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6 official CPSC notices naming Horizon Hobby, 2011–2015, across children & toys and home electronics, covering at least 28,255 units. The most recent: Horizon Hobby E-flite Ultra Micro-4 AC/DC Battery Chargers, October 15, 2015.
Type the model number from your Horizon Hobby product's label. Every model number named in a Horizon Hobby recall is listed below, grouped by notice.
12 model numbers
Blade 500 X BNF and Blade 500 3D RTF and BNF Remote… · 14-091 · 2014
Horizon Hobby Losi NiMH Start-Up Combo Charger · 12-015 · 2011
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3 notices where the recalled products are toys & play sets.
Avix Technology, Taiwan
The main rotor washer can fail, causing the blades to come off the helicopter during use. This poses an injury hazard to the operator and bystanders.
Shenzen Shen's Tongchuang Aeronautic Model
The tail rotor grip used for securing the tail rotor blade to the tail rotor hub can separate and release from the helicopter, posing a risk of a crash and injury hazard.
The main blade grips and main rotor blades can release from the main rotor head, posing an impact and laceration hazard.
3 notices where the recalled products are battery chargers.
The chargers can overcharge the batteries and overheat, which could result in a fire, property damage and injury.
Power supply units and chargers sold with the model aircraft can overcharge the battery, posing a risk of fire and property damage.
The charger and battery can emit excessive heat, posing a burn and fire hazard.
Totals add up the figures the notices state, counting a reannounced or restated recall once. A notice that gives no number adds nothing.
Counted across all 6 notices on file as of October 31, 2026. Each line says how many notices it rests on.
No national chain is named in the 6 notices that say where Horizon Hobby products were sold. 4 of the 6 notices mention online sales.
The 5 notices that give a price range from $10 to $2,320. Half of them name a price of $70 or less.
By the 6 notices that give sale dates, half the products were on sale for 4 months or less; the longest for 10 months. Half the recalls came within 9 months of the first sale; the other half reached products that had been on sale longer.
A replacement in 4 of the 6 notices that name a remedy, a refund in 1, a repair in 1. Some notices offer more than one.
Fire is named in 3 of the 6 notices (50%), against 24% of all CPSC notices on file. Then burn (1), crash (1), impact (1), and laceration (1).
3 of the 6 notices that describe incidents report at least one; 1 reports injuries. 3 said none had been reported when the recall was announced.
5 of the 6 notices list model numbers. They also name UPC codes in 1.
China (5) and Taiwan (1), in the 6 notices that name a manufacturing country.
The recall contact each official notice gives, newest first. Contacts can change after a notice is published; the notice itself is the final word.
As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published 6 recall notices naming Horizon Hobby consumer products between 2011 and 2015, covering at least 28,255 units.
No. As of October 31, 2026, CPSC has published no recall notice naming Horizon Hobby consumer products in 2026. The most recent was announced October 15, 2015 (CPSC 16-008).
Toys & play sets (3) and battery chargers (3).
“Model Helicopters Recalled by Horizon Hobby Due to Impact and Laceration Hazards” (CPSC 11-236), announced May 31, 2011: about 16,600 units.
Find the model number on the product's rating label, then type it into the model-number lookup on this page. A match means the number appears in an official CPSC notice; open that notice to confirm any date codes or serial ranges it lists. No match is not proof that a product is safe. 5 of the 6 notices here list model numbers.
Each notice names its own recall contact; the contacts for every Horizon Hobby notice are listed on this page. For the most recent one, Horizon Hobby E-flite Ultra Micro-4 AC/DC Battery Chargers (CPSC 16-008), call 877-504-0233 and go to www.horizonhobby.com.
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