If you’re looking for a good RC helicopter, it’s easy to become overwhelmed with all the available options.
Beginners will want to go with a small, inexpensive, easy to use chopper, while more experienced pilots may want a helicopter that comes with more advanced capabilities to maneuver.
Today we will review the Best RC Helicopters of 2024 to help you select the right one for you whether you are flying outdoors, indoors or shooting video.
Best Outdoor Remote Control Helicopter – Blade 230 S V2 RTF Brushless Motor
Specs
Main Rotor Head Type: Collective Pitch (CCPM) Flybarless Swashplate Type: 120 degree CCPM Tail Drive: Direct Drive
What We Like
Has SAFE technology’s progressive flights mode
Ideal for acrobatics and inversion moves
Panic Recovery Mode keeps altitude steady
Doesn’t require any assembly or setup
The Blade 230 S V2 RTF comes with a powerful brushless motor and a 800mAh battery pack. The battery has an eleven-minute flight time and both AA batteries needed are included with your purchase.
Blade 230 S V2 RTF Features
This RC helicopter has a Panic Recovery Mode that can be used to straighten out your flight pattern when you lose control of the aircraft.
This keeps the helicopter from falling to the ground or crashing into something by realigning the direction and allowing it to continue flying. This is ideal for those who are practicing tricks in the air but haven’t gained much experience yet.
The SAFE’s progressive flight mode is designed to help balance your helicopter while in the air so you can have enough control to practice your tricks and acrobatics without damaging the unit.
This makes it a little easier to control the helicopter so you can learn how to begin and follow through with advanced movements without feeling like you are going to damage it.
This helicopter also comes fully assembled so that you can take it out of the box and immediately use it. You won’t have to do anything but put the batteries in before take-off.
And, without the need to register with the government, you won’t have to wait until that is done before getting to fly it like you want to.
This RC helicopter is a great choice for intermediate flyers who want to learn new skills with a solid and easy-to-fly option. The ready to use helicopter allows you to begin practicing as soon as you get it, and the progressive flight mode helps you maintain control as you learn so you don’t hurt the copter while you practice.
Blade 120 SR RTF
Specs
Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.7 x 5.9 inches
Flight time: 7-12 minutes
Camera: No camera
Weight: 2.7 pounds
If you want a RC helicopter that offers performance, out-of-the-box flying, great flight times, and a reasonable price, the Blade 120 SR RTF is the perfect choice.
About the Manufacturer: Horizon Hobby is the manufacturer that makes the Blade mCX2 RTF, and the company is known for their radio control products. All products from Horizon Hobby are backed with excellent customer service, phone support, online resources, and warranty repairs.
About the Product: The Blade 120 SR RTF is a sub-micro size RC chopper and it’s perfect for both outdoor and indoor use. You can fly this helicopter as soon as you take it out of the box, and it offers stable, fast flying. The product dimensions are 17.4 x 10.7 x 5.9 inches, and it weighs in at 2.7 pounds. The controls are extremely easy to learn, whether you’re a beginner or a pro.
While the Blade 120 SR RTF is designed for indoor and outdoor use, it flies best in moderate outdoor conditions with low winds. If you plan to fly it indoors, you’ll need a large room for the best flying experience.
Depending on conditions, flight time ranges between 7-12 minutes on one charge. With the AC adaptor, the helicopter can be charged completely in just 30-60 minutes. This option is perfect as a starter RC helicopter.
UDI U13A 3 Channel 2.4GHz Metal RC Helicopter w/ Video Camera
Specs
Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches
Flight time: 10 minutes
Camera: Camera for video or still photos
Weight: 2.2 pounds
When you plan to take videos or photos with your RC helicopter, you need a quality chopper with great stability, as well as a product that offers a good camera. The UDI U13A 3 Channel 2.4GHz Metal RC Helicopter w/ Video Camera is an excellent choice, and it’s still reasonably priced.
About the Manufacturer: The UDI company manufactures a variety of RC toys, including RC helicopters, RC quadcopters, and RC cars.
