Beware of HobbyJapan 2000.. I purchased a HoneyBee 2 from them about a month ago and it took a month to get to me because it was backordered (even though the website said "In Stock") and they never responded to my emails enquiring about it. Ive read alot of people who have had no problems with them, but my experience wasnt very good.

Nonetheless, I wouldnt recommend the HoneyBee 2 for a complete newbie, or really any CP heli for that matter. Start with a FP heli, learn on it, crash it, figure out how to fix it, and fly it more... Sim time is important and I recommend that to everyone but actually flying a real heli with the added "Pucker Factor" makes it a whole different animal.

TurboBB hit the nail right on the head as far as the setup & tweaking of the heli goes. If you're still set on buying the HoneyBee 2 then do a search on RCGROUPS for Aerohawk's Esky thread (there are 2 of them)..alot of experience is covered in setups and trials/tribulations that hopefully you can avoid.


TurboBB: sorry to hear you're not doing well with yours. Mine flew great right out of the box with just a normal setup. ARF heli's usually wont fly perfect right out of the box..they require some basic tweaks at the start before you ever plug in the battery and ongoing "massaging" as you keep flying it...good luck and keep messing around with it..im sure you'll get it!

Regards
Darrell