Air Hogs is a line of toy airplanes, helicopters, rockets and automobiles manufactured and owned by the Spin Master Company of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are radio-controlled, free-flying, air-powered aircraft. Several of these, especially the remote control (R / C) ones, are designed to fly easily without the need for assembly.
Air Hogs is a line of toy airplanes, helicopters, rockets and automobiles manufactured and owned by the Spin Master Company of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are radio-controlled, free-flying, air-powered aircraft. Several of these, especially the remote control (R / C) ones, are designed to fly easily without the need for assembly.
Air Hogs was created in 1996 when British inventors John Dixon and Peter Manning approached Spin Master, whose prototype compressed air-powered toy plane had been rejected by all who had shown it. Excited by the potential of the airplane, Spin Master licensed the technology and spent two and a half million years perfecting the toy.
The Air Hogs Sky Shark first debuted in the spring of 1998 and was an immediate success, fueled by coverage on The Today Show and Live with Regis and Kathy Lee, as well as articles in Time and Popular Science.
Subsequent successes have included Zero Gravity RC Wall Crawler (a Hummer-style radio control vehicle that can be driven through walls), the popular Aero Ace battery-powered RC aircraft, Air Hogs Stormlauncher (a vehicle that can operate on land, water , and can fly), Havoc Heli (a 6.5 ”long indoor RC helicopter that weighs just 10 grams) and the Reflex Helicopter (fully functional indoor / outdoor r / c helicopter). Later, The Stinger was released. In 2008, Havoc Heli and Stinger were released together in a Laser Battle Pack. A new toy has also been launched: SwitchBlade; a rotating blade with smaller blades that is thrown vertically but flies forward. Another popular RC aircraft is the Hawkeye Blue Sky which was launched in 2011. It is the only aircraft Air Hogs has ever built with a built-in spy camera (there are some indoor helicopters that do, but no other aircraft).
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