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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/8/2005 3:01:03 PM   
pwterry


 

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Here are the spec's on the stock 370. Also, check dimensions. The HB2 doesn't have room for much more diameter.

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/8/2005 3:40:16 PM   
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Status: offline 		hmmm... nice lipo alarm/led looks like a trip to radio shack tonight...

as for the motor... even the same size 350 version from GWS is more than twice as powerful, has less power use and reaches the max at a lower voltage while still being able to handle the max of the stock voltage... hmm may be able to mod it though size wise for the 400 because its even more powerful than that and only 3mm larger... on the honey bee this may be too much though. upgrading to these motors may also improve battery life.

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/9/2005 12:12:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		If it's a mm like you say, it shouldn't be a problem. If it gets worse, than I would just replace the main shaft and see what happens.

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/10/2005 9:27:39 PM   
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Status: offline 		My bro tried to fly my HB and crashed into the wall. Both blades craked and snapped and the main gear teeth were shaved. When I went to see if I can find some blades, the lowest price was around $14 bucks. For all you guys out there who buy the blades for that much or even more, just get some balsa wood from a hobby shop and cut them out! I got a huge piece of balsa from Michaels for 4 bucks and there's enough wood to make 6 blades! Just make a template and trace it on the balsa and it's sand paper from there.


jlb0305,
have you had any luck with the motor?

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/10/2005 10:11:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		heli-fever.com in their upgrade section at the bottom have some really good blades that are better than the stock honey bee 2 blades and they are $12 and can take a pretty good punishment, Im finally able to fly my hb2 nose in, but at one attempt earlier i had lost it and it crashed into my aluminum shed, I cut the throttle just before it hit and i couldnt even find a dent on the blades. Plus while spooling up they make a really cool sound.

I got the 0 pitch and those have a flat bottom and curved top, i had made a mistake and thought they were symmetrical blades, so i guess the ones that just say main blades are the symmetrical ones, ill have to email and ask heli-fever before my next order.

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/11/2005 1:37:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		well after i charged the NiMH it lifted off a little before full throttle. I haven't bought the motor because its out of stock at the moment, but i think I can make it fit. Still waiting for some parts to come in and as soon as the store has the LiPo monitor I'm gonna order that with some other stuff.

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/11/2005 12:25:07 PM   
casipak


 

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Status: offline 		Are there any carbon fiber blades that wok with the hb?

I heard that many people couldn't lift there HB with an 8.4 v NiMH but maybe they could with a 9.6?

Do you have a lipo? How powerful is it?

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/11/2005 1:03:42 PM   
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Since I have both "Twister FP" AND CP I tried to use the 11,1 V of the CP on the FP. Well the heli screams with this pack. You've got enormous power to use and of course I didn't use more than 2/3 of the throttle, cause the room has only 2,8 m height. . The question here is that if I continue using this type of packs I may end up either with a fried on board circuit, or with a ruined pack, since the heli WILL continue to fly like hell at 9 V. Besides the voltage checker will not "ring any bell" cause it's set up for 2 cells.
On the other hand I can't afford buying packs with 2 cells for the FP and 3 cells for the CP.

I am thinking of buying one extra pack 3 cells, 1500 mAh and a voltage checker for 3 cells.

What do you suggest?

Michael


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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/11/2005 1:10:27 PM   
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Status: offline 		i haven't used my lipo yet, but I heard that PE blades help lift it a lot, although you can't do 3D with them. PE blades from heli-fever are only like 3.95

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/11/2005 11:00:37 PM   
casipak


 

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Status: offline 		Makes sense to me. How come you don't fly the CP and just keep the fp as parts? I think it's a wise idea to get that battery and the monitor. It'll save you $$$

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/12/2005 6:08:20 AM   
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ORIGINAL: casipak

Makes sense to me. How come you don't fly the CP and just keep the fp as parts? I think it's a wise idea to get that battery and the monitor. It'll save you $$$


CP ia a fine machine, but as I said earlier in this forum, I'm afraid of it, maybe because I crashed it during the first minute of flight. Even yesterday evening I was practicing in the living room and still have that "insecure" feeling. With the FP it's the other way around. I can fly it in house, go from one room to the next, come back land on several tables, even on a little piano stool. I can't fly nose in for the moment, but it's something that I will do some day.
With the CP I can't even hover with confidence. The machine "listens" to every little (VERY LITTLE) movement of the stick and responds fast. It's not forgiving. If I make an over correction, it's almost impossible for my skills to brink it back to balance . I moved all the push rods 1 hole back (to the horn's center). Things got better, cause the same movements of the stick correspond to less movement of the swash plate. BUT ... . So I can't fly the CP and keep the FP for parts. For the moment I need them both.


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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/12/2005 11:44:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		bat falcon i had that same problem, like jlb said i was one to try the pe blades on the cp machine so i could learn to hover, it acted alot like my friends FP machine, and they are really cheap blades they are pretty durable for being foam, just have to worry about the blades striking the paddles as thats how i have lost a few of the PE blades being cut by the fly bar paddle in half, otherwise on most crashes the pe blades were fine, never needed to balance any of them they were always good to go right out of the box.

Just to give you an idea, i went from barely being able to hover for 30 seconds with the cp blades, and in 1 battery pack after the change to pe blades i was already landing it on my couch and table and stuff. That was how much more stable it flew.

Give those pe blades a try on the cp machine once you get confident switch back to the original blades.




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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/12/2005 12:33:21 PM   
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Status: offline 		I ordered my PE blades last monday... they say 7-14 days to ship so hopefully its closer to 7 and I get them some time this week. The site also has an "upgraded tail blade" no idea what this is but i didn't order it because it was more expensive than the standard. They have a whole upgrade section on the site.

Can anyone recomend a good DB15 to USB adapter? I got a used copy of G2 on eBay but the controller has the old Serial DB15 joystick connection, not present on my almost 3 year old laptop so I need to find a good adapter that will allow me to use the Realflight Futaba controller on my laptop.

I found this one, is it any good? and does anyone know where online i can actually find one in stock for less than $25? I see them for 11 and 12 but they are all sold out.

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RE: Esky honey bee CP - 4/12/2005 1:27:01 PM   
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