flown mine about 15 times since opening it yesterday. Pretty much have the hang of it now. Crashed it dozens and dozens of times- So far only broke the tail rotor- replaced that with one of the two provided. Forward and reverse flight no real problem at all now. Biggest challenge has been learning to avoid contributing to the onset of gyroscopic wobble and removing it while it’s still minor enough (without having to land or crash)to be dealt with in flight. I’ve been practicing and experimenting with little zig zag movements, sort of like short sailboat tacking moves. This has seemed to help remove the onset of the potentially deadly gyroscopic wobble that can be created by indelicate or heavy handed steering…or bumping into something while in flight. Make sure the upper rotor is spinning freely and fully independently of the lower rotor. I had to remove mine to clean and ream out a little (by simply scraping out the inside upon the end of the drive shaft). I notice that the led eyes take a bit of a beating- bending up or down in the process. The plastic which goes around the leg screw on the bottom body shell could be made with a slightly larger radius and it would be stronger- one of mine cracked there. This thing is a heck of a lot of fun. Hope the motors and the lithium battery lasts. Would like to know if the charger is smart: does it protect the battery by stopping charging once the green blinking light goes out. No documentation on this online or in box. More complete owners manual would be helpful. Some info available in the online document would be better in the box.


  11. I spent a few more hours this afternoon working on my flying skills. I have a few tips to share.

    1. The manual I have doesn’t explain very clearly the procedure for setting the motor speed control (Up/Down) on the transmitter. When turning on the transmitter, the green LED flashes. Push the speed control all the way to the stop and back again to zero. The LED stops flashing, staying on, and the control is calibrated. I think this is the proper procedure. It seems to take a short while before the transmitter will communicate with the helicopter. I haven’t figured this one out yet.

    2. When first trying to fly, perfect your hover first. This is a combination of the speed control and the trim pot. Give it enough speed to get it slightly off the surface. You will notice that there will be some rotation of the body. Use the trim pot to remove the rotation. My pot seems to work opposite of the movement (as if I needed any more complications). Practice the speed/trim procedure until you can hover almost motionless and then add more speed (Up) to raise the hover into the air. This is where you will more than likely run into problems with gusts of air causing wobble. I had to move away from the garage doors to reduce the air gusts. I only noticed them because there were a few leaves that were moving next to the door. The litte copter is so light that it has to react to these gusts.

    3. Give yourself a little space to start your movements back and forward or side to side. I used my garage floor which is fairly free of things to run into! Hover and move the direction stick to try to make it move around. The movement in mine seems to be very delicate… that is, it takes quite a bit of stick to get the direction I want. The wobble can make it almost impossible to control so work on getting that under control before starting large movements. You can sometimes even use the wobble to your advantage to get the direction you want if the wobble is slow enough.

    I haven’t broken mine yet but I have been very careful. It seems that you will want to pick it up by the rotors but I think that is where I started to have problems with alignment. I have added a laser level to my bench to try to even out the legs and rotors so it starts off the ground evenly and hovers easily. A visual inspection showed that the legs were bent so I leveled them off and it started lifting off evenly and reduced the induced wobble. The rotors seem to be uneven too but I can’t find a way to make them even. Too much play in the mechanism. Anyway, if the legs touch down unevenly, they have spring that will cause things to wobble. Watch ’em!


  12. Piers, in his message of September 25, says that the quote “The Micro Mosquito is the world’s smallest, lightest and most stable indoor R/C helicopter” is a bold faced lie. I think the manufacture is referring to the fact that they manufacture and sell the smallest . . . helicopter. Pete, whose helicopter you show in the linked pictures, designed the Micro Mosquito and has custom built a number of smaller and lighter helicopters. I don’t think anyone has manufactured a smaller helicopter that is this easy to fly.


  13. Have the same experience as ScottR : when want to go forward or backwards the tail motor seems to draw to much current and the MM (version 08a06) goes down… its an art to compensate to keep in the air….. mmm like my Silverlit PicooZ better for maneuvering .

    They also are smaller and lighter(10 grams) than the MM….


