Griffin’s AppPowered Helo TC is a $50 iOS helicopter to your home’s air zone

Jul 14th 2011
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Griffins AppPowered Helo TC is a iOS helicopter to your homes air zone

Get to the chopper! Er, micro-copter. Say hello to Griffin’s latest AppPowered gadget, the Helo TC. This indoor-heli lets users play pilot via an iOS app offering onscreen “Touch-to-Fly” or accelerometer based “Tilt-to-Fly” controls. After a half-hour’s charge over USB, you may be airborne for approximately eight minutes and will initiate one in all three preset flight-paths as a way to go hands-off. Bummer though, you will want to hook up a 3-AAA packing IR sled in your iDevice for signal. Thankfully, this little guy’s equipped for night flights with five LEDs, and you will find extra rotors in case you ever ought to ditch into the linoleum. Expect to determine these doping up through the holiday season for roughly $50 (£34.99), but for now yow will discover details by flying past the break.

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Griffin takes your iOS device to new heights with the Helo TC

Fly a remote controlled helicopter together with your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch

14th July 2011, London, UK: Griffin Technology Inc., maker of innovations for daily life, today announces the Helo TC, a slightly-controlled helicopter that may be operated by your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Portion of Griffin’s latest range of AppPowered Accessories, the Helo TC app turns your iOS device right into a remote for an indoor helicopter. In the marketplace in time for Christmas, priced at £34.99.

The Helo TC is straightforward to function; charge the helicopter from any computer or USB power source, before sliding your compatible iOS device into the included flight deck module. The flight deck transmits infrared signals to the helicopter supplying you with total flying control. There are two flight modes available, you should use the Multi-Touch display to regulate the Helo TC’s throttle and flight controlled joystick – the cyclic – or enable Helo TC’s Tilt-to-Fly, which uses the iOS device’s accelerometers,and tilt the device forward, back and side to side to manipulate the helicopter’s flight.

The helicopter itself is built on a gentle weight metal frame with a black polycarbonate body. The dual rotor design is so easy to fly and provides a stable flight but just in the event you get a little bit too over-zealous along with your flying techniques; the Helo TC comes with replaceable main and tail rotor systems. And if you’re attracted to some night-flying the helicopter also has 5 super-bright LEDs. The Helo TC app can record and store as much as 3 flight plans, perfect for launching flying-attacks on unsuspecting family and friends.

Product Spec
- Average flight time – approx. 8 minutes
- PolyLithium Fuel Cell – 3.7V @ 180 mAh
- Flight Deck Controller Sled powered by 4 AAA batteries
- Recommended for pilots aged 14 and up
- Suitable to be used indoors only
- Helo TC app is a free download from the iTunes App Store; iOS 4.0 required.

Pricing and Availability
Priced at £34.99, the Helo TC would be available for the Christmas season.
For additional information, visit www.griffintechnology.com.

About Griffin Technology
Founded on Paul Griffin’s kitchen table in 1992, Griffin Technology Inc., is today one of several world’s foremost creators of accessories for home, mobile, and private technology. Unique products akin to iTrip®, PowerMate®, iFM®, iMic®, and Evolve® Wireless Speaker System have broken new ground in consumer electronics and created loyal fans across the world. Today, Griffin products are conceived, designed, and developed in-house and continue to push the envelope of the industry they helped create. Learn more about Griffin’s entire range of ingenious designs at www.griffintechnology.com.
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