Syma Forum

Hey JBRumberg,I know how you feel about early morning or late evening flying.The air is like silk and the plane just glides.I flew like that for about a year with a Syma 107 and a Syma 800.Somewhere I ran on to the Syma X1.It looked interesting and I was getting tired of basically flying away and back or doing the same things every time I flew.What the heck.It wasn't expensive so I ordered one and the adventure began.

No more just flying around or back and forth.It's hard to describe how a quad copter changed everything.It's like starting to take flying lessons.You think things work like they look when others do it but when you do it somehow it's OMG.That's the best way to describe my experience with a quad.To start is opening a new door and it is exciting.Every time out is like soloing by yourself in flight training.

Well,that's the way I feel.I love to fly but radio control is a lot cheaper and you don't need a medical.At my age I'm having a ball flying the X1 and waiting for golfing to start.Then, it's more fun than one person should have.Oh well,I'll just suffer on.Someone has to do it.

Update on Winter Flying:Winter is hard to find calm air so I've been experimenting with different wind speeds.To date the most wind I've flown in has been 10mph.High speed on the X1 will let you fly but be careful.You can rise faster than a speeding bullet.You can get a slide going that looks like a rocket and you have about as much control.

I find it amazing that a quad so light weight can handle 10mph wind.The only modification I'm using is a larger battery than the original.Today I used a nano-tech0.95  950 mAh that weighs 24  grams.The original battery supplied with the X1 weighs 11 grams  350 mAh.The added weight helps.I think.

The Syma X1 never ceases to amaze me.I flew helis before and that was no wind.The X1 will fly in moderate wind if you click High .I flew today in a 4to5 mph puffy wind without incident.With no weight ,to speak of, that quad moves.The only thing that I noticed right away was that my fingers don't know slow from fast.My eyes say move and the fingers want to wait and see what's going to happen.Must be age related.

Temps here have been in the 20°F range a lot and I've been able to keep on flying.Plastic shrinks you will notice and fly time is reduced but at least you can get out there and terrorize the birds and a skunk who wandered through one evening.Good Flying 

A suggestion if you're going to fly in the snow.I find that a plastic cap for the bottom of the conrol panel on my X1 quad is a great deterrent to moisture causing problems.I cut a plastic circle and attached it to the frame and everything on the panel is now protected.Fliers might want to carry a brush with them.You'll see why if you hit the snow.Still enjoy getting outside but the 107 and 800 are kept busy when the wind is up.