FLYWING Bell222 Big Airwolf GPS RC Helicopter 2.4G RC 6CH 470-Class Electric Airplane Model

Age 16+. Both versions: metal and electronic components, hand-painted one-piece shell.

ACE is built around positioning stability rather than aerobatics. When FLY WING moved the platform to ACE, 3D manual mode, one-key inverted flight and the semi-autonomous circle and figure-8 routes were discontinued across the entire range. This is a change of scope, not a fault with this model.

Coordinated turn took their place. Rather than the aircraft flying a preset path on its own, the controller adds aileron scaled to airspeed on every rudder input — turning circuits and figure-8s into something flown cleanly by hand. For pilots who want to do the flying, this is the better arrangement. For anyone specifically after automated routes or inverted capability, this generation doesn't offer them.

In the US, yes. This helicopter is 1100g without a battery, well over the FAA's 250g threshold, so it has to be registered before you fly it outdoors. Registration is $5, takes about five minutes on FAADroneZone, and covers you for three years — you get one number that goes on every aircraft you own, not one per model.

You'll also need to pass TRUST, the FAA's recreational safety test. It's free, online, takes around 20 minutes, and you keep the certificate with you when you fly. Remote ID applies too: either fly at an FAA-recognised club site (FRIA), or fit a broadcast module, which is an inexpensive add-on part.

None of this is difficult — it's the same paperwork every owner of a helicopter this size goes through. Outside the US, check your national aviation authority, as thresholds and rules differ.

No — the standard RTF version arrives with the transmitter and one 4S 5000mAh battery, so it flies as delivered. [[ CONFIRM AND STATE: whether a charger is included. If it isn't, say so plainly here and link one. ]]

The one thing worth adding is more batteries. One pack is a single 20+ minute flight; two or three turns a trip to the field into a proper session. [[ LINK: spare battery listing ]]

US buyers also need FAA registration and TRUST before flying — see below.

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Beyond that, spares for this airframe are stocked separately — blades, rotor head components, gear, shells and electronics — so a hard landing is a repair rather than a write-off. [[ LINK: spare parts collection ]] Send photos of the damage to service@stirlingkits.com and we'll tell you which parts you need rather than making you guess.

More than a back garden. The rotor spans 820mm and the aircraft moves quickly once it's out of a hover, so you want an open field, a park with clear sightlines, or a club site — well away from people, buildings, roads and trees.

This is not an indoor or small-yard helicopter, and it isn't one you learn on in a confined space. If you don't have somewhere open to fly, that's worth sorting out before you order.

Yes, with sensible expectations. In GPS mode on Soft sensitivity it holds its own position, so a first hover is genuinely achievable on day one — the aircraft isn't fighting you the way an unassisted machine of this size would.

What it won't forgive is a bad site or a rushed first flight. Most first-time owners spend their first few packs hovering and flying slow circuits before touching Standard mode.

It's the Bell 222 — the real-world aircraft that Airwolf made famous. This is a FLY WING scale model of that airframe, not an officially licensed product, so it ships in the factory scheme rather than the show's markings.

The shape, proportions and 470-class size are what make it read as Airwolf on the flight line. Plenty of owners repaint or apply their own decals from there.

No. One-key inverted flight, 3D manual mode and the semi-autonomous route functions were discontinued when FLY WING moved to the ACE flight controller, across the whole range. ACE is built for positioning stability instead.

Coordinated turn takes their place: feed in rudder and the controller adds matching aileron for your airspeed, so you fly clean circuits and figure-8s by hand with a proper bank angle. If automated routes or inverted capability are what you want, this isn't the right aircraft.

No, and we don't sell it as a retrofit for that reason. The retraction mechanism isn't a bolt-on part — the fuselage structure itself was redesigned around it. The bays, the internal mounting frame and the shell geometry are all different on this generation, so there's nothing on the original airframe for the gear to mount to.

If retractable gear is what you're after, it means this aircraft, not a conversion of the one you have.

Switchable on the transmitter, so it doesn't matter which you order — set it to whichever you fly.

The same pre-flight every experienced pilot runs, and it takes about a minute. Check the main rotor grip spindle screws, the tail rotor grip screws, and every ball link and screw on the airframe. Anything that has worked loose gets thread-locked and retightened before you power up — vibration finds loose hardware, so this is worth doing every session rather than every few.

On the field, give yourself room and keep the aircraft well away from people. A 470-class helicopter carries real energy in the blades, so treat it as the machine it is rather than a toy. Damaged parts, unfamiliar setups and hurried first flights are where things go wrong — take your time on both and it looks after you.