Syma Forum

The problem with the fakes is they use cheap plastic on their brush holders in their motors, and the one allways blows. Yours won't have one right now, but I'd say there is at least a 75% chance that it'll blow the motor.

There aren't any major problems otherwise with a fake heli, they're quite nice once you get them running. My first s107 is a fake, and until recently when I broke the wires off of the tail motor, it is a very nice flyer. Somebody replaced the bad motor on it, and it flies just as well, if not better than the real symas.

As for who is making them, nobody can really say. China says they have pattent laws, but no pattent law applies to ANY Chineese company. (But if you say "Alright, you want to play that game?" and steal their pattents... they'll just about send their army after you!) Anybody with a factory with an injection molder could be making these on the side. Heck, when demand's down for the iPad and iPod, I woldn't be suprised if they're making fake 107's to cover costs! That applies to ALL products made in China. Guns, iPads, tools, everything! I know that Norinco takes US pattents for firearms, and makes cheap coppies in China where they can get out from under the pattents. Then Apple actually wanted to pull out from China, but the company that owns the factories they contracted to make them bullied them, threatening them with the fact that they already had the equipment and know-how to flood the market with fake iPods/iPhones/iPads for a fraction of the cost. (If I remember right, they were claiming they could sell $800 iPad clones for $120)

Yeah, it's a fake. Just fly it until it dies, then replace the blown motor and keep flying. If you replace the motor that's going to blow on it, you'll have a great heli that'll last as long, if not longer than the real ones.

The whole thing on the fakes on the site is VERY outdated now, and really should be updated. Having a fake heli means NOTHING if you're able to replace the blown motor.