Has anyone seen the new coax heli that they are selling for the Holidays at Costco? I saw a pallet of them tonight at a Costco in Irvine CA for about $34each. They are constructed of metal, have a gyro, and yes, they are made in China. I am just wondering if anyone has tested one out yet.

Mike D

So, are they sub-micro 3 channel infrared controlled type or are they larger, RF controlled?






Is this it? if it's $34 in store that's much cheaper than the online price:



http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product...hse=BC&Dx=mode matchallpartial&Ntk=Text_Search&Dr=P_CatalogName:B C&Ne=4000000&D=interceptor&Ntt=interceptor&No=0&Nt y=1&Ntx=mode matchallpartial

Yes! I saw them...I will be picking one up sooner or later.
It appears to be a 9074 clone.

Looks alot like The DH 9074 that uses a wall charger.
The Costco clones however uses two usb plugs to charge it.
RF transmitter uses a 9 volt battery.
Comes with a spare tail rotor and two connect buckles.
Here is the instruction manual
http://www.costco.com/Images/Content...PDF/532977.pdf
Guess I will have to visit Costco to check this out

Looks like this could be a good thing!

I think I'll pass...........only if they start selling them for less than $30 I'd consider it. Prefer 4 channel coaxials, so much better. I'd wish Costco or Sam's Club would bring in a Esky Lama V4 for less than $50, I'd be all over that, I'd pick up several! Tired of junky poor responding and poor performing cheapo 3 channel toys.


Doubletap

$30, $35, I'll buy more than two.

If they have them at My local Costco I will pick one up on saturday.
I like the bigger heli's that I can fly indoors and outside. If it has smooth Yaw control I will be happy.

on sale Tower Hobbies $49.98:


http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...23&postcount=1

More like $60 with shipping, but looks to be a good thing...or a sign of them to come.

Confirm or dismiss my speculation, KB, that only the throttle is proportional.

What's odd if you look at the IR codes, ALL the functions have the same number of bits as THR does yet only THR has any proportionality. Sometimes half of them are used for reverse, sometimes there's a separate RVS bit. In some codesets, RUD TRM is even sent as a separate codeblock.

RF is not restricted by bitcount, only by clock rate, how small/large the increments of pulse position.

Over my head...by choice, some things I avoid learning to keep free HDD space in my Gulliver.

Probably only the tail speed, maybe the yaw rate.

Tomatoes and Helicopters always go together well.

Nitroplanes has the 9074 on sale for $26.70 if you kick in their 10% Off Haloween discount, you will be paying $24.03 plus shipping should be around $7-$10. Soooooo.................. this Costco deal doesn't sound such a great deal does it?


http://www.nitroplanes.com/doho903chrcm1.html










NitroPlanes.com Halloween Special. 10% OFF EVERTHING! Coupon Code: EVERYPLANE expires 10/31/10
NitroPlanes.com Halloween Special. 10% OFF EVERTHING! Coupon Code: EVERYPLANE expires 10/31/10

Now Xheli has the 9074 on sale for $29.70 with free shipping:


http://www.xheli.com/doho903chrcm.html