When I started flying helis in 2012 the OG heli pilots gave me flack because my heli was flybarless with a gyro instead of flybar. Having flown both flybarless/flybar I see why they said that and now I watch these helis take off and fly on their own more akin to quads I totally get them now. The pain you have to go through flying, crashing, repairing, dreaming about, then fly again and repeat really helps you concentrate on what's wrong so you can fly better. I remember just taking off seemed impossible. You then learn that as soon as you start spooling up you are flying but on the ground. Learning how to adjust the ground effects develops super subtle stick control. This helps enormously for landings. Crash landings are costly in time and money for helis. For FPV quads you hover a foot or three above ground and kill motors. No harm done. Helis need to be true. Plus it's really fun to land just like a plane is fun; sometimes more fun than flying. This heli looks great for indoors and calm evenings outside. Thanks for flying and reviewing helis Brian. I love all flying robots that are peaceful. . .

Just ordered one on the strength of your review, Thank you.

Great review and good to see this one. I have three similar Helis - E120x2 and orange C186 (no optical flow) and although they help themselves to fly quite a lot you do still have to fly them yourself as they are not as refined as a drone. This gives you the chance to get on with the business of flying rather than fighting the aircraft. Now I know purists will still prefer to learn the hard way and they will build skills that way and be able to eventually do stunts, 3D etc, and that is fine if that is your direction. But for me, just wanting to fly a heli simply and cheaply these are the perfect solution and without them I would never have bothered with helis. I really don't need to do anything more myself in the world of helis. So it is horses for courses, and that is what is great about the hobby giving so much choice now. If it's not for you fine, and if it is for you have fun. That's what all hobbies are ultimately about.

I think it's a great little toy that I see would be hard to destroy. That being said, I think it's a great gift for a child to play around with, and not worry about being broken on it's first flight. Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

I would recommend BO105 model (C186) from the same company over this one for beginners. the battery is easier to install and remove, and the outer shell is made of tougher material, that can take some beating. mechanically, they are pretty much the same helicopters. I believe the name of the manufacture is YuXiang, but they use several brand names including "RC ERA" "FliteZone" "G-Force" "Modstar" "Eachine" etc.

Just got mine last night can't wait to try it Sunday afternoon and I'm also getting the red EC-135 as well

Brilliant camera work

You have very very beautiful place. I love to this place and this amazing heli.😍

That unbox/build/radio setup had me cracking up, great vid

I'm glad it has gyroscope calibration to fix the drifting issue. I can't wait to play with this thing :)

I have found that 5 pence or something similar weight, taped to the nose is a bit of a help with the Centre of Gravity, I use double sided tape to seal the battery bay, then add coin to help with centre of gravity, them a strip of tape. Still prefer the Eachine E-129, can buy with 3 cells.

That's funny because I worked on EC-135 when I was in the USAF...but they weren't helicopters

Nice scale and flytime.

I have this model; just a heads up, if anyone buys this heli, be mindful that the heli can drop out of the sky if you are holding down on the throttle stick without any other stick input. I believe the heli senses that it has landed and shuts off the motors while still airborne.

❤ this little heli so scale & a blast to fly 💯

The tilt when hovering is normal for helicopters. full sized helicopters do it too. Its how they compensate for translating tendency.

I was really surprised on how big it was not over big and not to small I bought 1 I thank its pretty cool myself

C187は素晴らしい安定性ですね。 楽しいです！

Jeesh, Brian! Sneaking in another weed whacker video ( 3:33 ) ?!? Cool little heli! Thanks! Great job, Camera Crew! I'm sure BP can patch up all of the holes in the drywall from this thing, and make it look like new... almost. Not really 😂 👍

@7:30 if you listen closely what is that weird "grunting sound" in the background. I had to reply this part of the video a few times and found it kind of odd. But love the copter im gonna get on myself.

Cool little heli 👍

Yum, forget the Crappy Chopper, Look at that Lawn already, need a couple of Flags to chip at. Grass always grows toward the sun. Dig out a bunker, fill it up with quicksand while Your at it Ace!

That flying in the woods is cool

This looks like the same basic system as the Eachine E120 that I have. Mine always defaults to mode 1 (right hand throttle) but if you need to swap, just hold the auto take off & land button down whilst powering on the transmitter. You will have to do this EVERY time you power on, but you’ll get used to it! You’ll know which mode you’re in when you try to arm the system with the throttle up down process😊

can not beat the price that hele goes at my speed I love it. as I age I am starting to lean to the right.

MD 500 Hughes coming soon!

Hi from what I understand the optical flow system waits a second or so before it kicks in after you have made a move yourself, so that is why it may drift a little. Also the optical flow does not operate during yaw hence why it drifts then. Whenever you move the controls the optical flow system is overridden. That's my understanding of the model. It's not as sophisticated as a GPS system on a more expensive drone but then for the money what it does is cool.

