speed control problem
03-27-2005 | 09:13 PM
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speed control problem
ok i have the honey bee i think v1 FP,anyways ive had it for about a month now.my brother kinda had a bad crash in the couch,now when i plug the brattery in the main motor spins right away.so i did a test to see if the motor was bad,i pluged the tail motor in where the main goes and thats spins right away.so i think something is wrong with the 4 in 1.ok now if i need to get a new one,can i get a jr because i have the jr xp8103,then i can you that TX instead of the 4 channle that came with my heli.ok i just took my 4 in 1 apart the thing i dont understand if i unplug the main motor and leave the tail motor hooked up plug the battery in everything is find.rear motor wont spin unless i give it juice.plug the main back in hook up battery and it takes off.so do i have a bad motor.any help............thanks
03-27-2005 | 10:05 PM
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RE: speed control problem
ok well i found this and i guess my 4 n 1 is bad...........
I own a esky honeybee which is a clone to the dragonfly. If the main rotor turns when throttle is off then the speed control is fried. (burnt electronics have a really sharp odor). I had a similar problem where i was just lifting off and the heli went full throttle on it's own. I immediately brought the throttle stick to off position but that didn't make any difference. The darn thing bounced around all over the inside of our living room before I could grab it and unplug the battery. The flybar and rotor head broke off but that was it.
The honeybee uses a 4 in 1 controller (receiver, spd control, gyro, mixer) housed in a little plastic box. The dragonfly uses a similar setup. Unfortunately if one component in the controller goes bad then you need a whole new controller. The hobby shop didn't have another 4 in 1 so I bought a 3 in 1 (spd contol, gyro, mixer) and a 4 channel micro receiver. I've had good luck with this one so far. The esky 3 in 1 cost me approx. $65 usd. The micro receiver is the Gws R4P ans cost $20 usd. A nother good but more expensive option is to buy a main/tail motor speed control/ mixer board, micro receiver and gyro. That way if you have a malfunction you only have to replace the bad part. The reliability will be better as well.
As far a repairing the helicopter , you shouldn't glue any rotor head parts back together period. The main rotor blade tip speed when turning at 1000 rpm is around 60 miles per hour. As you can imagine there's a tremendous amount of centrifugal force working there.
I own a esky honeybee which is a clone to the dragonfly. If the main rotor turns when throttle is off then the speed control is fried. (burnt electronics have a really sharp odor). I had a similar problem where i was just lifting off and the heli went full throttle on it's own. I immediately brought the throttle stick to off position but that didn't make any difference. The darn thing bounced around all over the inside of our living room before I could grab it and unplug the battery. The flybar and rotor head broke off but that was it.
The honeybee uses a 4 in 1 controller (receiver, spd control, gyro, mixer) housed in a little plastic box. The dragonfly uses a similar setup. Unfortunately if one component in the controller goes bad then you need a whole new controller. The hobby shop didn't have another 4 in 1 so I bought a 3 in 1 (spd contol, gyro, mixer) and a 4 channel micro receiver. I've had good luck with this one so far. The esky 3 in 1 cost me approx. $65 usd. The micro receiver is the Gws R4P ans cost $20 usd. A nother good but more expensive option is to buy a main/tail motor speed control/ mixer board, micro receiver and gyro. That way if you have a malfunction you only have to replace the bad part. The reliability will be better as well.
As far a repairing the helicopter , you shouldn't glue any rotor head parts back together period. The main rotor blade tip speed when turning at 1000 rpm is around 60 miles per hour. As you can imagine there's a tremendous amount of centrifugal force working there.
