Zoomer Free Flight Glider

After watching the videos on the website and reading the reviews, I was excited to order the Zoomer. I almost changed my mind after discovering that the shipping charges were $10 on a plane that cost $14, but I went ahead and did it. After opening the box I noticed that the fuselage was bent at the tail, near the slot where the horizontal stabilizer is inserted. I could see a little crack in the styrofoam. I bent it back out and decided to go ahead and try it, but it was obvious that the box was not long enough for the fuselage so it had been inserted into the box on diagonal corners and got bent. I also took note of the fact that there were absolutely no instructions in the package. No instructions on how to assemble and no instructions on how to fly. Yes, I know now that you have videos here online that show all of that, but try telling that to a 5 year old who just got his plane and wants to go outside and fly it. So we went outside and tried it and it was a huge disappointment. After several nose dives, we played with adjusting the tail and the wings. It did get better but it never did fly anything like your videos show on this website. My friend tried throwing this plane like a fastball and it still didn't go more than about 30 feet. I will admit, it is durable because after numerous nose dives into the ground, it was still all in one piece. So I spent $24 for a plane that was flown for a total of about 20 minutes and will probably never be flown again. Truly disappointed.

I have purchased a lot of gliders looking for a durable glider to toss around with others and this is the only one I have every found that is resonably priced, flies well and is durable. Basically you get good value for your money and have a lot of fun to boot!

Is there a rating better than 5 stars??? I really want to give it 10 out of 5 stars, but I guess 5 out of 5 will have to do.

Oh my gosh.... sooooooo much fun!!! From the moment I fist saw this thing zip through the air, I was hooked! The first day I got to throw it, my throwing arm was sore for 2 days after, mostly because I am very out of shape, but nonetheless, I was running around like a kid having a BLAST with this thing.

It flies so well. It is really hard to put into words. "it just goes and goes". Indoors it looks like it is on a zip line. Outdoors you can get this thing to go 50 - 75 yards - probably more. Just bend the styro to trim it out. The best throw I have had was into a 5 to 10 mph wind thrown as hard as I can. It climbed about 50 ft. into the air, turned around and flew down wind and landed 4 houses away in the opposite direction!! It was crazy.

My 4 year old nephew Max was having literally too much fun... after about 20 minutes of throw... run... throw... run... throw... run... he ended up vomiting all over himself. Hahaha. So much fun he literally made himself sick.

I've been in R/C for years, but this non-R/C experience ranks up there with the best of them. Simple & fun! Everyone needs one of these things.

Tommy

This little airplane is awesome! It really is as much fun as it looks. It's more fun than playing catch with a football -- and I love football. It's a little harder to anticipate where this glider will go compared to a baseball, because the wind is part of the game, but it's an absolute blast to tune the tail and practice throwing it like a dart -- because its able to fly straight, you can really zip it to your buddy. Catch it by the nose, by the wing... it's really tough!

it doesn't matter how weak your arm is -- this little airplane takes flight. If you feel compelled, it's easy enough to imagine how to put more weight in the nose and throw it farther, and farther and farther.... some folks want to put power on the glider.. The best glider for the buck, the best glider period!