Absolutely fun. My daughter loves it.

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Product Description

With an ultra-light, dual design and a "high-flex," crash-resistant structure, this easy-to-fly aeronautical insect will provide hours of entertainment. Use the Dragonfly indoors or outdoors, controlling its speed, direction and height with the digital proportional remote.

Features:

• Unique indoor flyer - capable of maneuvering in tight spaces, FlyTech Dragonfly brings radio-controlled flight into your home.
• Innovative flying action - Based on an ornithopter design, Dragonfly flaps its wings and takes off from any smooth surface. It can soar, dive-bomb, hover and glide for soft landings.

  Strong and flexible - Built from a durable carbon-fiber structure, its flexible body and wings can take a lot of punishment.

• Ultra-light design - Lightweight design protects home interiors.
• Light-up LED eyes - Its eyes alert you of the Dragonfly's status by blinking, pulsing, or shining bright.
• Two-channel digital proportional remote - Use the remote to control wing speed and tail rotor speed. Remote also doubles as charging base.
• Two skill levels - Fly beginner or advanced. Includes a tail stabilizer for additional control and an extra set of wings.

Two frequencies available. Wingspan is 16" wide. Up to 10 minutes of flight time on a single charge. Includes rechargeable lithium-polymer battery. Also requires 6 "AA" batteries, not included.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2761 in Toys & Games
• Color: Blue
• Brand: Sourcing Network Sales
• Model: 4031
• Released on: 2007-11-01
• Dimensions: 12.30" h x 3.40" w x 16.50" l, 1.95 pounds

Features

• Innovative Flying Action
• Stron Ultra-light Design
• Light Up LED Eyes
• Easy Recharge from the Remote
• Choose between beginner and expert mode

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.

From the Manufacturer
The DragonFly is a fun RC flyer that is easy or challenging depending upon the skill level setting you choose - beginner or expert. An ultra-light, dual-wing design and "high-flex", crash-resistant structure make the dragonfly safe to fly anywhere even in small indoor spaces.

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Customer Reviews

Cool concept, poor execution
My 8-yr old had this dragonfly on his Christmas wishlist and got it from a relative. We read the instructions, took the dragonfly out of the box and flew it for a few minutes - indoors - and on the fourth or fifth fall, from not very high up, the wings broke in two places. I was helping my son, and we were not at all rough with the toy, but still it broke incredibly easily. My son was really disappointed, so I phoned WowWee customer service and was told to take photos of the broken wings and email them in. So then I did that, and received a one line reply telling me to buy new wings on the WowWee website; apparently, the wings are not covered in the "warranty". When the dragonfly broke so quickly, my son said, "This toy sucks!" and I have to say the same of WowWee's customer service. Needless to say, we won't be buying any more of WowWee's products.

A wonderful substitute for an rc airplane
This is a great substitute for un reliable and delicate rc airplanes. Also its more fun than airplane because all an aiplane does is spin its propellers, crash, and break. Flytechs on the other hand, are relible, fun, and durable. They flie great on a windless day but they are bothered by even the slightist gust of wind. On a nice and sunny day, the flytech is pretty radical. They fly at a "high" speed for a small and cheap toy. And they are very derable and survive in situations that an airplane would just explode. Mine got stepped on and it flies great still. The only complainable thing is the life of the battries, charging for 30 minutes and giving 15 minutes of flight is reasonble. And another good thing about batteries is that it charges straight from the remote, unlike other fliers which must be brought indoors to charge. And with little practice, you can, or least I can, get airtimes of 5-7 minutes without crahing or landing. Overall, the fly tech dragonfly is great in all departments, Durabilty, fun, and reliable more than an airplane that would just blow up.

Loads of fun!
I'm not sure why some people had trouble flying it. I charged it up, went to a local park, and gave the RC controls to my 6yr old daughter. she loved it! She had absolutely no problems flying it or keeping it in the air. My job was to run after it and make sure it didn't fly away or over the park fences.

It's plenty durable too. We had no broken parts after flying it for about 1 hour.

I was pleasantly surprised and give this 5 stars.