Best R/C Helicopters Under $50

This mini R/C helicopter is nothing but fun and so easy to fly. Even if you don't have any previous experience with R/C copters you can fly it easily. It's all because of that little thing called gyroscope. It makes balancing the helicopters so much easier even for the novice fliers. It flies smoothly and spin-free without any need to trim.

The Syma S107 R/C Helicopter is very light so it's not meant to be flown outdoors. Even a small breeze could throw this mini copter off balance. But for indoor flights it is a fun treat even for adults. It is only a 3 channel mini RC helicopter (forward, backward, left, right, up and down) so controls are simpler than 4 channel. It would take about one or two flights for a novice to master the controls.

Of course all good things has their downfalls. For thism mini RC the main downfall is the battery life. You can only play it for 7 minutes per charge and it take a whole 50 minutes to charge the battery fully.

One sure thing about RC helicopters is that you're going to crash it. Yes, nowadays the copters are far more easier to handle than their predecessors but crash is still inevitable.

When you fly the Air Hogs Havoc helicopter you will find that crashing is not so bad as it sounds. The body construction of this copter is very good. You can crash it over and over again and it will still fly. I'm not saying that you should crash it to test the durability it's just that should it crash you don't to worry about it too much.

Flying the Air Hogs is very addicting. It would take more practice to get a hang of it than the Syma but once you do it would be fun flight all the way.

If you want something different you should try a double rotor RC helicopter. A good one is the Syma 3-Ch Indoor CH-47 Chinook RC Helicopter. It's a detailed scale Chinook so it's also fun for adults who like to collect scale models. Being a two rotor helicopter the chinook is very stable and the best part is it only takes 20 minutes to fully charge the batteries you (or your children) will spend more time flying this cool copter.