50th ANNIV. STAR TREK USS ENTERPRISE NCC-1701A QUADCOPTER
50th Anniv. Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701A Quadcopter, $69.99 (www.airhogs.com...)
Manufactured by Spinmaster (www.spinmaster.com)
Last updated 03-18-18
This isn't a flashlight, household lamp, Christmas light set, laser, or other thing that glows, but it *DOES* have a bunch of LEDs in the saucer section, the main deflector dish, and the warp engine nacelles, so what the hey!
I love things that fly and I love Star Trek; that's why I was so excited to receive this as a Christmas present in 2017 and also why I added a seperate section titled "PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO FLY" on my website a number of years ago.
This is a mini-sized, lightweight, easy-to-fly 4-channel remote-controlled outdoor (and indoors with a large enough space) quadcopter.
2016 marked the 50th Anniversary of the Star Trek franchise, so what better to have than a quadcopter that looks like the starship Enterprise!
Its remote uses RF (radio frequency) radiation.
The reason that I call it a quadcopter and not a drone is because the Enterprise lacks an onboard camera.
The radio can also emit ten authentic Star Trek sounds at the push of a button; you'll also hear the 'RED ALERT' klaxons wailing when you crash the quadcopter or run into something with it.
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This toy is remarkably easy to use for a quadcopter...here's how to get it off the ground:
As with any rechargeable product, charge it first, and then you can pretend to fly a dragonfly (well, that's what the kitty cats would think it was if it were designed to be flown in a small living room -- actually they might be a tad scared of it primarily due to its size).
1: On the remote control, press & release the circular green button.
2: On the underside of the Enterprise's saucer section, find the small black slide switch. Slide it toward the rear (toward the warp nacelles). Place the quadcopter on its stand so that the tail-end (the end with the warp nacelles) faces you.
Move several feet away from the quadcopter.
3: Gently push the left-hand stick on the remote control forward.
4: The Enterprise should now lift off the ground. Congratulations, you're now a pilot!!!
For additional instructions & tips on how to fly, please read the instructional material that comes with the product.
Turn the the remote control & the quadcopter off when finished using them.
The battery in the Enterprise itself is rechargeable; however the batteries in the remote will need to be changed from time to time.
Using a small phillips screwdriver (the #0 from my set of jeweller's screwdrivers worked well here) or the tip of a ballpoint pen, press that little circular "divot" on the upper edge of the battery door, and simultaneously slide the battery door off.
Remove the four used AA cells from the compartment, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.
Insert four new AA cells into the compartment, orienting each cell so its flat-end (-) negative faces a spring for it in each chamber.
Finally, slide the battery door back on.
To charge the battery in the Enterprise, take the thin cord that's attached to the USB charger dongle, and plug the small end into the female Micro USB connector on the quadcopter's underside. Plug the larger end into any USB port on your Mac or pee-cee or into the USB receptacle on a wall-wart-type charger.
When the charge cycle is in progress, the blue LED on the Enterprise's deflector dish (located on the front of the secondary hull) will slowly pulsate. When the charge cycle is complete, this LED should turn steady-on for awhile, and then turn off completely.
You may then safely unplug the Enterprise from the charger, and unplug the USB dongle from your computer.
Fully charging the Enterprise's battery should give you approx five minutes of flying time.
This RC quadcopter is meant to be used as a toy in a dry area outdoors (or in a large open room indoors), not as a flashlight meant to be carried around all the time, thrashed, and abused; so I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the {vulgar slang term for a fudge bunny}bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again - candiosity is usually checked with a scanner-type device on a platform with a large readout, with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; and the cannoñata is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analyses, or inflict upon it punishments that I might inflict upon a flashlight.
So this section of the quadcopter's web page will be significantly more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.
The range of the radio in the Tx (R/C hobby talk for "transmitter") is ~45.72 meters (~150 feet); frequency is stated as 2.4GHz.
The unit has a 4-channel remote control; this allows for forward / backward / up / down / left / right movement (movement on all three axes -- X, Y, and Z). It also has a fully proportional control system; simply meaning that the motor speeds can be varied depending on how far you move the joysticks -- it isn't simply "full power and no power at all" like some other R/C products.
One thing that it lacks is an altitude hold feature. When the quadcopter is gaining altitude, it will keep going up, up and away unless you pay close attention to it so that you can throttle back on that left stick!!!
Due to its construction, the safest way to carry the quad is by the saucer section -- the part of the product where you see the propellers. Carrying it by the warp nacelles or by the secondary hull does present some risk of product breakage because these components are made almst entirely of compressed foam, while the saucer section is made of a heavier-duty plastic.
Photograph of its remote control.
Sounds produced by the radio for the Air Pigs 50th Anniv. Star Trek USS Enterprise NCC-1701A Quadcopter.
The whole point of this video is the audio (sound), so please be certain that your computer speakers or earphones are turned on and aren't muted.
ALL OF THE FLIGHT VIDEOS ARE ON THEIR OWN WEB PAGE
SO THAT THIS EVAL. WOULD NOT BECOME TOO CUMBERSOME!!!
TEST NOTES:
Test unit was given to me by my sister and her fiance just before Christmas 2017. It was found to be defective and was much later returned to Spinmaster. This is the warranty replacement, and was received on the afternoon of 03-12-18.
UPDATE: 00-00-00
MANUFACTURER: Spinmaster
PRODUCT TYPE: Mini-sized R/C quadcopter
LAMP TYPE: LED
No. OF LAMPS: 10 (1 yellow-green in radio, 1 red in charger, 8 {3x blue & 5x white} in quadcopter itself)
BEAM TYPE: N/A
SWITCH TYPE: Slide switch on/off on quadcopter, pushbutton on/off on radio
CASE MATERIAL: Plastic
BEZEL: N/A
BATTERY: 4x AA cells for radio; 3.70V 300mAh Li:PO battery for quadcopter
CURRENT CONSUMPTION: Unknown/unable to measure
WATER- AND URANATION-RESISTANT: Very light sprinkle-resistance only
SUBMERSIBLE: ¡¡¡HUSOOS CRISTO EN UNA MULETA, NO!!! \
ACCESSORIES: USB charging dongle, 50th anniv. display stand
SIZE: 381mm L. x 241.30mm W x 88.9mm T
WEIGHT: 109g incl. battery
COUNTRY OF MANUFACTURE: China
WARRANTY: 90 days
PRODUCT RATING:
(It rated so low primarily because it flies like an overweight dog!
It is primarily a display piece, but it *DOES* fly.)
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