  14. RC controller delay?

    It seems like 75% of the time there is a 1 to 3 second delay between my throttle input (i.e. push the stick up or down) and the reaction on the copter. It makes the hover almost impossible to control. It is very obvoius sometimes – for instance the copter will start shooting to the ceiling. I’ll cut the throttle *completely*. It will continue to shoot to the ceiling, get stuck there for a couple of seconds, (rotors still going at fill tilt), then finally the power to the rotors will cut out.

    Sometimes, I can hold it in my hand, push up on the throttle, wait one or two seconds, and then the rotors start spinning (I don’t notice any sounds or reaction during those 2 seconds). Same goes for dropping the throttle back to zero… another couple of seconds later the copter responds. My buddy at work says his friend had the exact same experience.

    Also, on about half my takeoffs (or more) – starting from a “new” calibration (i.e. turn off the controller and the copter, turn on the copter, the controller, then push the throttle stick all the way up, then all the way back down) – the rotors just won’t hit takeoff speed. They’ll get going fast – but you can hear that there still not going fast enough. (I’m giving it full throttle). Then, maybe after 10 seconds, finally the rotors suddenly speed up to the “correct” take off speed and the copter starts flying.

    So what do I need to do to fix this problem?

    thanks!


  16. Only very intermittently can I use the left/right to make the mosquite helicopter left/right, even when the trim seems correctly adjusted. When it does work it works for an entire flight, however (i.e. until landing), perhaps suggesting that it isn’t radio interference causing a problem (especially since the trim control works fine, and I’m not far away).

    Most of the time I can’t turn either left or right (except by turning the trim control), although sometimes one of the two works a bit; very rarely both work together. And yet sometimes they both work very responsively, but only about a tenth of the time.

    Any ideas? The tail rotor can be controlled fine, but it’s not a huge amount of use without directional control.

    Since it steers by altering the speed differential between the two blades, I’ve tried bending the blades slightly to ensure the trim setting is in the middle when correctly adjusted in case it had no headroom on the control or something, but that didn’t fix it. I also wondered if maybe the two sets of gears were colliding slightly but that can’t be the case because adjusting the trim gives an instantaneous turn in the relevant direction.

    I don’t understand this because it’s an inconsistent fault and doesn’t seem to make much sense. Any ideas?


  17. I flew mine about fifteen times and like it so much I divorced my wife and left the kids with her. I am currently in flight school and gonna fly choppers for a living boys. AIm High!!


  18. i bought mine off ebay. i have spent the whole day tring to get it to move forward and reverse but it just spins like a top.
    after working out it needed more power from the rear rotor to tilt the heli i looked in the box at the second rotor supplied.
    the rotor that come on the heli is 30mm and the spare on in the box is 38mm. after fitting this i noticed a big diffrence in flight but be careful not to rip the wires off the motor when changing the rotor.


  19. CAN SOMEBODY TELL ME WHERE I CAN BUY ONE OF THIS…!

    AND SHIP IT TO COLOMBIA SOUTH AMERICA…


  20. I am impressed by the size of this toy and it seems quite responsive to turning and throttle control. But Alike others I am having problems getting it to go back and forth. The motor at the tail appears to be not powerful enough? Can anyone assist me?


  21. I got mine today, went through about 5 battery charges I have been flying in my bedroom with about a qubic foot of free air, Its 50 50 on the wobbles sometimes it will hover perfic others it will wobble I have crashed it a few good times, no damage, I have tried a few things for weight in the front, best i have found is a a normal size middle thickness guitar pick with one inch black tape centerd under the motors point of pick the abdoman. gos very well foward, backwords works almost to well really scensitive. LEDs are bright, I also got a flight Sim with controller on ebay for 25 bucks. this Alany Micro Heil was 42 bucks on ebay. comes with AC charger no base and ok Directoins.


  22. My bottom rotor will not spin, any suggestions?


  23. Hello helpful ppl! I got mine too today.
    My forward/reverse seems useless, the tail rotor seems to just cause the heli to spin. Any ideas? It seems like it needs more power


  24. Ray,

    Your gears are probaly missaligned. Reread the instruction or check Interactive Toy’s web site. A hard crach can cause the gears to both be on the one drive.

