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Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-23-2005, 08:48 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

paedbo,



You've got more invested in your micro heli than I have in our family car:-)

Did you say Century has $9.95 main rotor blades? I am repairing my second set right now, and am...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-15-2005, 09:19 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

According to paedbo, the crystal (receive) that works in the Esky is the Berg single conversion, so if the Specta is a receiver, and can use a Berg crystal ... probably so. As for transmitters, my...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-15-2005, 08:55 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

I was thinking of the $80 model that's on HeliHobby, but can't remember which heli it's for now.

Editt--> I just looked and the one I remembered was for an FP (Humble Bee), and the other one is...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-15-2005, 08:42 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Here's the other two .... didn't know there was a limit of 4, I thought it was a 3 meg limit, so I reduced them down to 600 x 800 this time.

The blades look a little crude in the picture,...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-15-2005, 08:40 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

paedbo/casipak,

Congrats on the new toys (blades and stuff), and sorry about the swash. Was that a stocker or a high-dollar one.

I managed to lunch my stock blades in the garage today when...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-14-2005, 03:49 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Nope, the landing gear is about the same except they don't CA any of it , so you have a choice of adhesive, if any, ... I left mine as a friction fit. They recommend white household glue to make...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-14-2005, 01:42 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

paedbo,


Could do some pictures but not sure about how to do it on this forum.

I see a place at the bottom of the compose screen that says upload, but not sure where it goes, and how to...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-13-2005, 10:05 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbiasi,

The Hummin' Bird Elite CP arrived at the office today around 3:00 p.m. The quality seems a lot better than my 'Bee. I especially like the boom mount, main blade (allen) screws on the...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-10-2005, 06:56 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Casipak,

"Revo controls the amount of rudder necessary to counteract the torque of the main rotor as the pitch increases".

That was actually a paraphrase from the Futaba manual and not a...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-10-2005, 01:55 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

paedbo,



Could one of them be for a direct drive tail and the other for a geared drive? When I ordered a tail boom for my Honey Bee which was intended for a Dragonfly direct drive, it was...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-10-2005, 01:44 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbiasi (or anyone)

Has anyone sucessfully used the Revo mix on their transmitter instead of the onboard mixer for a two-motor heli?

As a tinkering project, I was thinking about going to...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-10-2005, 01:32 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbiasi,

No feelings hurt here for sure, I'm used to "senior" jokes. I guess if you consider the alternative, getting older isn't so bad:-)

Since it was a closeout item, and I didn't know...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-10-2005, 10:08 AM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbiasi,

Roger on the old school. I almost always order online, but sometimes if I have a question about a product before ordering, or just want to check out what kind of customer service...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-10-2005, 07:35 AM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

When I dealt with Dymond, I spoke to a human and ordered over the phone, and the order arrived in about a week.

Now you have me worried. When I ordered the Hummingbird CP, I also ordered it...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-09-2005, 04:40 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

paedbo,

If I had to guess, it would be because they are identical in appearance in that photo, except for the rotor head and blades, that it was just as easy to post one photo for both. ...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-09-2005, 12:11 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbasi,

I just ordered one ... $75.24 including USPS Priority shipping. He said I should have it by Thursday.

Rick
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-08-2005, 08:12 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbiasi,

I found the link for the Hummingbird CP for $69 ...

http://www.deeteeenterprises.com/NS.HumBrd.Elite.CP.Deluxe.Kits.php#

Rick
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-07-2005, 09:48 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Crusher,

I was working on my shop today and just came inside, so missed a lot of posts.

Power Supply ... The supply I'm using is a 4.5 amp switcher. It originally was set to 12 volts...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-06-2005, 08:50 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

casipak,

I mis-spoke yesterday ... to quote myself:



The 1215 was what I originally ordered ... the 2500 is what they substituted for the same price. It's been a pretty nifty charger,...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-06-2005, 08:21 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

casipak and DELTAnine,

I was the one who said something about slow charging ("60 ma") but I was using that as an example of one of the quirks of breaking in a NiHydride battery on it's first...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-06-2005, 12:08 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

tnd2000,

Somewhere yesterday I had seen an ad for a closeout sale offering a Hummingbird CP for $69, but can't find it now.

Rick
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-06-2005, 08:52 AM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Giles25,



On the Honey Bee, there is a pin that is pressed through the head and shaft. It's located just below the flybar, and on mine I was able to grab it with a pair of pliers and just...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-05-2005, 08:07 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

rbiasi,

Roger on the parts order/pricing skills. Same here, but wife is not impressed.

tnd2000,

I'm still tossing around ideas to get a CP and the most bang for the buck and am not in...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-05-2005, 01:08 PM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Crusher,

If you decide to go to Lipolys, you'll be impressed at the difference ... even with the 2 cell guys.

Roger on the single conversion ... my pleasure.

I just put two sets of the...
Forum: Esky Helicopters
05-05-2005, 11:54 AM
Replies: 956
Views: 107,370
Posted By kermitdafrog

RE: Esky honey bee CP

Crusher,

I see it now ... thanks. The bad news is that they are out of stock. I'll also need to come up with some other "gotta have it's" to help justify their shipping cost (which I'm...
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