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(More customer reviews)I've found two great uses for this toy:
1. Father & Son fun
2. Office cubicle mischief
Hand's down, the dad/son time is more valuable & more fulfilling than the office pranks. Mastering the Air Hog is no simple feat. Watching my son master it fills me with pride and humility both at at the same time.
If you've used other Air Hog copters before, then you can skip this review, because you already know all you need to know. The only difference with this model is the addition of the missiles (very cool feature).
If you're new to Air Hog copters, then you need to know that they aren't all the simple to operate. They're designed to fly indoors, but "indoors" isn't necessarily that big of a place. We're lucky to have high ceilings in most of the house, plus a cathedral ceiling in our dining room and a big space over the stairs. So the "no fly" versus "fly" zones are pretty favorable in our house.
The most important thing with the Air Hog is to figure out how to trim it up, which means fly it straight instead of spinning clockwise or counter-clockwise. The controller has a trim knob, but there's no way to reset it back to center if you go too far one way or the other. That makes it tricky.
Once you have it trimmed, the next challenge is to maneuver around without hitting the dog or cat. This thing is pretty doggone enticing for the pets. So either lock them in another room or assume they will participate in training exercises. Ranking of interest goes: Dad, son, cat, dog, then wife/daughter in that order (wife & daughter tied for last...just above "completely annoyed").
The next challenge after that is level flight and hovering. Don't even think about firing the missiles until you've reached this level, or else you'll be completing your training wearing an eye patch (which complicates depth perception).
If you've made it this far, you're ready to take this bad boy into the office and have some fun. The mob of sissy boys with their Nerf gun raids aren't so tough when you take them on one at a time guerrilla style. Send out an email saying "Death from Above" and then hover this thing into the leader's cube and fire two pointy missiles at his head faster than he can say "I'm calling HR!!!" Then you have him right where you want him. He'll think twice before launching another assault on you, fearing revenge & paybacks and thinking "this guy is serious".
ONE WARNING: I've never seen another toy where "You'll put your eye out!!!!" is more likely to come true. At least with a BB gun you're pointing it at something else. With this copter spinning around, ask not for whom the bell tolls, because the odds are pretty good you're going to shoot yourself if you haven't completely mastered straight/level flight.
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