    Richard,

    I just got mine today. Trim was a problem, it kept spinning. Sounds like you have my problem. I added a small rubber band for weight near the tail roter. It reduced the amount of trim I needed and made the tail roter much more effective.


  25. The Micro Mosquito Sucks a big steaming TURD, Hell I could prodaly take the rotors off
    stick it in a turd and it would perform better than what I have now.
    If I could get the manufactures address Id send
    this piece of krap back to them.

    Hope other people read these articles and dont waste thier money on this piece of krap.


  26. Hi I got mine recently and I have the same problem going forward and backwards. I have put the bigger rotor at the back but it does not make a lot of diffence. What should I do?

    Also, there is a little handle at the bottom of the copter on the main rotor axis. What is this for? You can tilt that handle left and right but i did not notice any difference in the flight.


  27. i got mine yesterday but haven’t realli had a chance to fly it till today. as with most other people who got this chopper, i noticed that forward flight was particularly dodgy in that it could fly backwards fine (too well in my opinion) but forward flight was dismal. i tried djve’s idea to put a rubber band on the back and it worked to help trim (coz mine kept spinning), but i also added some weight on the front to make it go forward and create stability. i added to small balls of bluetac to the ends of the front two legs. flys great now – still not perfect, but practice makes perfect – and when i say “flys great”, i mean in comparison to what it started with in the beginning wen i took it out of the box. I didn’t buy the rubber weights, but I find this works just as well for any other person who doesn’t want to buy the extras.

    Nick:
    I noticed the little knob thingy underneath the chopper. Still not sure what its for, was about to rip it off (coz I thought it was useless) until I read ur comment and decided better to leave it on…just incase.


  28. I have 2 of them. Mine also flies way better backwards than it does forwards. The ultimate fix will be to get inside the TX and figure out how how to change the thow of the pot that controls the tail. But the fast, fun fix is to weight the front a little and fly around like the best little 2 channel you’ve ever seen. What you have then is a 2 channel with a brake. Fly like a bat out of hell and pull back on the stick to hover & brake… Really fun!


  29. i finally figured out what that little knob underneath the body of the mm is for. it holds the vertical axle in which the top rotors are on. mine fell off and the axle flew off during takeoff. but i fixed it and its fine now.


  30. Well I have had mine for about 25 charges and 3 sets of rotor blades (my dog loves the way the rotating blades taste). After countless crashes it finally stopped working. the motor that controls the top rotor gave up. I opened the bug up and found no voltage on the blue wire so I,m not sure if it is the motor or the circuit if anyone has a good schematic i would love to get back in the air.
    As for forward flight I found patience to be the key, the tail rotor is just slugish and the end result is creeping forward. if you like to invert the controls twist the tail shaft arround and put the blades pointing down


  31. picked one up at a wholesale lot, the fact that the store owner would not guarantee it to work out the box(meaning no receipt AND no return)should have been the first sign things would go wrong, mine is a NEW HUAN QI MINI 807 WIRELESS RADIO-CONTROLLED which cost half the price of the micro mosquito from radio shack (at least its returnable there) any how flew it once and had a minor crash, very minor
    then realized the rear motor(rudder) was not spinning (wonder if thats what the comment 22 meant and not the bottom rotor) any how I’ve managed to wiggle the motor out just enough to see the two wires are still attached. i wonder if i will be able to change the motor or/and will have to open the bottom to make sure the problem isn’t the main board connection. anyone having this problem please post your how to as i will mine as soon as i’m done .it’s the best 2 minutes i had flyiong in my life hoo ray


  32. I got one of these at brohauns.com It flies great! They are so cool, it hovers perfectly in place and then I can fly it forwards and reverse landing it on the kitchen table. I’m having a blast with it! I also got some spare rotor blades at brohauns.com too. Great price and service.. props to them


  33. I picked one up at Radio Shack yesterday. I have become fairly proficient, after 4 or 5 charges I can hover around in the living room. I also took it outside last night when it was very calm. During the short period when the battery is to week to fly above the ground effect envelope seams like good opportunity to learn some skills.

