The Jump Jet fitted with the Harrier profile
kit is great. Great as in good fun to fly, great as in it has
no helicopter rotors with which to ding the furniture, great
as it looks more like a hovering Harrier than anything so far
and great as in it is easier to hover than a helicopter. By
the way this latter attribute reflects full size life thanks
to the independent way the Harrier controls work compared to
those on choppers. I know the model does not use Harrier principles
of jet lift and reaction controls (hardly to be expected at
the price) but for anybody smitten with the hovering bug who
does not want to use, see or feel those dangerous rotating things,
it is the only game in town and highly recommended
John Farley
is a highly respected former test pilot who flew all variants
of the Harrier family. After time as a flying instructor at Cranwell,
he joined the Empire Test Pilots School at RAE Bedford. As project
test pilot on the P1127 in 1964, he started what was to become
19 years of Harrier test flying. In his career he has flown over
80 types of aircraft and in 1990 became the first western pilot
invited to fly the Russian Mig-29.
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Hi, all!
I received and tested your Jump Jet Harrier (Acc N:BER 004).
It flies wery well, and I appreciate the technical solution, about
four engines, for the control of the model. I'm mecchanical engineer
ph.d., and it is a long time that I study Helicopters RC control
system.Your control for VTOL is genial and OK: congratulation!
I preferred to make the body of the Harrier, on a subtle card
board: it is a little more heavy, but there are no problems, for
painting, gluing, repairs, etc. With landing gear, the model weights
68 gr. The model flies OK indoor, and also in my garden, of course
without wind and rays of sun. The pilotage is easy, not critical,
but it is necessary a little traning, with the original body.
It is a good machine for study, testing and, why not, for ......amusement,
with the obvius limits of the model !
I have made a short (8 min.) original and funny movie of this
model (sorry in italian...), it is on my You Tube Channel: www.youtube.com/user/thonydb
The name of movie is "Harrier VTOL - RC". If you like, you can
use this movie and my notes for your advertising !
You can find more notes about me on web: www.webalice.it/thonydebono,
in my Channel, there are also several movies about my Helicopters.
Many thanks again! C I A O !!!
Antonio
(Thony) de Bono (Torino - Italia )
Hi all,
I orderd 1 jump jet, spare propellers and two extra body parts.
All came nicely boxed all the goods inside. Came in mode 2 that
I wanted.
I already did my first flight in the living room and all I can
say is WOW,WOW and another big WOW!!! The thing flies so nice,
so quiet and precise. The flight lasted 5 min average. No crash
no glitches and so smooth. It flies like a heli but easier. I
have 7 years on rc helicopters from i.c.powered to electric. Anyway
I think so far its my best rc product I ever owned since I was
9 years old.
Who ever is thinking of buying the jump jet trust me you won't
regret it.
Update on my jump jet after 24h of ownership and about 10-11
flights. I love this little gadget, no problems yet, everthing
is working perfect. Its just to fun to fly. I'm thinking of getting
another one to have for backup. Also put a vid on YouTube.
Thanks again, John from Greece.
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G'day,
The charger arrived today and works a
treat.
I'm on flight 4 and everything is working
properly. Flight control is fantastic.
I am so impressed with my rolling takeoffs
from my coffee table. Sitting from behind you swear it's the
real thing. Might have to make a cardboard kicker for the end
of the table. He he.
I have been waiting for a lounge flyer
like this to evolve for a very long time, and I can't wait for
the ufo to be released.
Thank you so much for your professionalism
and your personal attention to the problem with the charger.
Now if you will excuse me. I'm off on another sortie on the
Falklands.
Cheers,
Dean H (Australia)
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I want to congratulate you on developing an excellent product!
I’ve built and flown larger quadrotors for years now but none
have been as much fun as flying this little beast around the
house! After having a few crashes and damaging the foam body
I decided to remove it (which I now notice you mention in your
FAQ), and I am much happier with its compactness and responsiveness!
I uploaded a video of my stripped naked Jump Jet dancing around
my kitchen table.
I also wrote this review:-
The recently released Jump Jet designed by Snelflight and manufactured
by Alien Air is claimed to be "The World's Best Minature Jump
Jet", and after owning one for a week, I would have to strongly
agree! I would even extend that to being the best miniature
indoor flying toy on the market! It is excellent value considering
it can hover very stably with 3-axis rate damping and is very
controllable with 4 channel controls, making it much more fun
and agile than the 2 or 3 channel micro helis out there.
Although the aircraft body panels look cool, they're relatively
flimsy and get damaged pretty easily. Nevertheless, I experimented
with stripping off the body work and found that it flies even
better! Without the body work, it has less drag allowing faster
maneuvers, it's more compact for negotiating hallways and furniture,
and with the 10g weight saving it has a faster climb rate and
longer endurance!
A warning though, this modification will no doubt void your
warranty and it also makes the throttle/climb a little touchier.
Therefore I'd recommend you test fly it with the body on first
to make sure everything works out of the box and to practice
flying it. Nevertheless, apart from the body panels, this toy
has proven to be very durable! The only spares you may eventually
need are some more props (comes with 8), but you can avoid breaking
them by making sure you cut the throttle right before any collisions.
The body support arms can be cut off with a stanley knife,
and I left the front support arm on to help indicate which way
is forward. However this could just as easily be achieved with
painting the front or rear motor support arm, housing, and/or
prop shroud. The prop shrouds can also be removed to save a
further 5g, however the performance improvement is negligible
compared to the comfort you get from having them on. Not to
mention the props you're likely to save with them.
This toy best compliments watching commercial TV, because you
can have it on charge while you watch your show, then fly it
around the living room during the add breaks! I hope you enjoy
this video of my Jump Jet stripped naked table dancing (pun
intended). As you can see, it is very agile, and can handle
a good prang too! I highly recommend it!
Josh P (Australia)
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My name is Martin
I was so please today, I just receive
the jet plane, ohhh it is just grat product, off course I already
broke it, hahaha
But it was fun man, just fixin it.
I just want to give this feedbak, I
never imagine that the commands where the same as my raptor
eletric helicopter