UDI U13A comes equipped with camera for taking videos and photographs
About the Product: The UDI U13A 3 Channel 2.4GHz Metal RC Helicopter w/ Video Camera is a high quality helicopter that comes with a camera for taking videos and photos. It moves in six different directions, including backward, forward, anti-clockwise, clockwise, down, and up. The Lipo battery comes with overcharging protection, which prolongs the lifespan of the battery. It has a flight time of approximately 10 minutes and charges in just 20-30 minutes with the included AC wall charger.
The product dimensions are 7.5 x 7.5 x 7.5 inches, and the helicopter weighs 2.2 pounds. The three axis gyro and flybar provide excellent stability, making it easier to enjoy great photos and video from the included camera. The included camera is easy to operate, with individual buttons for video or still photos. It also has an SSD slot so you can save photos and videos taken in the air.
Best Remote Control Helicopter for Beginners
Blade mCX2 RTF
Specs
Dimensions: 16.5 x 8.5 x 5.7 inches
Flight time: 15 minutes
Camera: No camera
Weight: 2.4 pounds
About the Manufacturer: Horizon Hobby is the manufacturer that makes the Blade mCX2 RTF, and they are well known for their radio control products. All products from Horizon Hobby are backed with excellent customer service, phone support, online resources, and warranty repairs.
About the Product: The Blade mCX2 RTF is a high-quality, easy to use chopper that offers great flying, wonderful performance, and excellent stability. It is small and easy to fly, which makes it a great option for beginners. Not only does it offers great control and stability, it’s extremely durable as well, which is important for individuals just getting started with RC helicopters.
When you open the box, the Blade mCX2 RTF is ready to fly. The body is sleek and attractive, and flashing LED lights are included. It will fly for about 15 minutes per charge. The dimensions of the product are 16.5 x 8.5 x 5.7 inches, and it weighs 2.4 pounds.
If you’re looking for a RC chopper that is easy on the budget, the Syma S107G 3.5 Channel RC Helicopter with Gyro is the perfect option. It’s easy to use, it offers great stability, and it’s very reasonably priced.
About the Manufacturer: The Syma toy company makes this helicopter. The company is located in China. They make helicopters, quadcopters, and other technologically advanced toys.
About the Product: The Syma S107G 3.5 Channel RC Helicopter with Gyro offers forward/backward, left/right, and up/down controls that are very easy to use. The helicopter uses infrared control, so it should only be used indoors. It comes with a Lithium Polymer battery that offers 5-8 minutes of fly time, and recharge time takes about 20-35 minutes.
No assembly is required, so beginners don’t need to worry about putting together small parts. Since it’s a mini helicopter, it’s easy to get used to flying, making it the perfect entry-level option. The product dimensions are 17.8 x 7.3 x 3 inches, and the chopper weights only one pound.
Flight Time: Flight time of 5 or 6 minutes Range: 787 inches of flight range
What We Like
It can be locked at a specific altitude
Anti-collision for less damage if crashed
Has 2 selectable frequencies
One button take-off and landing function
The Syma S107H-E Remote Control Helicopter is a great RC option with a decent range and good safety features to make sure you don’t lose the unit.
S107H-E Features
This rc copter has an altitude hold that lets you set the maximum height that you want the helicopter to fly so that you won’t guide it too far into the air.
This also makes a great function for use indoors so that the helicopter won’t hit the ceiling.
It can also be used outdoors to ensure that the helicopter won’t get flown into tall trees and get stuck.
This Syma model comes with an anti-collision build that makes it more durable in the event of a crash. Accidents happen, and when they do, you don’t want them to damage or destroy your helicopter. So, this build keeps your unit from getting damaged and makes it more durable so that it lasts longer even when it gets into a few crashes.
There is also a one-button take-off which makes starting it up and getting it into the air much easier.
Just press one button and the helicopter will be lifted into the air and ready for you to tell it where to go.
This also keeps the helicopter at a certain altitude once it is in the air.
This RC-helicopter is a great option for kids and young adults because of the safety features that come with it. Parents can use the auto take-off and also set a maximum altitude to ensure that their kids don’t fly their toy off into the neighbor’s yard, or get it stuck in a tree.
