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| Topic: HBK2 on stand-by | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 7 Views: 181 |
 Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:08 am Subject: HBK2 on stand-by |
| I have a Trex 450 XL with the same indirect to swash linkages,
Trust me, just looking at the controls make the thing fly of in another direction. The sluggishnes is probably due to slow servo's or ... |
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| Topic: The "How am I doing" thread" :) | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 31 Views: 619 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:34 pm Subject: The "How am I doing" thread" :) |
| Fully agree.
Furthermore, don't go the next step when you haven't mastered the one you are working on. For instance hovering. Lots of people think they can hover a machine when they can keep it some ... |
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| Topic: Indoor Flight Stability Contest | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 10 Views: 346 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 11:34 am Subject: Indoor Flight Stability Contest |
| Same here Gary. This week is looking better now though.
My wife just came back from Ontario today, she was complaining of snow !!! |
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| Topic: Indoor Flight Stability Contest | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 10 Views: 346 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 6:20 am Subject: Indoor Flight Stability Contest |
smooth bird you have there Fran, love the "dump" on the table, could have ended in tears! well done!! 
Smooth, yet stock as can be ! (except for the MX12 TX) I didn't realize how close I got to ... |
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| Topic: Indoor Flight Stability Contest | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 10 Views: 346 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:21 am Subject: Indoor Flight Stability Contest |
Well, in this case I wasn't avoiding the furniture actually 
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvc-LPdvJvc[/youtube] |
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| Topic: Another "dumb" noobie ? | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 5 Views: 233 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 12:30 pm Subject: Another "dumb" noobie ? |
| There is tons of info on setting up your king on the stickies.
Look throught there. There should be picks of the rotorhead too somewhere. |
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| Topic: 1 Year on and a big thanks to all... | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 4 Views: 122 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 6:09 am Subject: 1 Year on and a big thanks to all... |
| I am almost there, 10 months to be exact,but my king is stock, except for the TX.
Flying circuits now, making piro's and getting to the nose in. So many people on here make it possible for other ... |
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| Topic: Introduction | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 34 Views: 389 |
Forum: Trex 450 XL and SE. Electronics, radios, set up, resources and discussion. Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:25 pm Subject: Introduction |
| Hey Andy,
Good to see you made the Transition too. I have been more than happy with my Trex, but the King is still in service as a training vehicle. Whatever I can master on my king, I can do on ... |
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| Topic: And the crowd went wild !!! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 8 Views: 191 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 3:59 pm Subject: And the crowd went wild !!! |
| My area ???
LOL....I am dead serious when I tell you that those nutballs are literally from all over the country. We have people from Haarlem driving 200 km to the east to attend these meetings. ... |
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| Topic: And the crowd went wild !!! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 8 Views: 191 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 1:49 pm Subject: And the crowd went wild !!! |
| LOL.....it wasn't till I saw the video that i noticed how close I came to the edge !
Yesterday I did my first Piro, unfortunately no video of that one. |
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| Topic: And the crowd went wild !!! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 8 Views: 191 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 2:55 am Subject: And the crowd went wild !!! |
| LOL....had an indoor meeting.
they had a small heli table and I couldn't resist. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvc-LPdvJvc[/youtube] |
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| Topic: Zippy Batteries ? ? ? | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 10 Views: 185 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:32 pm Subject: Zippy Batteries ? ? ? |
| Great batteries for the king.
The C rating is bogus, it's much lower than the rating they claim. For the king that's not so much of a problem. For a Trex it results in very short flighttimes. |
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| Topic: Fatal attraction !! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 20 Views: 235 |
Forum: Off Topic Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:55 am Subject: Fatal attraction !! |
| North Bay ?
Did you say hi to my wifes grandmother ?..... We have a cottage up in Restoulle and always do our shopping in Northbay. Small world eh ? *and now back on topic* |
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| Topic: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 134 Views: 4434 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:45 am Subject: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! |
is "rip the sky" means to do 3d? coz i'm not there yet. can't even do a nose in hover yet. but i've been flying circles, tail in and side in.  my progress is a bit slow because i fly only on we ... |
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| Topic: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 134 Views: 4434 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2008 2:17 pm Subject: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! |
| But now, lets bring out the clips of everyone ripping the skies apart !!!
I am getting a bit further now, but waiting for a tail servo to arrive, If the wind lies down, I might post a few clips of t ... |
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| Topic: Downtime SUCKS | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 27 Views: 435 |
Forum: Off Topic Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 2:58 am Subject: Downtime SUCKS |
| LOL....feel your pain !!
I jave a Trex 450 next to the king, but I just use the king for practice and throwing around. The Trex is treated more carefully and I haven't crashed it yet (in 2 months ... |
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| Topic: Stock Tx and 3D | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 18 Views: 296 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 6:09 pm Subject: Stock Tx and 3D |
| True. I fly the king quite intensively, and am starting to get more confident with the Trex. But when the King drops and I hit the throttle, it has so much more trouble getting back up.
Still, the ki ... |
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| Topic: Stock Tx and 3D | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 18 Views: 296 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:33 pm Subject: Stock Tx and 3D |
| Problem indeed with the stock TX is that the Idle up is limited to about 80%.
During hard 3D that might prove not to be enough. Oh well, if you trash it, it needs replacement........Trex500 is a n ... |
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| Topic: Stock Tx and 3D | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 18 Views: 296 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 4:10 pm Subject: Stock Tx and 3D |
| Get that HBK2 programmed into the DX7.
Must be easier to do all the 3D stuff with the TX you are used to. |
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| Topic: When to move up? | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 5 Views: 164 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:56 pm Subject: When to move up? |
| I chose to go 450, only because I could get an awesome deal on a Trex450 XL.
I considered the 500 class, but the prices of the decent batterypacks scared the shitz out of me 
If the prices of ... |
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| Topic: Extreme Motor Pinion | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 7 Views: 187 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:33 pm Subject: Extreme Motor Pinion |
| And even still....I used loctite, but after 2 months the whole grubscrew broke out of the pinion.
Still don't know what happened exactly |
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| Topic: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 134 Views: 4434 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:39 pm Subject: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! |
| Whatever floats your boat dude.
If you wanna be the smartass around here be my guest. |
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| Topic: first flight | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 10 Views: 217 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:20 pm Subject: first flight |
| A helicopter will always have the tendency to pull to the left when you first get off the ground. You simply correct that with some right stick.
most important is to get up at least 2 feet or so to ... |
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| Topic: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 134 Views: 4434 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:22 pm Subject: HBK2 Stability Contest + Show off thread! |
| Well, here is one of my more stable flights.
Bird is pretty much stock except for: BL 3100 KV Towerpro SG90 on the tail MX12 TX 1500 mAh mysterie batterie MOD EDIT (Friskle) << Embedded ... |
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| Topic: advice | |
| FranDaMan Replies: 40 Views: 665 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:18 am Subject: advice |
| Great to hear that people come together to help eachother out.
We just had a spontanious heli-meeting in my city. Good showup and even though a lot of guys are allready a bit more experienced you le ... |
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