    Hacks I have already made:
    After loosing one of the two tail rotors that came in the package, I created a guard to protect the remaining one. I used some very fine gage wire that came from the heating element of a hair dryer. The guard is a semi circle about ½ inch grater in diameter than the rotor. It is attached by wrapping the ends around the vertical nub beneath the motor, then around the tail shaft. Secure the guard by twisting the ends together.

    After several crashes and collisions, the tail rotor has not come off.

    Even the minimal weight of this guard seamed to add to the stability, but detract from the forward flight, some added weight at the front helped that, I used some little rubber sticky foot pads that I had.

    Also, after working around the tail motor, the rubber tube fell off, I glued it back in place. I used hot glue, but rubber cement or super glue should work.


  34. Wow cool,
    Did adding weight to the front make it fly forwards faster?
    So far I’ve broken my top main blade after a pretty hard crash lol. I haven’t tried it outside .. yet 😀
    http://www.brohauns.com had the exact perfect main blade replacement for me, for cheaper than Radio Shack so I ordered a couple sets and it saved my bacon lol
    .. Well good luck with yours.. I love mine way too much fun.. only thing is, now I’m hooked .. I’m an addict for RC helicopters now! lol


  35. I just got my Mosquito a few days ago, and after reading these comments, I think it’s worth noting that mileage may vary depending on the manufacturer, usage, and pilot. 😉

    For my 2 cents, the Mosquito rocks and is absolutely worth the change you’ll drop on it. For the price, it’s the best, most stable indoor chopper around. Many of the problems mentioned – for instance the slow response to certain control adjustments – are consistent with what I’ve seen from other low-range choppers, and are not limited to the Mosquito.

    As for the device’s fragility, it is – again – consistent with similar devices. The blades are pureposefully breakable to reduce the chance of causing damage to the people or furniture in the surrounding area, but all in all it’s a tough little machine. As long as you’re willing to err on the side of slow-n-steady, it’s unlikely that you’ll break a blade during controlled flight unless you hit a sweet spot in the plastic (which does, sadly, happen).

    The fore and aft movement -is- tough to master, but the thing works, and for a heli of this price and durability, that’s an amazing thing. As others have mentioned, it can help to take an arcing approach to forward motion, as the spinning of the rear blade tends to pull the tail to the left or right. Eventually you’ll learn to make tiny steering adjustments as you fly forward, and that’s the key.

    Indoor choppers are somewhat physically limited by nature, but the Mosquito’s ability to hover is what sets it apart and makes it possible to recover from near-crashes. While the forward movement can be difficult or slow to respond, the vertical axis responds quickly, allowing the pilot to ‘pull up’ and out of many touchy situations.

    Finally, I think that many of the naysayers are overstating their case. While I understand the dissapointment of breaking the copter on day one or not being able to whisk around the office at breakneck speeds, I also think that you get what you pay for. If you want a helicopter that fulfills your wildest fantasies, you’ll need to spend a lot more money – both on the initial purchase and the repairs you’ll have to make as you flub around with the far more advanced and delicate control scheme. There’s a reason that R/C helicopters aren’t more popular among amateurs: they’re difficult to fly and easy to break.

    In all, my perception of the Mosquito is of a stable, durable, and tenacious toy that’s damned bangin’ for the buck. It’s easy to get replacement parts, and the ingenious, simple design ensures that there’s only so much that can be broken in the first place. My advice would be to take it slow and easy, to abandon the throttle when you’re about to crash (though the thing tends to wind down slowly), and to give yourself plenty of room for experimentation. You might be frustrated at first, but give yourself some time and you’ll see that the thing’s really quite flyable – even forward – in experienced hands.

    Again, this is only my experience with the chopper. Not everyone who breaks a blade or can’t get it to move forward is doing something wrong; between brittle blades and malfunctioning motors, I’m sure that there are lemons out there. Even so, I love this thing. So much that I’m going to fly it right now. Join the club, and enjoy!


  36. I got one flew three time, but the four crash and broke the support for the pellal.
    can anyone tell me where i can get some spare part for it, it look kind of cube and i intend to put it into condition.


