Balloon Helicopter

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Flies over 20 feet into the air!

Description

These balloon-powered helicopters are great for outdoor or indoor fun (if you have high ceilings). Simply snap the blades on the hub, place the balloon on the collar, inflate the balloon, and you're ready for lift off! When you release, air travels through the blades, causing them to spin. Lift is created and off it goes! We've gotten these to fly over 20 feet high. Blow up the balloon again to relaunch. Colors may vary.

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14 reviews

Awesome

Jul 18, 2023

Sooooo much fun. Kept the kiddies entertained and sparked ample discussion. Very affordable.

ERL

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Disappointment

Mar 10, 2022

The Balloon Helicopter was a bust. The video make it look easy and fun, but we did not have the same results. Ours only flopped to the ground after each of several attempts. I would not recommend this product.

Kristin Malara

Owner Response: I'm so sorry this was a disappointing product for you. I'm wondering if you may have put the blades on the opposits way. Please call our customer service line so we can correct the issue.

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Kids loved this.

Apr 1, 2020

My wife purchased several item from this company and this helicopter was thrown in. It came with two balloons. The kids played with this until both balloons riped at the neck. This is a fun and easy toy. I have young kids and they were not strong enough to blow the balloon all the way up so I helped. Their is a small red plastic piece that is sharp and it will cut the balloons after a few uses. I took that piece used an exacto knife to take off the extra plastic and then sanded smooth with 200 grit sand paper to take off the sharp edges that the balloon wraps around then I purchased a large bag of balloons, some pop, others get riped. The only problem I have with this toy is: my kids take it to sleep with, they place it under their pillow and lose the plastic connection piece that holds the balloon to the helicopter. We find it after a week or so. This is a lot of fun. I would recommend buying more than one!

Matthew

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Did not fly well

Oct 1, 2019

With the given balloon, the units were hard to manipulate and flight was very minimal to non-existent. I will try a larger balloon but don't expect much for results. I will to re-purpose these as not enough units bought to warrant a return.

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balloon helicopter

Feb 22, 2019

Great when it works. I bought 30 for my class. Some of them went way high and the kids had a great time. Some of them only went up a few feet and other did not work or fell apart

Alan Feingold

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Love These

Dec 7, 2018

The balloons are a little harder to inflate, but it's amazing how high they fly. My kiddos love these!

Jamie

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Fun

Jul 6, 2018

We are enjoying the helicopter balloons. They are easy to assemble and fly well. We experimented with different balloons to see what would happen. It is always great when something inexpensive can provide a lot of fun and learning.

Cherie Thompson

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hard to assemble

Jan 30, 2018

Hard to get the inflated balloon onto the propeller. Didn't get much a flight.

Maurice Karpman

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How to use this

Nov 18, 2017

Finally, I've found the proper instruction of how it works. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51hc-sDuh7L.jpg Good.

Frank TZE

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disappointing

Nov 17, 2016

These didn't work well at all. The balloon was too small to drive the propellor. We tried using slightly larger balloons but then they were too thick for the attachment. The design of the attachment point needs improvement. I repurposed the blades for another activity.

Stephanie

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great stuff

Sep 29, 2015

Balloon copters make a great demo of propeller thrust and lift.

Mark A Evans

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Too much fun!

Jun 26, 2015

These balloon helicopters were just too much fun! I got them for my 6 year old's science birthday party, and the kids just loved them!

Jennifer

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Not worth the money

May 3, 2015

These looked great and I got a couple of them for my son. Neither really worked, and they both just quickly sank to the ground when released. We inflated the balloons to full capacity, but they just couldn't drive the blades quickly enough for flight.

Joe

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Balloon Helicopter

Dec 18, 2014

These were not worth the price the pieces were flimsy and fall off to easily. My 8th grade students became frustrated trying to make them work.

Mary Kelly

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NGSS

This product will support your students' understanding of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), as shown in the table below.

Elementary

Middle School

High School

3-PS2-2

Students can use the Balloon Helicopter to make observations and/or measurements of an object's motion to provide evidence that a pattern can be used to predict future motion.

MS-PS2-2

Students can use the Balloon Helicopter to plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object.

HS-PS2-1

Students can use the Balloon Helicopter to investigate and analyze data to support the claim that Newton's second law of motion describes the mathematical relationship among the net force on a macroscopic object, its mass and its acceleration.

Suggested Science Idea(s)

3-PS2-2
MS-PS2-2
HS-PS2-1

When the balloon is inflated and released with the Balloon Helicopter, observable and measurable results help students in their understanding of forces.

3-5-ETS1-3

Students can use the Balloon Helicopter to investigate many problems regarding forces and interactions. Fascinating trials to study flight, gravity, force and motion. Newton's Laws of Motion in action.

* NGSS is a registered trademark of Achieve. Neither Achieve nor the lead states and partners that developed the Next Generation Science Standards were involved in the production of, and do not endorse, this product.

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