Disney Planes Wing Control Dusty Crophopper Radio Control Plane

Clever design, well made, and accurate voice
I have a 10 year old girl and a 7 year old boy. They both love playing with Dusty Crophopper. Their favorite aspect of the toy is the remote that fits over the hand. The child pretends to be a plane while playing with Dusty. This allows Dusty to be a playmate, not just an RC toy.

The voice of the toy is clear and accurate to the film. It isn't overly loud but is loud enough for the child to hear during active play. And this is a toy that you can't sit down and play as an RC toy (but a child can pick Dusty up and fly him around).

Dusty does go on medium-height carpet but not very well. On hardwood it runs so smoothly, you'd expect him to take off.

A great toy. The kids rated it "two wings up."
This is NOT a flying toy
If you look at the pictures on the box, it seems to show Dusty flying thru the air, in front of the boy with the controllers. On bottom of the box, however, in eighth inch letters, is written "This is not a flying toy". My first response was "ahh!", but if you look at the body of the plane, it would be aerodynamically impossible to fly, unless you were in a zero gravity. Since the boy I got this for is only 5, its actually great that it doesn't fly. Those flying planes require big open space, no electric wires or trees, and they STILL crash. If you want to introduce a child to radio controlled toys, this isn't a bad place to start. The box recommends age 10 or older, but with a little bit of supervision, you can start them out younger. If the kid forgets to turn off the plane when done playing, there's an automatic shut off to conserve battery life.

When it comes to operation, I had a few problems. First, you need a large, flat area to play upon. It wont move thru grass,...
Fun but hard to control
First, let me say this plane does not fly. It is basically a remote control car that looks like a plane and has a different type of remote. The remote is the wing that gets held in the right hand. It has a button on it to make Dusty go and the angle at which it is held controls the direction of Dusty and how he turns. Turns is easy, getting Dusty to level out is a little more difficult. The left hand wing does nothing. It is more for play and making your child feel like he/she has two wings.

Dusty himself has three built in motions which seem more for demo purposes than anything, They just make him go by himself. I don't see the real point to it.

The plane requires 4 AA batteries and the remote 2 AAA batteries. The batteries are not included. It would have been nice to at least include the cheap no name batteries.

For a child this is a lot of fun. It was an immediate hit. While it is hard to straighten Dusty out it is not so hard that the fun is...
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