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F22 4-CH. R/C FIGHTER JET QUADCOPTER

Top Race® F22 4-Channel R/C Fighter Jet Quadcopter, retail $64.99 (www.amazon.com...)
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Last updated 09-24-14

This isn't a flashlight, household lamp, Christmas light set, or other thing that glows, but it *DOES* have LEDs in it, so I figure what the hey.

The Top Race® F22 4-Channel R/C Fighter Jet Quadcopter (hereinafter, probably referred to simply as a 'quadcopter') is a very interesting little flying thing. Instead of one or two motors with propellers to direct the airflow toward the rear of the plane, the quadcopter has four motors to direct the airflow downward.

This allows you to fly the quadcopter in a manner not all unlike the Harrier ("jump jet") which includes things like vertical/short takeoff & landing (V/STOL), hovering, flying sideways, etc.

It also features a transmitter operating at 2.4GHz in the microwave region of the EM spectrum; something I have not seen in a micro R/C product prior to this time.

Size of product w/hand to show scale

SIZE

To use the quadcopter, turn the Tx on first, using the generously-sized slide switch on the upper surface of the Tx near its center. Then, turn the quadcopter over, and plug the two cords you see together, and set the quadcopter on a reasonably level surface.

Push the left-hand stick on the Tx forward and then pull it back (this 'arms' the remote), and then slowly push it forward. The motors on the quadcopter should now spin up, and the little thing should lift off the ground.

Congratulations! You are now a pilot!
For additional info. and flying tips, please consult the manual that comes with this product.

When finished using the quadcopter, turn the Tx off, and unplug those two cords on the quadcopter's underside.

The battery in the Quadcopter itself is rechargeable and is not designed to be changed; however the batteries in the remote will need to be changed from time to time.

To do this, unscrew & remove the phillips screw from the battery door on the underside of the unit, using the furnished phillips screwdriver. Set the screw aside.

Remove the battery door, carry it to the top of the basement stairs, and kick it down those stairs into the basement crawling with thousands of hungry piss ants that have to piddle -- they'll think it's something yummy to eat and start chewing on it, but quickly find it unpalatable so that they drag it to the queen, who also finds it distasteful so she piddles on it and instructs the worker ants to do the same...O WAIT!!! YOU'LL NEED THAT!!! So just set it aside instead.

Remove the six used AA cells from the compartment, and dispose of or recycle them as you see fit.

Insert six new AA cells into the compartment, orienting each cell so its flat-end (-) negative faces a spring for it in each chamber.

Finally, place the battery door back on, and screw the screw back in.
Aren't you glad you didn't kick that battery door down the stairs to all those hungry, hungry piss ants with full bladders now?

To charge the battery in the quadcopter, plug the larger end of the yellow cable into any USB port on your pee-cee, and plug the smaller end into the small female receptacle for it on the charger's body.

This is what the charger looks like (with the USB cable already connected to it).

Plug the short cord on the underside of the quadcopter's body {the one with the smaller of the two plugs} (there are two short cords on the underside of the product's body; only one of them fits the charger) into either of the two rectangular female receptacles for it on the charger. When this is done correctly, a red light on the charger will come on.

When this red light turns off, unplug the quadcopter from the charger, and unplug the USB plug from your computer (the charger and USB cable may remain connected).

This RC quadcopter is meant to be used as a toy in a dry area indoors or outdoors, not as a flashlight meant to be carried around all the time, thrashed, and abused; so I won't throw it against the wall, stomp on it, try to drown it in the {vulgar slang term for a fudge bunny}bowl or the cistern, run over it, swing it against the concrete floor of a patio, bash it open to check it for candiosity, fire it from the cannoñata (I guess I've been watching the TV program "Viva Piñata" too much again

- candiosity is usually checked with a scanner-type device on a platform with a large readout, with a handheld wand that Langston Lickatoad uses, or with a pack-of-cards-sized device that Fergy Fudgehog uses; and the cannoñata is only used to shoot piñatas to piñata parties away from picturesque Piñata Island), send it to the Daystrom Institute for additional analysis, or inflict upon it punishments that I might inflict upon a flashlight.

So this section of the quadcopter's web page will be significantly more bare than this section of the web page on a page about a flashlight.

Photo of its R/C unit.

Photo of the quadcopter, taken head-on so that you can see the red & blue LEDs on it.

Spectrographic analysis of the red die of one of the LEDs in this aircraft.

Spectrographic analysis of the red die of one of the LEDs in this aircraft; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 620nm and 630nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 624.690nm.

The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/44/f22red.txt

Spectrographic analysis of the blue die of one of the LEDs in this aircraft.

Spectrographic analysis of the blue die of one of the LEDs in this aircraft; spectrometer's response narrowed to a band between 440nm and 450nm to pinpoint peak wavelength, which is 444.110nm.

The raw spectrometer data (tab-delimited that can be loaded into Excel) is at http://ledmuseum.candlepower.us/44/f22blue.txt

USB2000 Spectrometer graciously donated by P.L.

Video on YourTube of my Top Race® F22 4-Channel R/C Fighter Jet Quadcopter's maiden flights.

I attribute part of the somewhat poor flying to my inexperience with quadcopters in general and the overall complexity (e.g. fairly steep learning curve) of all of the options available via its remote control unit.

Conditions at flight time were cloudy, winds calm, temperature 32°F (0°C).

This video is approximately 18.4445231684 megabytes (18,622,697 bytes) in length; dial-up users please be aware.
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Low-altitude flight of my Top Race® F22 4-Channel R/C Fighter Jet Quadcopter.

Flight took place in the panear my home on Ellinor Ave. in Shelton WA. USA on the morning of 09-20-14 (or, "2014 20 Sep." or even, "September 20, Twenty Stick-Pile-of-Crossed-Busted-Sticks if you prefer).

Weather conditions at flight time were moderate fog (but still VFR for R/C pilots), temperature of 59°F (15°C), and winds generally calm with gusts out of the SSW gusting to 10mph (8.65kts, 16.10kph).

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TEST NOTES:
Product was ordered from Amazon.com on 12-01-13, and was received at 4:55pm PST on 12-09-13.

UPDATE: 00-00-00

PROS:
Damn good looking piece of kit

NEUTRAL:

CONS:
Flight battery lifetime is considerably shorter than advertised
Seems to be a bit difficult for new quadcopter pilots to control

Unknown for Top Race®

R/C quadcopter

5mm bicolor LED

N/A

None

Foam and plastic

N/A

3.70V 500mAh (flight battery), 6x AA cells (Tx)

Unknown/unable to measure

Very light sprinkle-resistant at maximum

¡¡¡UN TRUCO O TRATADOR VESTIDA COMO LA GRAN CALABAZA ORINAR EN UN JACK-O, NO!!!

2.4GHz transmitter, USB cable, flight battery, charger, mini-screwdriver

355.60mm L x 254mm wingspan

55.80g (1.970 oz.)

China

Top Race® F22 4-Channel R/C Fighter Jet Quadcopter *

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