On Ebay I bought a pretty cheap remote controle helicopter ($9). It took a while to arrive though, over a month. The box looked a bit dodgey.

However, the contents looked ok.

The kit consists of a metal frame helicopter, a four channel IR remote and a manual.

The controls are four channel, so you can control:

• up and down
• left and right rotation
• forward and backwards motion
• left and right motion

The remote control has trimming for all the motions, so you can hover the helicopter without problems.

Charging is done through USB, either with a seperate cable or with a connection to the remote.

I’ve tried to make a movie during flight. Was a bit difficult, as I really need two hand to fly it, leaving none for the camera :).

Nice helicopter for the money, seems to fly pretty ok.