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Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/11/2006 8:44:30 PM   
yongary


 

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Status: offline 		Everyone else has their own thread. Why not us? =)

I bought my honeybee fp a month ago from ebay seller 'modelocity''. ($94 including shipping, awesome price)

here's the video of tail-in and side-in hovering.

Newbie Hovering Video

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/12/2006 4:53:29 AM   
michaelx


 

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Status: offline 		Not bad at all for a $100 bird.
Seems there's a problem with landing anyway ?

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/15/2006 1:30:05 AM   
yongary


 

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Status: offline 		Are you talking about my video? Oh well, I tried to do nose-in hovering for the first time and crashed without any damage =P


Anyways, can honeybee fp be upgraded to honeybee cp2?

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/15/2006 4:47:20 AM   
ironbadge


 

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Status: offline 		I don't think you can upgrade and I don't think you should. Do the math and you'll see the "upgrade" (if possible) can cost the whole new bird. So, get the new one instead. You can still have the FP to practice without fear

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/17/2006 7:47:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		I bought one a few weeks ago from ModelCity too. I've had a lot of downtime while waiting for parts to come in. A few minor pieces broke from various crashes, and it's tough to find parts. Anyway, I've located some spare parts and I'm back flying it again.

I can hover pretty easily. Forward flight seems difficult. I get it going forward and then it seems balloon up a bit and pitch to the rear which stops the forward flight. I can make turns to the left fairly easily, but I have trouble turning to the right. Haven't really tried much nose in hovering yet. But I think that I'll be able to manage it by turning my back to the heli, and watching it from over my shoulder. I did that when I was learning to fly fixed wing planes, and it helped a lot with orientation. After a while it became automatic and I didn't need to do that anymore. Probably took me no more than a couple of weeks to get past that point with fixed wing planes, It'll probably take a little longer with this beast.

I hate to say it, but it seems kind of boring compared to flying 3D foamies. I enjoy the learning experience, but there's not much wow factor for me.

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/18/2006 3:59:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi
I have had mine since xmas and with the help of clearview sim can hover nose in and do fo8 .
I have bought the upgraded skids from helidirect but have not put them on yet , as you can see from the photos I need the skids urgently , when i have put them on i shall post more photos for you to look at.
I have got a 1200 mah lipo and get about 15 mins of fun from it but i do use heatsink as a precaution.
The next upgrade will be the dd tail motor as i am fed up with burning the motors up see my other thread
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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/18/2006 4:02:28 PM   
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Forgot photos

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/27/2006 1:02:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Oh well seems i am the only one writing in this thread
Anyway I have put on my skids i had from helidirect and they are a deffinate improvement from the stock one they fell more solid when you take a hard landing not that i have had much flying this week due to 30 mph wind and solid rain for the last week .
Anyway hope you like the photos and if you need a helping hand to fit them just ask and i will gladly help.
By the way my next upgrade will be the dd tail motor setup on hellihobby , iwould appreciate it if anybody has had them on there hb fp let me know what they are like , ihave read they are good on the cp and blade plus others but not read anything about them on the fp honey
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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/27/2006 1:10:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looks nice. I stuck my wrapped my antenna around the receiver and then stuck it in the orange tube. Seems to work fine, but I do get occasional glitches. What battery are you using? It looks like a big 3 cell.

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/27/2006 1:14:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yes i use a 1200 lipo with with 3 cell it gets a bit hot but let it cool down after about 10 mins flying, I do have a 2 cell but this wont lift the heli of the grond very far somthing to do with the pinion gears i need a 11 tooth not a stock 10 tooth that came with it but i dont know where to get them in the uk and i dont want to pay 13 dollars delivery for them

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/27/2006 2:09:32 PM   
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Status: offline 		Bignose i found a place in the UK that does small pinions, and i ordered a couple for my Piccolo FP and they work. Should work for you too.

Go to http://www.apexmodels.com and to a search for pinion. The ones you want are the MICRO RS4 individual ones, or the MINI T HIGH SPEED METAL PINION SETs.

yongary i have not got a honee bee FP, but i have a piccolo fp and theyre very similar. the piccolo v3 comes already with a direct drive tail and it is good. you can also use cheap GWS orange propellors on it, works out great value.

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/27/2006 3:05:00 PM   
bignose13


 

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Status: offline 		Hi Butuz
How are you?
Are the pinions 2mm bore just making sure before i go ahead and order and are the old pinions easy to get off the new ones have a grub screw so i should think they are easy to replace.
By the way seen your piccolo looks cool

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/30/2006 3:29:43 PM   
RKS1949


 

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Status: offline 		A friend and I have the HB/Fp Heli's. We are in the learning process(we are learing alot,the hard way). We have found if the heli is set up to hover real well indoors,that when we went outdoors to try FF it would pitch up after about 10ft of FF. The cure for us was,to run the trim tab(right stick) all the way forward where you have to hold a little (back stick) in it to hover.Also we moved the CG(battery) a little forward. Now when you go into FF it dosen't try to pitch up. It kinda flys like a plane once you get it into FF. But man it will really move out when you push the stick forward! We are running 2 S lipos(7.4 Volt) batterys,and the motors don't even get hot at all! We tried the 3 S Lipos and the motors got very hot. These motors will last a long time on a two cell,but a three cell is too much voltage for them. On a fixed pitch heli,I don't think you need the extra power anyway. It's not like your gonna get it to 3-D. Hope this info. helps. RR

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RE: Esky Honeybee FP Thread - 3/30/2006 11:01:36 PM   
shmokinmonki


 

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Status: offline 		Is it ok to jion in hear, ive got a Twister V2 FP (basically the same thing), theres not many FP heli post around....

Anyway, nice video, seems nice and steady, if ur like that in the ground swash, i bet ur even steadier higher up.....