twistercp

am lookin for cheap bodies and a autorotate hub.
any one seen these?
would like airwolf body but dont want to pay 80!
many thanks MG
(ps this thread is seriously long!)

batfalcon

Haven't found cheap bodies so far. Never heard of autorotation hub for this model so far either. I suppose you must be a @$#&* of a pilot to look for these stuff

humveecrusher

I'm with ya. I have already bought 2 main gear/shaft assemblies, a tail rotor blade and a canopy. All fit perfectly.

paedbo

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does the blade cp have the same rotor head as the hb2 cp2? or just the regular hb 2?


If its not the same as the hb2 cp2 , i would think the new honey bee might fly alittle better than the blade?

twostep

Hey guys, im going to order a Honeybee CP2 real soon and i cant wait. Ive never flown a heli b4. Im an electric car guy. Ive been reading this thread for a few days now and trying to understand......but thats not really happening. I need to have the heli in my possession to understand what a 'flybar', 'swashplate', and '4in1' is and what they do. Im not worried about that because i can pick up real quick. Im a 'hands on' learner.
My question however is related to the G3 sim. A friend of mine has it but i was wondering if i could use the Tx that comes with the honeybee to run the sim. Will it work?? Will it work with FMS? I need to get FMS to work on my comp first tho.....but i was wondering anyway.
Thanks.

casipak

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I think you need a high end radio for these expensive sims. FMS is a free sim but it won't help that much. Physics are real bad but you can probably still perfect some of your skills with it.

rbiasi

The blade cp has the same rotor head as the regular HB2. My LHS just got some Blade CPs in and I took a good look at it. It's the HB2 CP.

I ordered all of the parts for the CP2 head and got them yesterday. I put it together, but haven't flown it yet. It's cool. I'll probably give it a try tomorrow. I also got the new main gear and shaft. Much nicer than the original versions. Also nice to have two separate pieces (shaft and gear). So you only need to replace the piece you bend/break.

twistercp

batfalcon - im just lookin for more spectacular (and expensive) ways to hit the deck!

batfalcon

Ah.... That explains it

jlb0305

wow i haven't talked in a while

yeah i tried to find an autorotation before and couldn't... still can't. I was thinking about trying to figure out how to rig it myself.

twostep

Thanks. Do you run FMS? or have u tried it?

Would the electronics that come with the honeybee work on say a Trex? Or am i outta my mind?

casipak

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Yeah, I have fms and it's not that good at all.
For a trex, not sure, but probably not, because there's a more powerful motor installed and it will need a separate esc plus some people say that the radio isn't really 6 channels but I don't know about that.



I like the aerofly pro but I don't like switching the trims on the radio everytime I use it. Would a USB pc gamepad work?

twostep

Im really not sure if a pc gamepad would work. i tried one with FMS and that didnt work out too well......
So would this heli be a good choice for me? While ive been researching and shopping around ive come across some info on the eflite blade. What would you all recommend for a first heli???

batfalcon

When we all were back in page 24, I said that we will soon pass the 30 page barrier, which we did on 14/6/05.
What do you think? Are we heading for the 35 page now?

casipak

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Yeah, I think it's a very nice heli. Not sure if it will work out perfectly for a begginer because it's cp and this is my 3rd. I started out with an aerohawk and moved to a jabo but that's because I never knew about the hb2. I think if you get a sim and practice, you'll be happy with it. But if not, maybe you can do what paedbo said earlier, get a colco thunderbird and put a better motor on it. It's cheap and sturdy.

I think we'll break the 35 page barrier soon. Sometimes, when I type in honeybee into the search and it doesn't find it, it shows me the threads about planes. They have about 3500 posts and I'm hoping we could reach that someday.

twistercp

hi i want some advice on flying inverted.
would a new TR make it easier to fly inverted
(one with easy servor reverse switches?)
has anyone done this with there twister/HB2/blade/etc
any advice welcome


have a good weekend its guna b a scorcher in the UK

MG

twostep

So, i SHOULDNT get the HBCP2 for my first heli?

paedbo

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its hard to say twostep, a cp heli for an absolute beginner can end up costing more money because when it crashes ( not if) something will break, with an fp bird often times you can get away with no damage or very little. However the cp birds fly better than the fp birds,

To some they think its a waste of money to start out with an fp because once you get the hang of it you will quickly outgrow its capabilities.

