Check out this fun radio controlled toy, The Atlas Mini 3-Channel R/C Helicopter.

Three is almost always better than two. It’s true with donuts, gigabytes of memory and of course R/C helicopter channels. Now Silverlit, the company who originally created the small R/C copter fad has released a new easy-to-fly 3-channel copter.

Traditionally small R/C copters can’t hover in place and are always moving forward slowly. Now with the addition of a third channel in the Atlas copter from Silverlit you can control the forward motion of the copter in addition to right/left rotation and moving up/down. Hover, move foward slowly, move forward quickly… it’s up to you. We have to say this is one of the easiest small r/c copters to control and fly… and trust us we have tested out dozens of different mini copters… all in the name of science of course.

Here’s the specs.

• Silverlit R/C Helicopter features 3-channel control and an innovative blade pitch system
• One of the easiest small copters to fly and control accurately
• Three channel control gives you up/down, right/left and forward/backward control
• Working headlight is controllable via remote
• Helicopter Charges from Remote
• 7 Minute fly time, 10 minute charge time
• Requires 6 AA batteries, not included
• Official Silverlit Product

Here’s a video of it in action.

The Atlas Mini 3-Channel R/C Helicopter is available to buy online for $49.99.