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When the “Sky Challenger Mini Remote Control Battle Helicopters” arrived at Gadgets Towers we couldn’t wait to break them open and start having a go. I will admit at first I was a bit disappointed. After reading the manufacturers’ blurb about how easy the helicopters are to fly, and fancying myself as a bit of a crack pilot I was rather upset at seeing my particular helicopter bouncing off of walls, chairs, and settling on the floor in, what would have been in reality, fiery death. Luckily these little flying machines are suitably tough so as to be able to keep going after this sort of minor mishap.

However 10-15 minutes in having realised I was not so much Goose from Top-gun but more Maureen from Driving School, I was able to assert a lot more control over the Helicopter. Keeping it pretty steady and mostly avoiding the various obstacles we have scattered around the office, my main entertainment at this point came from ‘buzzing’ the other inhabitants of the office.

The real selling point of these particular remote control helicopters is the fact that they are equipped with infra-red lasers and receivers, so you can actually shoot each other. When you manage to hit the other helicopter their rotors will stop working for a few seconds, sending their helicopter plummeting towards the ground , and certain doom!

All in all these neat little gadgets kept us entertained for a whole afternoon, and would have done more so had we not been ‘tactfully’ reminded by the boss that we aren’t being paid to play with toys. (Spoilsport!)