Honey Bee V2 Set up
07-09-2010, 06:25 AM
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Honey Bee V2 Set up
I have a Honey Bee V2.
When hovering, looking from behind, the rotors are not parallel to the fly bars. There is a bigger gap on the right hand side between the plane of rotaion of the flybar and rotor compared to the left side. In addition, the helicopter needs full right roll trim plus a little right stick to hold level flight.
Any ideas?
Should the fly bars have any angle of attack when the helicopter is switched off?
Finally, it has lost a bit of thrust as well.
Other than that, it is fine!
Any help would be gratefully received,
CJ
When hovering, looking from behind, the rotors are not parallel to the fly bars. There is a bigger gap on the right hand side between the plane of rotaion of the flybar and rotor compared to the left side. In addition, the helicopter needs full right roll trim plus a little right stick to hold level flight.
Any ideas?
Should the fly bars have any angle of attack when the helicopter is switched off?
Finally, it has lost a bit of thrust as well.
Other than that, it is fine!
Any help would be gratefully received,
CJ
07-10-2010, 10:15 AM
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RE: Honey Bee V2 Set up
Hello CJ,
I'm not quite sure what you mean about the gap on the right hand side, but every RC heli I've flown tilts to the right during flight. This is the effect of counteracting the torque of the main rotor and the thrust of the tail rotor.
The rightcyclic trim problem can be fixed by leveling the swash plate.
The right rudder problem can be fixed at the 4-1.
I fly with no angle of attack on the flybar paddles. I have heard of people adding positive pitch to make the bird more docile, but I haven't tried it.
Have fun,
Joaquin
I'm not quite sure what you mean about the gap on the right hand side, but every RC heli I've flown tilts to the right during flight. This is the effect of counteracting the torque of the main rotor and the thrust of the tail rotor.
The rightcyclic trim problem can be fixed by leveling the swash plate.
The right rudder problem can be fixed at the 4-1.
I fly with no angle of attack on the flybar paddles. I have heard of people adding positive pitch to make the bird more docile, but I haven't tried it.
Have fun,
Joaquin
07-10-2010, 12:05 PM
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RE: Honey Bee V2 Set up
Not so sure about the V2. Assuming it's at least kind of the same as the v1 I would suggest also (after you check what tinkmann suggested) check that rotor head bearings are seated properly and that the rotor core isn't damaged. Take a real good look at the blade holder and make sure it isn't damaged. Everything I suggested would normally also cause vibration and other wierd stuff, but it's worth a look anyway.
I set the paddles looking from the left side of the heli and make them level with the swashplate ( I set the one on the left side then rotate the head 180° and set the other one still looking from the left side. )
Like Tinkman I've heard a lot of people say about 10° of positive pitch - I tried it and saw very very little change, but I thought it was just a little worse. If one is pitched more than the other it will cause vibration, so I just go with level with the swashplate and it flies real smooth.
I set the paddles looking from the left side of the heli and make them level with the swashplate ( I set the one on the left side then rotate the head 180° and set the other one still looking from the left side. )
Like Tinkman I've heard a lot of people say about 10° of positive pitch - I tried it and saw very very little change, but I thought it was just a little worse. If one is pitched more than the other it will cause vibration, so I just go with level with the swashplate and it flies real smooth.
