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bad toys!
I bought this toy 2 years ago.It looked great put together, but broke the first time I flew it.Good thing it came with a second set of wings, but they broke too.I ordered replacement wings and they broke.So, what I am getting at is, don't buy this unless you want to keep buying replacement wings. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Put on your own air show with this radio-controlled stunt flyer from Air Hogs. Jet black, and rather stealthy-looking, the plane can reach heights of up to 100 feet and perform stunts such as 360-degree loops and sidewinders. It's built from a single piece of high-density EPP foam, which is stronger than either EPS or polystyrene, and outfitted with twin propellers made of durable plastic. The six-way radio control enables you to move the plane up, down, left, or right; thrust it forward; or land it. No assembly is required, and two spare propellers are included just in case. Required, and sold separately, are eight D batteries for the docking station and six AA batteries for the controller. The airplane charger doubles as a display stand. --Andy Boynton ... Read more

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MOST HOPLESS TOY
I NEVER FIND THIS MUCH HOPLESS AND BOARING TOY.THIS IS WASTE OF MONEY AND ALSO WASTE OF TIME.IT IS UNBELVIABLE.

ho hum
flew great first time, then would spiral and nose hit the ground, after 6 hits the fyuselage broke into two, was fun when it lasted for my 9 yr old but not worth the money if it breaks that fast

waste of money
The Easter Bunny brought this plane for our son.We charged it up, took it outside.After it's 4th flight, the propeller nut came off followed by the propeller.It crashed.Took a small chunk out of the wing.Remarkably we found the propeller and nut.Put it back on.Tightened it and the other one.Next flight the opposite nut and thus propeller came off.Crash.Nut and propeller gone.DOES NOT COME WITH SPARE NUTS.5 flights (about 10 minutes of play) was NOT worth the money.

Oh, but if you call the company they're sell you a set for only $5 after shipping. ... Read more

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Reviews (6)

works too well
Bought this toy and lost it in two days. It flew more than 200ft and diasppeared behind some trees and shrub. Loved it!! Gonna buy two more!!

woweecaboodals!
yipee! an airhog that works (very well). though breakable, the box says 50 ft- 200 ft sonny! pirty durable the flight pattern is soewhat simalar to the one on the commercial! no kidding! yet its all about how many pumps and just the right throw. first off, pump it around 25 pumps of the bicycle tire-pump thingy included. flick the proppelor reeeel hard and stiffin your legs up a bit look strait forward not at the plane- strait forward- down toss it- dont heave it- just chuck it 10 degrees upward facing AGAINST THE WIND- very important. and then hey, the plane will do the rest. oh ya every ones confused about the styrofoam- its to make the plane light, how far do ya think a chunk of plastic will fly? huh? huh? ~chris

kinda cool- if you know much about flight
hhmmm well- fist of all i wana tell you that if its a particularly windy day- face against the wind and launch 30 degrees upward- duh! the propellor will absorb more air for a faster stedier flight and wil reach bout 50 feet from your upward launch and will slowly drift back down to earth.i want to warn you that yur gonna have to ajust it alot every flight or so. not to much if you get the ailoron flaps positioned juuust corectly. i dont know about the other reviews (pollute the air in your local neibor hood? now tell how that would happen!)and this is pretty cool. and remember to buy the air hog planes that are powerd by air, the electric ones (dont know bout you) reeaaly suck! who knew! ... Read more

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AWESOME!!!
I am 12 year old boy and i bought this toy for my 6 year old brother. He really liked it. But only one thing dissapointed me. This plane needs too much batteries. When the plane was shipped, I forgot to buy the batteries. But it wasn't Amazon.com's problem. I found out that there was a colemn saying this plane needs 4 batteries.

This is a great toy for bigginers, even to me!

The Flying Foam Cooler
The Air Hogs Eradicator is an interesting concept, but overall I can't recommend it to others.

I consider myself a fairly savvy toy shopper, and a believer in the principle that the best toys are simple toys, or non-toys. But in this case I let down my guard and bought something that really doesn't provide much play value, or value in general, for what it costs.

Every parent gets to steer their children toward the types of toys that we find interesting or exciting. I was always a fan of flying toys, and my son fortunately seems to have the same inclination. So we have spent many hours making and playing with inexpensive toy airplanes of all types.

