Disney Pixar Cars Dinoco Helicopter
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: MattelBrand: Mattel
Release Date: 2007-06-01
Model: L2560
Product features:
- Lightning McQueen makes good on his promise to his best friend, Mater, when he gets him a ride in the Dinoco helicopter
- This 14-inch helicopter features spinning blades
- Mater vehicle included
- Young fans of Disney's animated "Cars" can reenact their favorite scenes and create their own.
- Sounds and phrases from Mater
Toys and Games Reviews of Disney Pixar Cars Dinoco Helicopter
Customer Review: Took it apart and put it back together to understand how it works.
Summary: 5 Stars
I had the same problem as a couple people in that my boy really likes this toy but after a little while the blades stopped spinning with the trigger. I took the entire thing apart and here is what I found out. The blade spinning trigger is connected to a plastic bar which has gear teeth on the side end. The teeth stick into a gear box. Inside the gear box another smaller gear box pivots into engagement with the rotor(blades) hub. When the trigger is released, the smaller pivoting gearbox can move out of engagement with the hub, allowing you to pull the trigger and spin the blades again. This unit seems to be fairly durable and was not the problem with the blades not spinning. What was causing the blades not to spin is this: The hub(center) of the blades is designed to lift out of engagement with the gearbox when the blades are folded. This appears to be so the blades and gearbox don't break when the trigger is pulled when the helicopter is in the box. Once you take it out of the box and align the five blades open, the hub snaps down flat and the blades hub gear engages, allowing the trigger to work. End of gearhead comments. S u m m a r y - If you are having problems with the trigger not spinning the blades, make sure the blades are opened and evenly spaced. This will mean the three big black hub disks at the center of the blades are all laying flat together with no spaces between them. This will allow the gear to engage. If it feels like the blades are going to break trying to align them at first you may want to grasp the sides of the hub disks and pull up when aligning the blades as this will make it much easier to line them up properly and the hub spring will pull them back together as soon as you let go of the hub. Hope this helps to put more helicopters back in action.
Description of Disney Pixar Cars Dinoco Helicopter
Dinoco Helicopter Lightning McQueen makes good on his promise to his best friend, Mater, when he gets him a ride in the Dinoco helicopter. Now you can re-create this scene from the hit Disney/Pixar movie, CARS, with the Dinoco Helicopter. This 14-inch helicopter features spinning blades, and sounds and phrases from Mater. Copter stores three vehicles. It includes one Mater vehicle and requires three button-cell batteries, included.Play Vehicles Toys
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