I found out that you can fly this helicopter with the C189 MD500 Transmitter and you can fly the C186 BO 105 & C187 EC135 only thing different is if you wanna land it you press the take off button so you use the takeoff to takeoff & land

Very beautiful !! 😀

best review

Holy shit I finally hit it first.....

Can't say I've enjoyed this product. I've found it extremely difficult to get the remote control to connect to the heli. Also the one I have drifts terribly, even with trim/recalibration. Lastly, I know you can use Google lens to translate, but the Chinese instructions are extremely annoying.

Merci pour cette vidéo 👍

Your garage doors are sweet!

I wish they would of had an app for it though like some other rc that you buy but no matter it's still cool helicopter I like it a lot

That’s exactly what happened to my other EC machine. It wondered sofar with yaw I couldn’t get it back and crashed into a tree.

I wonder how low is the battery voltage when the light starts flashing and how low it is when flashes faster

how does this compare to the e120 and have you seen one better than those 2 since making this video?

When I think of the little radio-controlled helicopters released only 10 years ago, which were really crap to fly, and when I see this little plastic thing that flies almost by itself....(I think of my little solo pro v1 that I still have)

Hi and thanks a lot for this video. Does anyone know what protocol is used for this heli, i wanna gain more control biding it with my Zorro. Thanks for your help.

Awesome videos Brian thank you, did you ever locate a clear replacement rotor blade for this heli? I’d like to replace mine

recommendation for easy to fly beginner brushless heli with teck i can keep learning on? i want to buy just once. maybe tops $200 budget?

interesting!

Mine nods a lot and quite often wants to fly backwards. If I let go of everything it sort of hovers and then I can go forward but it nods a lot. Then eventually I end up at full stick and its not going foward anymore. It's very hard to tell if that is about as good as it gets. The one in this video seems to behave pretty much the same.

Do you know if we can somehow disable the gyro / stabilization in this things? Just blows my mind how we can have the stabilized mode and not the not stabilized, just realistic mode, never, is stabilized or 3D, both different, not realistic, unless you have a model, like I had, a T-REX 450, the only thing that wasn't controlled by me was the yaw, that I would also love to have but I sold it

I was considering buying the RC ERA MD500 C189, but it's £130 I would pay this like cos it's quite a big heli, but this C187 looks like an alternative copter, scale nice flyer. Which would you recommend Brian? considering all factors. Rob

Should I get this or Eachine 120 ? (I'm a beginner)

I want one!

@BrianPhillipsRC: Do you have the Airwolf RC helicopter yet ?

Hi, you mentioned some other helis that can switch off the auto leveling, which ones are those?

How many meters is the distance range of the remote control helicopter?🤔🤔

Did the manual say “calibration without deflections”? Maybe the weed reflections would be a better translation, try to calibrate it on a less reflective surface. Just a thought. 🤷

What’s the Weight? Below Remote ID Requirement?

Eachine E120 reborn.

I have the c186 pro and I have the c187 the c186 is very easy to fly does okay and slight wind but the c187 has no issues with wind it goes right through it it's a Snappy little helicopter

Today I flew my "RC Era C187" outside for a bit. Then it suddenly went into an uncontrollable descent and landed in the grass. I had to remove a few blades of grass from the rotor head. But now it is unfortunately broken. Everything still works at full power, pitch, roll, yaw. It pulls like always when I hold it in my hand. But it no longer wants to climb. Only there, the helicopter doesn't get enough rpm. Does anyone have an idea, please?🙂

I have one like that but hard to fly and no sensor flow

Fenestron! Brushless direct drive OT somehow make the exact same MD500 but make the Md500N version... NOTAR! No tail rotor Assume it wouldn't be easy but amazing!

My battery i flashing red fast when charge, and it will not fly..just blinking… pleas help

what transmitter is compatable for my echine e120 rc heli

witch one better EC135 | C187

Hi..! Thank you for your video. how can I buy one of this,,? Do you ship out of US? Thanks

Do you think it's good for indoor flying?

Is there any other place besides Banggood the ERA EC135 C187 parts are available . . If I order now delivery is way down in November . that is horrible.

can you make a review of ERA C189 BRUSHLESS HELICOPTER. THANKS IN ADVANCE sir brian.

Did anyone catch how it compares to the C186?

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I want one hi from Australia 🇦🇺

I guess I'm stupid, I can't figure out were to buy any of these cool helicopters,why don't they sell them at a Damm retail store.

plz price the

Your kinda old to be playing with toys

"Camera Crew" 🤮

You are concerned about shutting off the blades I'm going to test it I'm going to see if shutting off the remote does anything

You and I share a name. except mine is spelled Bryon Phillips.. we could be kin folk..lol I have the eashine 120