The durability of the helicopter’s build will also put your mind at ease should you or your child happen to crash the unit.
Syma S111G 3.5 Channel RC Helicopter with Gyro
Specs
Charge time: 40 minutes
Flight time: 5-8 minutes
For use indoors
The Syma S111G is very easy to fly and great for beginners. It is not very fast, but since it is an indoor helicopter I think that is preferred.
About the Manufacturer: Syma is based in China, but they have a very good reputation for creating quality RC choppers and quadcopters.
About the Product: Its flight characteristics are similar to the Syma 107G, very smooth and well balanced. Speed does not seem to be the emphasis for this RC helicopter, rather it is built to be steady, smooth and easy to fly.
It is solidly built, and can take hits well.
It can fly for around 5-8 minutes on one charge and takes around 40 minutes to charge.
In my opinion, you cant go wrong with the Syma S111G. The price is set very low, and its flies fantastic.
Just like the Syma S107G, the Syma S108G is a classic. It has a military design, with missiles (dont worry, are just for looks).
This is another easy to fly, smooth flying micro helicopter from Syma, that is available at a very cheap price.
About the Manufacturer: See reviews above.
About the Product: The S108G is durable, and can take hits well. It is also easy to maneuver in the air.
It has a flying time of around 5-8 minutes on one charge.
It does seem to have more plastic in its design than the S107G, which may be a negative.
The S108G does seem more powerful and responsive than the S107G, which may make it more interesting to someone with a bit of experience flying RC helicopters.
These are our reviews of the top RC helicopters so far in 2024, we will be waiting to see what else this year will bring, and possibly update the list.
8 thoughts on “Best RC Helicopter Reviews 2024: Top 7!”
Can anyone tell me the best choice for a quadcopter or helicopter just for flying in my backyard (I don’t want a camera) that has great flight time? One catch, it has to be under $60. I have been searching for a very long time but the only thing I could find that I like was the Aukey Mohawk. I mean it looks great and all but I just feel like there could be a better one out there. Any help at all would be very appreciated thanks! -Chuck
Wltoys v911s
My question relates to battery life (not flight time). Have any brands solved the rechargeable battery problem? The helicopters with removable recharge-batteries could only be recharged a small number of times before a new recharge-battery had to be purchased. Which of course gets very expensive, very quickly.
So no matter how well the helicopter performed, the real price came from purchasing battery after battery. Any thoughts?
With proper storage voltage, LiPos used in most models can make it through hundreds of cycles.
Can you tell me the weight of WLTOYS V912 Large Remote Controlled Helicopter?
Ultimately your going to have to advance to collective pitch.hands down mikado helicopter.
I spent 5 years mastering collective pitch helicopter.aFfixed pitch hellicopter teaches all the wrong things to do,to advance to the end game of Rc heli.
Looking for heli…
Budget 150 – ish
+ Good battery life
+ Single rotor
+ Preferably 3D capable
*** Durable ***
Can anyone tell me the best choice for a quadcopter or helicopter just for flying in my backyard (I don’t want a camera) that has great flight time? One catch, it has to be under $60. I have been searching for a very long time but the only thing I could find that I like was the Aukey Mohawk. I mean it looks great and all but I just feel like there could be a better one out there. Any help at all would be very appreciated thanks! -Chuck
Wltoys v911s
My question relates to battery life (not flight time). Have any brands solved the rechargeable battery problem? The helicopters with removable recharge-batteries could only be recharged a small number of times before a new recharge-battery had to be purchased. Which of course gets very expensive, very quickly.
So no matter how well the helicopter performed, the real price came from purchasing battery after battery. Any thoughts?
With proper storage voltage, LiPos used in most models can make it through hundreds of cycles.
Can you tell me the weight of WLTOYS V912 Large Remote Controlled Helicopter?
Ultimately your going to have to advance to collective pitch.hands down mikado helicopter.
I spent 5 years mastering collective pitch helicopter.aFfixed pitch hellicopter teaches all the wrong things to do,to advance to the end game of Rc heli.
Looking for heli…
Budget 150 – ish
+ Good battery life
+ Single rotor
+ Preferably 3D capable
*** Durable ***