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WowWee Robotic DragonFly | 
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List Price: $49.95
Buy New: $19.94
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 5070
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries: 6
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 16.5 x 3.4 x 12.3
MPN: WW 4031
Model: 4031
UPC: 780352388642
EAN: 0771171140313
ASIN: B000NI60PS
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: brand new ready to ship
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| Features:
| • | Innovative Flying Action | | • | Stron Ultra-light Design | | • | Light Up LED Eyes | | • | Easy Recharge from the Remote | | • | Choose between beginner and expert mode |
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Amazon.com Product Description
The Dragonfly includes a 2-channel remote that responds to changes in speed, direction, and height. | The world's first radio-controlled flying insect, the WowWee Dragonfly will provide hours of entertainment while enthralling the budding entomologist in your family. The Dragonfly is equipped with an ultra-light, dual-wing design and a highly flexible, crash-resistant structure, helping the insect stand up to bumps against the wall or hard landings on the ground. More significantly, the unit's unique ornithopter design flaps its wings just like a real insect, with accompanying rustling noises as it flies past. Make it fly out the window and into the open air, buzz up to a tall tree branch, and then gently come down and rest on a picnic table or lawn. The Dragonfly is a breeze to control, with a two-channel digital remote for manipulating the speed, direction, and height of the aeronautical marvel. You can even maneuver the Dragonfly into tight spaces or dive-bomb a neighbor--whatever your imagination suggests. The Dragonfly is built using a durable carbon-fiber frame, with an impact-absorbing flexible body and 16-inch wings that take a ton of punishment. At the same time, the structure's lightweight housing protects your home interiors should you accidentally fly into a wall or two. Completing the insect-orific design is a pair of light-up LED eyes, which alerts you of the Dragonfly's status by blinking, pulsing, or shining clear and bright. It may look slightly lifeless and demonic, but the Dragonfly is none of the above. It's sociable, fun, and creative. 
The remote doubles as a charging base for the lithium-polymer battery. | The Dragonfly is so inventive that it's already taken home a ton of honors, including a four-star rating from PC Magazine, an editor's choice award from Popular Mechanics for products displayed at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Association (CES) trade show, and the National Parenting Center's seal of approval. The Dragonfly, which includes a single rechargeable lithium polymer battery with a flight time of up to 10 minutes per charge, offers beginning and advanced skill levels and comes with a tail stabilizer for additional control. The remote control, meanwhile, requires six AA batteries (not included). All items are backed by a 30-day warranty. What's in the Box
Dragonfly, remote control/charging base, detachable antenna, pair of spare wings, spare propeller, tail ribbon, user's manual.
Product Description
FlyTech Dragonfly is the world's first radio-controlled flying insect. With its' ultra-light, dual-wing design and ?high-flex?, crash-resistant structure, the dragonfly is an easy-to-fly aeronautical marvel. Use the dragonfly indoors or outdoors, controlling its speed, direction and height with the 2 channel digital proportional remote. 2 channel digital proportional remote - Control wing speed and tail rotor speed; remote is also the charging base Two skill levels - Beginner and advanced. Includes a tail stabilizer for additional control Available in 2 frequencies Wingspan - 16 inches (~40 cm) Power - Rechargeable lithium polymer battery Flight time - Up to 10 minutes on a single charge 6 x ?AA? batteries (not included)
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Addictive--with a little practice and the right amount of space June 12, 2007
Jeremiah (zebraman)
46 out of 46 found this review helpful
I bought this because it's the first RC flying toy I've seen with actual flapping wings. I'm an adult and I bought it for myself because I work in a room that's a converted warehouse and we have really high ceilings and not many walls. It's really enjoyable to fly because you've never seen anything like it. It really does resemble a giant flying bug and it's movements are kind of creepy and it makes a soft buzzing sound.
The key is to make sure a) the controller antenna is fully extended, and b) the rotor is still and while you start the wings flapping you hold it and release it into the air. With more practice, you'll get better. Don't be frustrated if it crashes--the fun is seeing how long you can keep it going. Even if you can only get it to fly around the room once, it's worth it.
It comes with extra wings (different pattern and color printed on them), and an extra rotor. Be sure to unpack it all from the box carefully because some of the small parts are tucked away inside. It takes 6 AA batteries that go in the controller, which charges the bug via a small cable. The battery life seems pretty good so far. (I've had it for a couple weeks and have yet to change the batteries...but then, I only fly it here for fun and not more than about 10 minutes a day.) I've had it run into walls and poles from the height of 10' or so and it seems pretty durable (because it's so light). Fun. Somewhat educational too because it demonstrates a unique method of flight.
 ok September 19, 2007
A. McConnell
36 out of 46 found this review helpful
I got my dragonfly today and it looked cool and i couldnt wait to use it. I charged it for 20 minutes like it said to and then took it out to fly. The first time i got it to go around it it was cool. Then it landed and i did it for a second time. I couldnt get it to stay in the air for even 3 seconds it hit the ground and one wing broke. I put on a new, wing took it out to fly, it fell and one more wing broke. In the end i have one good wing left and this is still the first day I got it.
