I recently celebrated/endured/had my 75th birthday. I told my wife I would like to have an RC helicopter. She asked my son (He flies RC controlled planes.) to pick one up for me. He bought one of the indoor Apache $39.95 models for me. We tried it out in his foyer.

At full throttle, it would rise up about 10feet. It would not go backward or forward, instead, even with full throttle, it dropped like a rock. Of course he insisted I was doing it all wrong so he tried it. Same story! Best part of my day. I took it back to Fry's and got an $80 model. The controller on this one wouldn't power up. I returned it for a full refund.

At this point, I am not sure what my next step will be.