If you choose a hb2 cp2, buy the training gear, make sure everything is setup correctly and only skid it around on pavement or concrete an inch or so off the ground for awhile until you start getting the hang of the controls. if something goes wrong just lower the throttle , at an inch or two high even if it tips sideways a bit the training gear will save it from letting the blades hit the ground.

raz54

The hb2 cp I got came with free training gear and it was only $136.00 off ebay. All helicopters will break if you crash it hard enough, not just cp's. I have had some bad crashes with no damage at all, it just depends on what you hit and how fast you hit it. I personly found it much harder to fly with the training gear so I took mine off soon and it was much more stable. I try to keep it no more than 3 to 4 feet up and fly in a grassy yard so if I crash it won't hit too hard. It is really a personal choice you have to make because every one else has their own opinion but the important thing is to have fun and remember it takes time to learn so don't expect to be flying circuts right away.

tnd2000

You can buy PE blades and use HB2 as FP machines.

twostep

Thanks for some great insight guys.
I understand its a personal choice, as is with rc touring cars and stadium trucks which ive invested a ton of money into already. So im trying to find the best route to go which would not necessarily be the cheapest but the most rewarding in terms of the overall experience. I still dont want to buy a heli which would end up costing me more than what its worth which im sure is a common dilema with everyone.
My LHS has support for the eflite blade which ive read is identical to the honeybee but costs a little more. Is there a performance difference between the two or is the price difference just because of the different maufacturers? Would the parts work for either heli? If so, then i might as well go with the honeybee CP2 for the lower price and extra goodies it comes with. Im somewhat concerned about the shipping from China tho. Ive heard of people stating in their autions that they have them in stock here in North America but end up shipping from China anyway. Should that be a concern?
I think casipak said that the tx will work with FMS but its not that great of a sim. As long as i can get it to work with no problems then at the very least i can learn the controls and have an idea of what im doing b4 getting into the real thing. Has anyone had problems or heard of problems with the HBCP2 TX and FMS?
Thanks again.

raz54

The vendor I dealt with on ebay is in so. California and ships from there. I live in No. Cal. (about 850 miles away) and it took about 3 days to get it so not all come from china. From what I have heard most of the parts for the blade fit the hb2 as well. I have also heard the blade is factory tested (flown) before shipping where as the hb did need a little adjusting but nothing serious. If the blade is a clone of the new hbcp2 then it will be a liitle different, the head and landing gear mostly. Either one I think would be good but you can get a hb2 cp for $136.00 with lipo battery and free traing gear and the flight enhancement kit for the blade will work on the hb2 too. This is where I bought mine if you want to check it out. I have not heard of any problems with the hb2 tx, they use Futaba and that is pretty good, better than some others. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...975921865&rd=1

honeybeemad

Got my Honeybee Cp2 from a uk ebayer for £130 it arrived the next day and I was flying almost straight away, took me a few days before I really got the hang of it.

Had it for about 3 weeks now and I can do a stable hover in a double garage no problem, can only fly when the tail boom is facing me, want to be able to fly it when the nose is facing towards me, but this is hard cause I have to remember that the controls are reversed.

The Honeybee seems to be indestructable, i've had at least 10 fairly nasty crashes and it still keeps coming back for more.
Sometimes I get the problem where it refuses to lift of the ground even at full throttle, and then suddenly it shoots up in the air like a mad thing. Might try and grease the swash plate etc to see if this helps.

The quality of the radio control is awesome for the money. The Li Poly 11v 1 amp hour battery is also great, giving long flight times.

Have ordered some new blades and stuff from www.Heli-fever.com , prices and choice of this web site is very good, will soon found out if the customs people want me to pay extra VAT (hope not)

NOTE I have made my own practise skids from long bits of 1/4 inch square balsa made into the shape of a cross, I just elestic banded this to the helis undercarrage. It stops the heli tipping over and cost me nothing.

I wear safety specs when flying this thing, cause I have a few close calls, its also hit me in the legs a few time as well!

fermoral

Hi Honeybeemad, how long are your flight times with the 1000 mah lipo?

rotarypower3

You can fix this issue quite easily.

Hoverup has posted a fix on a couple of other forums for the Blade CP, which is pretty much the same as the ESky Honeybee2 CP(3D).
I have a CP2 and have done this fix with great results!!

All you need to do is undo and remove the blade grip bolts, and swap the aluminium spacer and washer over. So that the small washer is now against the bearing instead of the spacer....