Take your time with this June 16, 2007
Jasmine (Lakewood, CO)
25 out of 26 found this review helpful
This is a very good product but it's very hard to learn to make it fly well, and it has waaay too much packaging - make sure you have some scissors. It was weak when I first tried it, but got stronger after a few charges. It crashes in spectacular fashion every time you fly it, but it is very durable and hasn't broken yet. So far I've crashed it at least 100 times, mowed down all the origami from my shelf, decimated the chess board and dive-bombed the laptop. The dog is thoroughly freaked out by this thing, and it's very funny the way it buzzes around and crashes like a real dragon fly against a window screen. I would recommend putting away anything breakable before flying this thing inside.
The toy itself is very durable, but it will knock things around. Pay attention to the condition of it after each flight though - I had to fix the nose of mine with some clear packing tape. I had the opportunity to test this with an 8-year old boy (I'm 36 and my boys are teens), and he was actually better at flying it than I was. He dropped the controller in our warehouse and the antenna bent... then I broke it trying to bend it back. It still flies fine though, and it is a standard sized radio antennas and replacements can be bought at Radio Shack. It does not fly outside in any breeze at all! The one time I've taken it outside to fly and we had no wind, it did very well, but if there is a slight breeze it will dip and dive and sail and turn all over the place. The wind picks it up very nicely, so be aware of that.
Tips: Turning of any kind causes it to go into a dive, so make sure you turn gently. The tail feather slows it down a lot and makes it hard to turn, so you need even more space. The tail feather is very difficult to attach, and I hurt my thumb a bit trying to get it on. The best way to launch the dragon fly is by starting the motor and holding it about 4 or 5 feet in the air, giving it a slight forward push as you release it. Let it fly a bit to stabilize before you try to turn it. It does not launch from surfaces very well, but if you have a long, smooth runway, it will take off from the ground. To do this, you need to start out slow and accelerate to full speed, otherwise it flops over on it's nose. It taxis around on my no-wax floor in a fairly silly way and in this respect, makes a very funny pet toy. In the house, I set the trim dial to one side so the Dragon Fly will go in circles, then use small controller inputs to periodically straighten it out, which makes it gain altitude. You need to vary the power level carefully as you fly, or it will stall out and dive. Only if you are outside or you have a ton of space, should you set it to fly in a straight line... it just doesn't have enough control to keep it within the allotted space. A basketball court would be a good sized space to try this in, but once you get some experience, you will be able to fly it in more normal-sized spaces.
NOTE: when I bought this, I was told that it simply would not work at high altitude above about 7000 ft. I am at about 5500 feet, and it clearly doesn't have the ooomph it might have at lower altitudes. Please, if you write a review, please indicate the thickness of your air - it matters a lot. Again, WILL NOT WORK above 7000 ft or so.
Grounded beauty September 23, 2007
S. Sheth (Flagstaff, AZ)
20 out of 23 found this review helpful
Neat to see. The dragonfly doesn't stay in the air very long no matter what I did, so if you are looking for fun flight times, better go with an RC helicopter. The design is great to look at, and the sounds and feel of the dragonfly are really pretty incredible, but I think it needs work to keep it in the air.
O K! Flytech Dragonfly May 16, 2007
17 out of 21 found this review helpful
This was a great flying toy while it lasted. Unfortunately, after the breeze took it down a few times onto the cement, some of the paint scraped off of the black nose and blue eyes. I was disappointed, but it still flew well once I got used to it. It has a styrofoam body like the Air-Hogs (a toy you should not buy), but since you have control over it, it doesn't go down so hard. On May 15 (2007), I charged her up-- oh wait, I hardly charged it up at all because as I later found, the left eye had quit after a few nose dives. ARG, ARG, and once again ARG!!! I knew it would still fly, but if the other eye went out, I would not know when it was charged. I proceeded to charge it for about 20 minutes, unplugged it, and waited for two minutes for the remote to detect the Dragonfly. It never detected the Dragonfly, and after turning it on and off, on and off, I concluded that it was history. There were some things I liked, though, such as: styling, pair of extra wings, extra propeller, flight, (before A FEW nose dives) and the compartment on the remote controll to put the charging cord in.
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