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Manufacturer: Spin Master Toys
Recommended Age: 8 and up
Category: Airplane
Overall Rating:
0.5 Stars out of 4
Review by Thunder1
½ Star out of 4
I bought the Air Hogs "Avenger" for my son on his 8th birthday yesterday.
The concept looks great-- an airplane powered by air. Cool airpump to
charge the plane. In execution, however, the plane falls short. The wings
are a tough but breakable foam, and after 6 attempts at flight, our was
damaged so badly the propeller shaft was bent irreparably. Despite
following the flight instructions, ours never flew respectably and crashed
5 times out of 6. The airpump requires rigorous effort from an adult--
our 8 year old was not able to get it to the required air pressure (to
be honest, it took effort for his *Dad* to) and the pump design
is so lame that as it nears operating pressure, the backpressure
pops the plane off the airpump nipple. A simple locking mechanism as one
might find on water rockets would have solved this. The velcro that is
"supposed" to lock it down fails miserably to do so. The one flight we
had was no where near the "football field" claimed, and with the damage
it took every attempt after that, I doubt it will fly again.
Save your money.
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Air Hogs: V-Wing Avenger
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