Q4 Quadcopter

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Not really s scale model, but a couple of us have got these at work:

http://www.red5.co.uk/q4-nano-quadcopter.aspx

For anyone who likes the simple pleasure of watching/controlling something that's flying, they are brilliant. Really easy to fly around indoors, and very stable too.

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sirbadger said:

I can safely say this is far more fun than my blade msr and mcpx.

I agree.

Scary how quickly things like this become dated these days.

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I can't get over how you can just literally throw it into the air in a room, put the power on and it rights itself and just sits there in the air like nothing happened.

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Yup. I fly slope soarers, and when the indestructable foam wings (Wild Thing) came out, I thought they were fantastic to learn on and just for fun. Truth is it does take something away from the experience when there are no consequences of crashing a model you've built yourself. I think flying standards drop too - for a start you don't have to learn how to land properly, just fly it into the ground.

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The blades on the Q4 are pretty sharp - enough to sting your fingers, I shudder to think what they would do to someones eye.

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kooky guy said:

I've had one of these for quite a while but the battery pack seems to have died on it (pretty soon after I bought the thing too!)

Getting it to charge in the first place is a challenge as the connector doesn't seem to fit very well but once on it appears to charge ok.

Once charged it gives the low battery warning (flashing lights) literally within seconds of switch on. Shame but I don't suppose there's anything I can do to fix it.

I had a problem with charging (it wouldn't), but it turned out I was using the wrong type of USB. I charge mine now with a Garmin GPS charger and it's fine. Charges in about 20 minutes and flight time about 5 minutes.