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| Topic: Winter Flying - Indoor or Flight Sim? | |
| JasonN Replies: 33 Views: 522 |
 Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:30 pm Subject: Winter Flying - Indoor or Flight Sim? |
Honeybee is definately a difficult one to fly, its cost me a lot in repairs while i got used to it, and even now I still stuff up and crash it 
These walkera 3#4B models, wheres a good place to ... |
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| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:49 am Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| yeah il give that a try, ironically it wasnt a child that ripped it out it was my wheely chair lol. | |
| Topic: How to replace the Boom on HBFP? | |
| JasonN Replies: 5 Views: 160 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:43 am Subject: How to replace the Boom on HBFP? |
| Nah it was the boom itself that snapped rather than the holder. Might look at getting one of those nice shiny booms but it might start pushing the weight limit soon. Looks like il have to drill it if ... | |
| Topic: Whats the difference between brushless/brushed motors? | |
| JasonN Replies: 7 Views: 265 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:54 pm Subject: Whats the difference between brushless/brushed motors? |
| Ahh I see, so if I wanted to get a brusless motor I would also need to invest in an ESC as well, whereas with the brushed ones I dont?
In a nutshell yes You can go for a slowmax or the extreme 380 ... |
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| Topic: How to replace the Boom on HBFP? | |
| JasonN Replies: 5 Views: 160 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:41 pm Subject: How to replace the Boom on HBFP? |
| I've just managed to strip down and rebuild my HBFP using the dissasembly and re-assembly guide in the super sticky, but I've had a crash thats snapped the tail boom, and Im having real trouble just t ... | |
| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 1:19 pm Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| Right that explains it. In that case Il need to get a new cable, the other one i got with phoenix broke, but I had a replacement one that came with FMS and assumed they were the same, looks like that ... | |
| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:52 pm Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| Hi Ian,
If I disconnect it it just vanishes from device manager, if I view disconnected devices, it still shows up as a Game controller adapter. I'm going to uninstall all my USB devices tonight and ... |
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| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:51 am Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| Bah I must be missing something, is there any difference between the cable provided for that Tx with the FMS program and the one that comes with Phoenix do you know? | |
| Topic: Whats the difference between brushless/brushed motors? | |
| JasonN Replies: 7 Views: 265 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:19 pm Subject: Whats the difference between brushless/brushed motors? |
| Ahh I see, so if I wanted to get a brusless motor I would also need to invest in an ESC as well, whereas with the brushed ones I dont? | |
| Topic: Whats the difference between brushless/brushed motors? | |
| JasonN Replies: 7 Views: 265 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 2:55 pm Subject: Whats the difference between brushless/brushed motors? |
| Title says it all pretty much, I've seen a few threads recomending upgrades to the standard esky motor, and two terms I've seen bandied about are brushed and brushless motors. Now i'm a complete newby ... | |
| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 9:40 pm Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| I can see it in device manager under HID: Game controller
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/images/userpix/22442_HID_1.jpg However when I launch Phoenix I get: http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/images/user ... |
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| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:29 pm Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| Hmm thanks for the response Ian, its definately showing it as a Human Interface Device, Phoenix still isnt seeing it. Noticed theres a Phoenix update availible so I'm going to download that and try ag ... | |
| Topic: Honeybee FP Upgrades | |
| JasonN Replies: 32 Views: 638 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:17 pm Subject: Honeybee FP Upgrades |
| its definately a good way forward. Trust me when I say you will crash A LOT when you start learning, the HBFP is pretty robust when it comes to knocks, and is cheap to repair. I've just had to do a gr ... | |
| Topic: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista | |
| JasonN Replies: 12 Views: 302 |
Forum: Phoenix advice and examples Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:11 am Subject: Phoenix Sim and Esky Honeybee FP TX on Vista |
| Sorry I cant recall the actual make and model of my TX, its the default TX that comes with the Honeybee FP 2.4ghz if that helps.
I had this working fine on windows XP, but since I've installed vist ... |
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| Topic: Indoor Flight Practice | |
| JasonN Replies: 9 Views: 368 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2008 5:31 am Subject: Indoor Flight Practice |
| Just Moth an HB that way you have consistency of spare parts - not that you need many spares for a Moth as they are so light they don't get broken much.
Hi John, I have seen that mentioned a couple ... |
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| Topic: Indoor Flight Practice | |
| JasonN Replies: 9 Views: 368 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 3:13 pm Subject: Indoor Flight Practice |
| I had a feeling that might have been the case. I'd rather pick up something like the Walkera 4#3A or B in that case, since it means I can practice true to form of using its big brother, the honeybee, ... | |
| Topic: Indoor Flight Practice | |
| JasonN Replies: 9 Views: 368 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:11 pm Subject: Indoor Flight Practice |
| Hi Alex,
I did have a look at the llama but the coaxial rotors put me off, I've only ever used one coax machine before and it was ridiculously easy to fly compared to a regular copter that I felt it ... |
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| Topic: Indoor Flight Practice | |
| JasonN Replies: 9 Views: 368 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:47 pm Subject: Indoor Flight Practice |
| I've been debating this for a while now, but I have seen some smaller helicopters that are more suitable to flying indoors, namely the Buzz Fly 2.4g. They appear to be on the same flight method as my ... | |
| Topic: The Learning Curve | |
| JasonN Replies: 10 Views: 397 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:06 am Subject: The Learning Curve |
| Your lucky to have that carpark to practice in! I've been learning in the lounge and the garden if its dead still. Lounge is not the best idea as i've come close to the plasma twice so far lol | |
| Topic: Ability to Handle Gusts | |
| JasonN Replies: 10 Views: 234 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 9:04 am Subject: Ability to Handle Gusts |
| I tired flying on a windy day and had it get caught in an updraft and just lost it. Whole thing got totalled by falling on what could be the only possible rock in my garden. So new skids, new flybar, ... | |
| Topic: Newbie Question: Gyro Calibration on initial setup. | |
| JasonN Replies: 22 Views: 379 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:30 pm Subject: Newbie Question: Gyro Calibration on initial setup. |
| Blades with less lift (M24s for example) is what you need to combat the wind. Higher headspeeds really help loads.
Headspeed is the speed at which the blades rotate isnt it? In that case that would b ... |
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| Topic: barebones to 2.4Gig | |
| JasonN Replies: 14 Views: 295 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:12 am Subject: barebones to 2.4Gig |
| Yeah I was thinking about how I use it with PCs and processors, but id imagine it would work fine because unlike PCs contact inst through a single point, its all across the motor. | |
| Topic: Newbie Question: Gyro Calibration on initial setup. | |
| JasonN Replies: 22 Views: 379 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 10:07 am Subject: Newbie Question: Gyro Calibration on initial setup. |
| Yeah I agree it needs to be perfectly calm before I even try taking this outdoors. Once I get better at hovering I might look to see if I can upgrade things like the engine and that to allow it to cop ... | |
| Topic: barebones to 2.4Gig | |
| JasonN Replies: 14 Views: 295 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 8:35 am Subject: barebones to 2.4Gig |
Nice job. 
If you haven't fitted one (or two) already then I recommend fitting heat sinks to the motors as they will really extend their lives. Kev When it comes to fitting heatsinks do ... |
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| Topic: Newbie Question: Gyro Calibration on initial setup. | |
| JasonN Replies: 22 Views: 379 |
Forum: HoneyBee (Fixed Pitch) Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 6:01 am Subject: Newbie Question: Gyro Calibration on initial setup. |
| Well I lost control and crashed it this morning quite spectacuarly considering I was still on the ground
Broke the flybar and one of the Ring like push rods, which are the two items that dont come ... |
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