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Surely you've seen at least a movie with the Parrot AR Drone quadricopter and you've surely seen other similar toys launched on the market. Today I announce that i-Helicopter, a toy helicopter remote-controlled by an iDevice, is available on the DealExtreme website. For only €30 you can now purchase this toy and from my point of view the price is more than acceptable. An AR Drone costs 10 times more and offers much the same functionality, the main difference being that the quadricopter has an integrated camera. I-Helicopter is small, agile, works for 10 minutes every 40 charges and has the following features:
- Case material: plastic + alloy
- Frequency: A/B/C
- 3-CH IR remote control by iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch series
- Control range of the helicopter: 8~10 meters- Control specification: up/down, forward/backward, left/right, hover & lands
- Transmitter with 85mAh rechargeable battery
- I-Helicopter with 3.7V 200mAh rechargeable battery
- Charging time: 40 minutes for I-Helicopter, 1.5 hours for transmitter
- Up to 8~10 minutes typical flight time per charge
- Transmitter working time per charge: 2 hours
To control it you have to download a free application from the App Store and if you want to purchase it you must access it this website.
