Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Flying Shark RC toy Air Swimmer line


This new flying shark RC toy has been buzzing around the web because people playing with it and uploading videos in youtube of this flying shark RC toy while they are playing with it. One video in particular is the flying RC shark toy startling a cat when the cat was touched by the RC. The video also shows a clownfish like the fish in the movie finding nemo.

  

These RC are from a company called william mark corporation that is still a new up and coming company. They are not that big as tamiya that has makes a variety of toys that can range from RC toys to toy models.

These Remote controlled toys are in a line of toys that is called air swimmers. Air swimmers toys comprised the inflatable flying shark RC toy and the flying RC clown fish and some other Flying RC toys but not the traditional  flying RC toys like RC planes or RC aeroplanes, RC helicopters nor mini RC helicopters.

Review:
Look:
This flying inflatable shark radio controlled Toy is really sinister but awesome looking. It has  an attitude of its own especially when it is flying in the air. From the videos being shown in youtube, the shark really looks like a shark and not cheaply drawn but unlike RC aeroplanes where you can paint them or choose a design you like for example an RC to look like a spitfire in air swimmers, you cannot do that because the way the body is made is that it resembles a fish and nothing else.

How:
This flying RC toys does look like an RC blimps that I have seen in the past but unlike the RC blimps which uses powerful propellers to make it float in the air and propel it forward, air swimmers flying shark toy uses helium which is the same gas being used in balloons to let it float in the air. While it may be hard to know exactly how much helium to put in, there is a video that this company has released and how to know how much to put in.

To control this flying RC, you need to use the tail fin to propel it forward. I don't know if you can "reverse" but from the looks of it you can't. One thing that this Flying RC has an advantage of against traditional RC planes and RC helicopters is that you will not have a hard time maneuvering it in the air because it is already floating. Maneuvering is really a problem especially those indoors mini RC helicopters that are popular right now.

The controls for this flying fish RC toy is a little bit cheap. It is like a knockoff from a cheap RC controllers that are made for china made Rc toys. While traditional mini RC helicopters and mini RC planes have a charger built in the controller, this remote controlled toy needs 4 batteries. One for the RC itself, and 3 for the battery. I find that this RC toy does not need an RC battery charger because it uses less electricity or power than those RC helicopters and airplanes because it is already gliding or floating in the air.

This RC is really fun and easy to pick up than traditional RC flying toys you have played before. The helium might be a little hard to acquire because in some countries like my own, you need a licensed store to sell them. Fortunately, balloons shops are authorized to use helium.

This flying Shark toy needs a little pre-assembly but they have released a instructional video on how to assemble your Flying fish RC.




You can get them in amazon.
Link for the Air Swimmer Remote Control Inflatable Floating Shark
link for the Flying Clownfish RC toy.

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