The Air Hogs Eradicator is on some level a triumph of technology--As a child 30 years ago, I would have been thrilled by the idea of an airplane with an electric motor and rechargeable battery. (And I guess I was still thrilled enough to have thought about it for several years before finally going to the store and getting one.) It's pretty amazing even now when you consider how such a toy has a motor and battery that are strong enough to provide some lift without weighing the "airframe" down too much.

Ah, yes, the airframe. Remember those cheap polystyrene coolers that came out in the 60s? That's what the Eradicator is made of, or appears to be made of under the coat of colorful red paint. As a boy, I was always intrigued by how they had molded those little foamy beads into a smoothly shaped cooler whose lid squeaked around as we drove to the lake. And I recall distinctly how brittle the foam was, and when a chunk of it broke off (not a rare event), the cooler was done for. In the trash. In the landfill.

We got two or three good initial flights out of the Eradicator, perhaps because we had a good, wide-open spot to fly and the wind was perfect. As the instructions point out, you WILL need a light breeze to take flights of any length. And you will need to put some muscle behind it when you launch. I routinely got better flights than my kindergarten son, who couldn't seem to get the loft and velocity that I did. So if you're expecting just to stand out in the middle of a field, turn on the power switch, and let the plane go, you're going to be disappointed.

The problem is, you could very well be disappointed even if you do everything right. On one of our first flights, the plane headed for a nearby parking lot, conked on the edge of a curb, and promptly knocked a small chunk out of the wing. The instructions suggest taping up such mishaps, but we didn't happen to bring any tape with us and continued to fly the plane in slightly damaged condition. It worked about as well.

On our second outing, it must have been just a bit too breezy and the plane simply couldn't stay up when thrown into the breeze as the instructions suggest. It kept arcing upward and nose-diving into the grass, and on the fourth attempt it hit the ground with such force that the body broke in half. Tape put it back together when we got home, but we left the park disgusted at the plane's obvious fragility.

I realize it's not easy creating a lightwight plane for a low cost, and foam beads are a convenient material to make an interesting-looking and airworthy (though not necessarily crashworthy) plane body. But when that plane snapped in half after only about ten flights I thought, "You idiot. You got took! It's more cheap Chinese-made junk to clutter up the basement. What were you thinking?" And I don't like feeling that way.

Does the Air Hogs Eradicator occasionally provide interesting and long-lasting flights, which go so high the plane can indeed land in a tree? Yes, it does.

But the simple truth is that my son and I have had just as much fun with paper airplanes and the slightly more complex "White Wings" paper kit planes that you cut out, glue together and launch with a rubber-band catapult. We have occasionally lost such planes due to flights that go too high or too far, but we never felt the sense of loss and chump-dom that we felt watching our Air Hogs Eradictor nose-diving into the ground and breaking in half on its second trip to a park.

By the way, the plane must be recharged after each flight with the provided hand-held charger pack, which uses 4 C batteries. It has a cute "gas nozzle"-shaped charging tip that you plug into the side of the plane and, when done, can slide into a special holding bay on the side of the charger. It is solid and well-made, and so securely mounted on the internal packaging boards that you'll need a wire cutter just to get it out of the box. I like the charger, and wish similar engineering prowess had been applied to the plane itself.

We will try the Air Hogs Eradicator again, on a less-windy day, and we will take our roll of tape along. But I for one will always be somewhat bothered by the idea that I spent $12 (it was on sale, at least) on something that I now feel obligated to keep and "make work"--unlike a good old paper airplane.

Eradicator sounds like an exciting aerial combat name, but the only thing this plane eradicated was--sorry, I can't resist--the money from my wallet.

air hogs air pressure plane
We bought 2 of these planes, because we have twin boys. They wanted this for thier Birthday. When they suggest to go to an open field to fly. They are absolutley correct. This plane flies really high and it will get caught in trees. You will have a lot of fun. We did get one caught in the trees. My children are having a lot of fun with these planes and they just turned 7. When they say flick the propellar hard to get it started we did and then the plane goes really far. It circles around all by itself so make sure thier are no trees in sight. ... Read more

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Don't Buy It!
Cheaply made, breaks after a few flights, landing in grass even. How can you make a product for 8 yera olds made out of flimsy styrofoam. Don't waste your money and dissapoint your kids.