  37. Can anyone care to tell me where i can get spare part


  39. You can get spare parts for these from http://www.brohauns.com
    they have the upper and lower main rotor sets. I don’t know if they carry any other spare parts, but I have seen them sell whole helicopters (used/returns)for spare parts. Maybe you could look there or contact them.
    Good luck,
    Howard


  40. Thanks for the advice djve, ( working like a dream now)

    🙂


  41. got mine. love it. Flies forward fine, just needs experienced hands. Mega bang for your buck hands down!


  42. I can’t make mine hover yet for long, either goes up or down 🙁
    Same with rotating, can’t set the potmeter so finely so as not to rotate to left or right 🙁
    also, seems that with height, the speed changes.
    Otherwise, I found it very durable, couldn’t break it yet.


  43. I have seen several people complaining of problems controlling height and forward motion together.
    This situation is common on all helicopters from the Micro to a Sikorsky. as you vector the thrust to produce horizontal motion, you are sacrificing lift and must compensate by increasing power.

    this is not a design flaw of the micro, it is part of the nature of helicopters.

    Also to increase stability on the Micro, try adding small amounts of weight to the extremities. putting a guard around the tail rotter, then adding just enough weight to compensate for that as far forward as possible worked for me. Use the smallest steel wire you can find and make a loop just bigger than the tail rotter for the guard.


  44. I guess I got screwed. With all the problems posted, at least these Mosquitos are getting off the ground. I have yet to get the thing to rise more than an inch or two off the floor. I have new batteries in the base unit. I purchased a new set of blades, even thought the first set look to be in perfect condition. I have tried flying the thing in different rooms with different floor surfaces and no air vents. I have changed the angle of attack on the blades, nothing works. Are there any SUGGESTIONS out there!? The instruction that came with the unit leave MUCH to be desired.


  45. ive had mine for 3 months it flys great no problems iv’e herd alot of peaple complaining of problems.if you buy one get it from radio shack if you get from ebay it will be the aloney micro mosquito do not buy this one it is a remake of radio shack micro mosquito.it is cheap made and will not fly good at all. please trust me get the radio shack micro mosquito you will be very happy you did.


  46. I purchased the Mosquito yesterday from Radio Shack. The unit is new, both sets of blades and two sets of batteries are also new. The thing just will not fly. There is one other serious problem I have not mentioned, the fact that the unit will not fly seemed to negate any other problems I was having. However, the two problems may be related. The Mosquito has a nasty CCW spin. Twisting the blades (as noted in the poor set of instructions) adjusting the trim and using the left/right control only serves to slow the spin. Spinning the trim in the opposite direction has been tried, as well as adjusting the other rotor blade. I have tried all combinations of solutions, all to no avail. I am thinking that some of the energy that would otherwise go into the rotors for lift is being wasted in body. This is why I purchased replacement blades, hoping that the rotor blades were misaligned. In review: I cannot achieve takeoff or stop the terrible spinning. Am I just banging my head against a wall?! HELP?


  47. every once in a great while some one will get a micro mosquito tha is deftive the spinnning is controled a small computer telling the blades to spinn at the same speed if the computer is defective than it can not be ajusted so i would sujest yopu take it back to raido shack with youre recepe,and trade it for a new one.i bought one my to brothers bought one and my freind bought one and they all perform great.and again do not but one from alony off ebay make sure its exclusivly from radio shack..


  48. sorry my typeing skills suck..and spelling..


  49. Radio Shack made the exchange with ease. The new Mosquito works great. Even after one of the blades, on the bottom rotor, broke off I had more control than the previous unit did. All is well.


  50. the other day i broke the lower rotor blade, it still flew but it would shake bad.so i went to radio shack and bought the replacment kit onley sold at radio shack.it comes with the top and bottom blades a tail rotor and some other small stuff, but now mine flys as as smooth as butter.i would sudgest that you buy the replacment kit and get that rotor fixed its onley $9.99 then you can get the full control out of the unit.


