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Radio Control Goodyear Blimp (Style May Vary)

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Radio Control Goodyear Blimp (Style May Vary)

(7 customer reviews)

SKU:

MACH-3Z-GOODYEAR

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WARNING:

CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

You get amazing indoor flying action with this 3-channel radio controlled Goodyear Blimp featuring a 51" refillable metallized Mylar balloon. Incredible control allows you to motor forward or backward, spin 360 degrees, rise, descend and hover at will. This nearly weightless blimp is powered by three micro motors. The included radio control provides a range of over 100' and is perfect for flying in enclosed spaces. Requires 1 "9V" and 1 "CR123A" lithium battery (not included). Measures 51" x 9.5" x 23". Helium not included.

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Product Details

Product Length:	4.9 inches
Product Width:	8.8 inches
Product Height:	15.0 inches
Product Weight:	1.0 pounds
Package Length:	15.1 inches
Package Width:	9.1 inches
Package Height:	4.8 inches
Package Weight:	0.9 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 7 reviews

Features

Goodyear Blimp
Contains blimp balloon, gondola, and RC controller
Requires one 9V battery (sold separately)
Requires one 3V blimp battery (sold separately)
Requires helium (available at most flower shops)

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review: 3.5

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33 of 34 found the following review helpful:

Blimp at altitude Oct 10, 2007 By David W. Packer "blimper"
Blimp seemed ok, but did not come with helium (understandable) or two
sided tape (inexcusable), and hard to find battery (a real negative).
so one had to go out and buy both.
Then there is a big problem.....blimp does not lift off adequately at higher altitudes (like Denver, 5000ft+) at all.
Turns out even the real one does not go there.
So in Denver, the present for the 8 year old turned out to be a science lesson rather than a toy.
Should say this when buying and also make clear what batteries are needed. An interesting downer.

17 of 20 found the following review helpful:

Too much fun Nov 03, 2006 By Craig D. Stanton
This is an addictive toy.
It doesn't take very long to get the hang of it once the ballast is squared away.
My 12 year old nephew loves it

1 of 1 found the following review helpful:

$100 for a defective, unreturnable product Aug 31, 2011 By craftsman422
Received my RC Goodyear blimp and it appeared in good shape. Having read the reviews, I had also bought a tank of helium ,the two batteries required to make this toy operable, and the double sided tape required for assembly. These items are not included. Assembly was pretty straight forward. My first complaint is there should be an instruction to install the batteries in the RC control unit (transmitter) and blimp gondola (receiver) BEFORE inflating/assembling blimp. Then check to make sure they operate. If they don't, send it back. Once the blimp is inflated, there is no way to deflate the blimp without damaging it. Now you're stuck with it. Mine did not work. The small electric engines that control the blimp's movement were intermittent in operation. I discovered that holding the transmitter's antenna against the blimp's receiver antenna (a thin wire hanging from the gondola) resulted in reliable operation. Of course, that means you are stuck following the toy around to get it to work. As soon as transmitter antenna contact with the receiver antenna was broken, the engines stopped working reliably. Basically I am stuck with a $100 Mylar helium balloon that just rests on the ceiling. If it doesn't deflate itself within the return period, I will not be able to package and return this toy.

5 of 7 found the following review helpful:

Blimp review Jan 07, 2008 By Langdon Blight
Great fun. Simple to use. The kids (5 and 6) were mesmersied by it, and loved it.

2 of 3 found the following review helpful:

Doesn't work at high altitude/in desert Aug 30, 2008 By Jeni
We had problems with this toy after 1 day. If it is not completely filled with helium it doesn't have enough buoyancy to raise itself up. This may be due to the fact that we live at 4200 feet and in the desert (20% humidity). But since we aren't going to go to the store every day to refill it, it's not very practical. We actually bought 2 of these because on the first day, the front and back doors happened to be opened simultaneously, and a gush of air pushed it right out the back door and it floated away too quickly to retrieve it.

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