OKAY.......KINDA
It might work for a while in the beginning but then it starts to not fly good. You should do it in the grass so it doesn't break apart. It may be fun for little kids.

Not worth the money!
These air hog toys look like so much fun, and they are but they aren't durable at all.They are made from cheap styrofoam and when they hit the ground they break and chip apart.I purchased this toy and another airhog toy for my son's birthday and both are extreme disappointments b/c they fall apart.The other air hog toy I bought I tried it out the first time and part of the plane fell off and so my son never even got to play with it.I am going to try to contact the company and complain but I don't know if it will do any good.I have my reciepts but no boxes.Anyways, spend your money else where, or if you don't mind spending 15 dollars for one afternoon of fun the go ahead and buy this toy.Toy manufacutures should be smart enough not to make a boys toy out of styrofoam.They hit the ground and break.I am so disappointed.I wasted about 30 dollars on these air hogs and now two weeks later I have nothing but broken planes to show for it.I should have just bought him another Xbox game, at least he'd still be able to play with that after 2 weeks. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Vehicles    2. Die-Cast    3. Planes   

Subjects:  1. Vehicles    2. Die-Cast    3. Planes   

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Editorial Review

The lightweight, plastic propellers and a charcoal-and-silver foam body on this spy copter don't make it very sturdy, but it has an arsenal of "high performance specs" that should balance vulnerability with greater agility. A few of them include altitude and rotor speed indicators, a "flight stabilizing" system, and proportion control, all of which help lift up to 50 feet. Those features are considerate, but kids won't even care about those doodads once their bird takes flight. Of course, it's not very large (more like a grasshopper than a spy copter) but has lots of fun is packed into it. Plus, its quick-charging station doubles as a cool launch pad, complete with an input jack shaped like a fuel nozzle. Included: instructional video. Required, eight "C" batteries for launch pad; six "AA" batteries for remote control.Diane Beall ... Read more

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GREAT HELICOPTER
My four year old son LOVE this.I was very impressed on how high it goes and how quickly you can regain control if it does get too high.The charging is very convenient as well, it is easy enough for even a smaller kid to hook it up right on the spot and the charge is ALOT quicker than the fly time...it flies for a good while.This is a great toy!

Hard to controll!
Sometimes this helecopter can be a real pain!because it is not easy to controll.It can be real fun.But it is not fun when you crash into a tree.i would recomend a large grass area to fly in.

Buy this helicopter
I bought the Black Resistor airplane from Air Hogs. The only bad thing is it flies for about 30 seconds and it crashes, with not that much height at all. Then I bought the Air Hogs Helicopter with hesitation. I didn't know if it would only fly for a second or so. But that wasn't the case. Make sure to charge it twice before you start flying your first flight for the day and you will have a blast. Controlling it can be a bit tricky but overall this toy is sooo much fun. I crashed into trees and a fence and it still flies. Don't buy the airplane but buy this helicopter. Make sure there is no wind or the whole time it will fly in that direction no matter which way you turn it. ... Read more

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Must be tall to fly
I have repeatedly taken my children out to fly the defender with no sucess.It just goes straight to the ground.My husband can get the plane to fly.I was quite upset because I do know how to fly RC planes.Then, I discovered the controls take a few seconds to get in gear.You need a drop greater of4-5 feet to have the plane fly and have the controls to take over.Well, I'm only able to get it about 5 1/2 feet off the ground.My husband is 6ft and is able to get at least another foot so, the controls have enough time to take over before it hits the ground.With me it nosedives.So, if you are tall its okay.However, us short people definitely have a annoying time with the plane.

One ToughAnd Fun Bird
I've flown mine for a few months in all different conditions (including moderate winds).It took about 4 flights before I had the hang of it.I even took it inside my church and bobbed and weaved around the tables in the Children's Ministry auditorium.Everyone who flies it or sees it fly wants one, I even took it up to my parent's house and buzzed my Dad while he was in the second story watching movies, he went out and bought one the next day!It stood up to several hard crashes before I put some electrical tape onto the leading edges to reinforce them.The only downside to this aircraft (as with its predecessor the intruder) is that the flight processor wont accept input for several seconds after launch, the easiest way to overcome it is to go to an elevated spot (4-5 feet) and launch down hill and into the wind.From there it's easy to climb up 25 feet or more above starting altitude.Happy Flying!!!

