Comments on: Wowee Dragonfly Hands-On. Verdict: Awesome! http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 22:58:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Thor Hammaraxx http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/#comment-320832 Thor Hammaraxx Fri, 13 Jul 2007 07:05:50 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/#comment-320832 Early morning and late afternoon, when the wind is very slight or not evident is a great time to take it it outside. The extra space allows you to fly at a much higher altitude than available in doors, improving your control skills. However, in slight wind, be extra careful that you don't fly it out too far over other houses and end up loosing it, which can be easy to do. By the way, don't be put off by the materials it is constructed with. I crashed (dive-bombed) mine hundreds of times onto concrete and it has suffered only slight scuffing to its 'beak' and still flys as well as it did on day one. Well done Wowee! nice price too for so much fun!! (AUD $59 @ Kmart). Early morning and late afternoon, when the wind is very slight or not evident is a great time to take it it outside. The extra space allows you to fly at a much higher altitude than available in doors, improving your control skills. However, in slight wind, be extra careful that you don’t fly it out too far over other houses and end up loosing it, which can be easy to do. By the way, don’t be put off by the materials it is constructed with. I crashed (dive-bombed) mine hundreds of times onto concrete and it has suffered only slight scuffing to its ‘beak’ and still flys as well as it did on day one. Well done Wowee! nice price too for so much fun!! (AUD $59 @ Kmart).

]]> By: Doug http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/#comment-124015 Doug Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:06:54 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/#comment-124015 They're finally out and available at RadioShack - far ahead of when the Flytech site said they would be which means awesome is available for purchase! I picked one up and absolutely love it. I was a little afraid of my 3 year old daughter being afraid of it - but, she's sat on my lap and helped me fly it lots of times now -- which is great, because she's also the one that runs and retrieves it when I crash into the wall, chair, table, lights, etc. It's durable enough for her to bring it back (usually crashing through/around/on something to get to me). As for the cats... I was hopeful that they'd be afraid - but, my big guy runs after it. He won't touch it once it's on the ground which is good for the wings (smile!). Checkout my review w/ pics and fan-site in general at: http://www.mydragonfly.info/ They’re finally out and available at RadioShack - far ahead of when the Flytech site said they would be which means awesome is available for purchase! I picked one up and absolutely love it. I was a little afraid of my 3 year old daughter being afraid of it - but, she’s sat on my lap and helped me fly it lots of times now — which is great, because she’s also the one that runs and retrieves it when I crash into the wall, chair, table, lights, etc. It’s durable enough for her to bring it back (usually crashing through/around/on something to get to me).

As for the cats… I was hopeful that they’d be afraid - but, my big guy runs after it. He won’t touch it once it’s on the ground which is good for the wings (smile!).

Checkout my review w/ pics and fan-site in general at:
http://www.mydragonfly.info/

]]> By: Robert Oschler http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/#comment-94705 Robert Oschler Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:33:32 +0000 http://crunchgear.com/2007/02/07/wowee-dragonfly-hands-on-verdict-awesome/#comment-94705 There's a very interesting back story to the Flytech Dragonfly. It's original design was created by a high school student named Sean Frawley, who is now a consultant to WowWee. For more information on Sean and his Ornithopter design and company, see here: http://www.robotsrule.com/html/flytech-dragonfly.php There’s a very interesting back story to the Flytech Dragonfly. It’s original design was created by a high school student named Sean Frawley, who is now a consultant to WowWee. For more information on Sean and his Ornithopter design and company, see here:

http://www.robotsrule.com/html/flytech-dragonfly.php

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