When they saw how cute Barry was, I got a resounding “HOW COOOOL!!”. I turned him on and my daughter proceeded to work the remote and his little wings started flapping. We where in my den at the time, so I decided to launch him while she controlled him. He flew, not like an eagle or a real bee, or anything like that. He flew, more like a bomb. All of that flapping never seemed to get him anywhere but the floor post haste! It had to be something we where doing wrong. We read the instructions on the box, and tried switching him from expert to beginner figuring that would lessen the learning curve. Nope, still no real flight to speak of.

I removed myself from that exercise and continued to let the children test fly Barry. After about 15 minutes they came back and announced that Barry still wasn’t behaving properly and his battery was dead. With the help of my 15 year old they found where to re-charge him, in an attempt to begin round two. Still nothing but dive bombing. We couldn’t get him to stay airborne for more than a couple of seconds at a time.

A day or so later I contacted BJ so see if he had any words of wisdom. There HAD to be some small detail I was missing. BJ advised me to toss Barry up first with his wings in full flap. Nope, no dice. He went up, then quickly found his way back to my floor. We tried this a few times, then Barry’s batteries died. After the re-charge the kids tried him again. Ahh, progress. He off the ground for about 5 seconds and actually flew from one side of the den to the other. That’s about as good as it ever got, and as long as he ever flew. It all went downhill from there. Now, Barry won’t fly, nor will he re-charge.