Difficult at first, but awesome with practice
I don't know what all these people are saying about how it flies for 2 seconds then crashes. Most of that is just human error. They just expect it to work like the videos in the commercials. If you just practice enough, you will wonder why you didn't pay more. On my first flight I managed to go about 30 feet, then i crashed into a hillside. Two weeks later I could go at least 150 feet and still perform a soft landing. This thing can really take a beating. I've crashed into everything from trees to brick walls and it can still meet or exceed the manufacturer's distance level. That level is 300 feet, with a mint condition plane. My plane has tons of small dents on the front of the wings, its propellers are glued on because I lost the nosecones when I was replacing the propellers, and the plastic piece on the bottom is falling off, but I can still make at least 350 feet. If you want to buy this, keep in mind that this plane takes practice to make it fly well. If you are willing to do that, it will be worth every penny. ... Read more

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Fun for a little while
My son lost his plane in a bean field as well. His dad thought he saw where it landed, but after many trips by all the relatives looking for it, we gave up until the field was combined. Luckily the farmer in the combine spotted it, about 300 feet out in the field...about 200 feet farther than we were looking. The bad news is, after we got it back, the pump cracked on the first time the kids decided to play with it again. Hence, this is a fun, but short lived toy.

We'll find it after harvest
This plane is amazing.We were getting well over the 300 ft. advertised distance per flight.Flight control is a crap shoot.You have no idea where it's going to land.The control surfaces were laughable.You should have planty of room to fly, preferably standing in the middle of a 400 ft. radius treeless circle.On the first day of flight, the aircraft made it to the bean field.10 volunteers and 2 hours later, the search was called off (and we "saw" where it came down).Black is not the ideal color for this toy.Perhaps dayglo orange or some color that beeps would be a better idea.I'll look for wreckage after the combine does its thing this week.

Long range flyer
Great toy, but be careful on windy days.The advertised 100 yards is an understatement in a stiff breeze where mine went out of the park on Martha's Vineyard Island and flew out to sea.Probably drifted to Nantucket by now. ... Read more

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Mother of 3 small children
Our son received this toy for his 5th birthday.It was difficult to figure out at first but once we got it working it was a lot of fun.It works best in an open parking lot with lots of space for the cycle to go.Fun toy for the price.

great toy
My son received this as a gift, and it is a great toy.A whole lot of fun, works great, does wheelies, goes really really far. My son is 7 and it took him about 10 minutes to get used to doing it.He loves it, and no batteries!! ... Read more

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YoungMax Says:Rip Flyers are awesome
Okay kids, first, I live in Texas and I'm 5 years old. So my Dad is typing this review for you.
First thing is that the plane flies.I have a lot of planes that don't fly or take too much fiddling with to get airborne.
Second, I like the different colors.Orange and grey.
Third, I like that you just have to pull the string to make them fly and that gives me strong muscles.
Forth,I like that they have propellers that might cut your fingers off.(Only parents will understand this appeal, although imaginary.)
I think this toy would make a nice present and I'm lucky my daddy got this for me and I promise to be good ....forever.
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Lawson Says:Rip Flyers a Hit
Dear Reader, this toy is a must have.A pull string launcher that holds up, an interface to tranfer the energy to the plane is the best I've seen.The well designed rear propeller plane won't hold up to a kid's foot crunch, it will handle just about anything else.The prop bearing system is wonderful and after suffering a crunch it wobbled badly and wouldn't fly but some bending fixed it right up.The foam plane construction is the soft pliable type that if need be is fixed with scotch tape.Did I mention the launching system? You remember those old helecopter like spinners with the cheap launchers?Thank goodness they are a thing of the past.Don't be afraid to give the Rip Flyers an adult yank, you'll love the performance and your children will run after them with delight. I didn't think there was much of an educational value until I saw the coordination, that we take for granted, it takes to hold out the flyer and give the flyers a flyable yank.What worked best for my child was to aim the flyer straight up at first, then any flight has a nice hover quality about it and encourages more tries which leads to better coordination.... ... Read more