  51. necesitamos saber si ustedes tiene el repuesto 004 main rotor B set 1 del helicoptero wireless 807 r/c gracias esperamos una pronta respuesta


  52. Bought myself one for xmas – its brilliant ! – it takes a while to master – there IS a delay in response so you do have to anticipate where its going so that you dont over-correct.
    Despite its apparent flimsy build mine has had a few spectacular crashes and escaped unscathed !
    I do agree getting it to go forwards/backwards isnt so good, the essential thing is to trim out any rotation using the centre knob.
    My remote had a slight fault – with the controls in neutral the tail rotor kept spinning – I had to open the remote and adjust one of the preset pots on the circuit board !
    PS The small adjustment underneath appears to tilt the main rotor shaft to the left or right – not sure what for yet the instructions are written in chinglish !.
    NOTE If flight becomes erratic check the battery in the remote !


  53. the small “adjustment” underneath is a clip that allows you to remove the rotor shaft. I tried for a week to figure out what it changed, nothing.


  54. I was given the heli for an early Christmas present from my girlfriend, after leaving it alone for the last week and then trying to fly it , when the heli lifts from the ground it starts to rock back and forth progressively getting worse and till the point where the bottom blade makes contact with the upper blade causing it to crash……does anyone know what or how to correct this problem ?

    Thanks
    mike


  55. I got the MM for Xmas – was working great – able to control direction, height, etc. After a few days of success I now have nothing but grief. Rotors won’t stay in a stable orientation (top rotor will tilt) causing the MM to spiral to a crash. Any suggestions – what’s going on?
    Gord


  56. Gord

    seems like we have the same problem…I ordered new blades, will let you know how that works out…


  57. I bought new blades – completely solved the spiral crashing problems – only now i can’t get the MM more than 10 inches off the floor – new batteries, new blades – no height on take-off – suggestions out there?


  58. Try taking off the back of the controller and turning the trim pots in there- you will need a small knife or something the one on the left controls the throttle sensitivity… the one on the far right is for the tailrotor.


  60. my heli micro mosquito is brand new from radioshack. new blades new batterries but the heli wont rise more than a few centimeters off the ground.please help!


  61. I got one just this last weekend – after a few not-quite-stable flights, I opened up the transmitter and took out all of the springs. Flights since then are much more controllable, since I don’t have to fight with the control sticks. Forward and reverse flight are at a very slow walking pace – the price you pay for having the stability. It seems that part of the stability is the articulation in the rotors’ plane of rotation, which allows the gyroscopic forces to oscillate the blades but not the ‘copter. Hence, the light action of the tail rotor tilts the body, but it takes a couple of seconds for the blades to tilt into the same plane. With ~5 charges, I’m now able to land it fairly reliably in a 20″ radius of the intended destination.


  62. I just received mine, and on the first charge had lots of fun with it. However, I placed it on charge and after reading the manual, the smart charger would change from red to green and stop charging when the battery was full… This didn’t happen, the battery exploded set fire to my curtains and I consider myself lucky that I was here to put the following fire out which has done a fair bit of damage but could have been much much worse. Has any one else had this problem? Please be aware of over charging, it was on for approximately 3.5 hrs. I just feel lucky I wasn’t near it at the time as I can only describe it as a 2 meter radius fire ball which then turned into a molten plastic fire.



  64. I’ve had a Mosquito 604 for a couple of years now (bought from Jaycar) and still is fun to fly. Only problems I’ve had so far is the control range is really crappy – I get a maximum range of around 4 metres (around 12-14 ft) range from transmitter to ‘copter, if you crash too many times, the very fine leads that power the rear rotor can sometimes break off from the receiver board in the ‘copter, disabling the rear rotor. A set of jeweler’s screwdrivers, a very fine-tipped soldering iron and steady hands are required to repair this rather annoying defect. Another one is it throws one of the little arms that link the top rotor to the gyro bar (the bar with the small weights on it that keeps it level) occasionally, but I can normally find it fairly quickly. Tried ‘buzzing’ the cat, and the cat seems to like jumping after it as well… actually, this caused the majority of my crashes 😛 Otherwise, absolutely brilliant and fun once you get the hang of it – as the classics say, Practice Makes Perfect.

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