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| Topic: honeybee cp2 at altitude | |
| alioth Replies: 7 Views: 148 |
 Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 7:37 am Subject: honeybee cp2 at altitude |
3100kv brushless motor with an 11T pinion will sort you out  |
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| Topic: mothed CP2 anyone? | |
| alioth Replies: 5 Views: 198 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:50 am Subject: mothed CP2 anyone? |
| Talking of tiny helis, Walkera are going to be selling both an FP and CP heli that's about 2 inches longer than those little polystyrene ones. 2.4GHz, ready to fly. My local model shop has a factory p ... | |
| Topic: Cp2 Problem, Rotor spinning without throttle | |
| alioth Replies: 9 Views: 199 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 8:46 am Subject: Cp2 Problem, Rotor spinning without throttle |
| It's none of these things, I'm afraid... your 4-in-1 is fried. Specifically the power MOSFETs for the main motor have died and failed closed circuit, meaning instead of switching current to the motor, ... | |
| Topic: First crash with the 500 | |
| alioth Replies: 12 Views: 312 |
Forum: Trex 500, resources and discussion Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 3:02 pm Subject: Re: First crash with the 500 |
| It was windier than I was hoping for, but I thought I'd fly anyway.
It's amazing how many crash stories start off with this sentence. In full scale too! |
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| Topic: mothed CP2 anyone? | |
| alioth Replies: 5 Views: 198 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 2:51 pm Subject: mothed CP2 anyone? |
| If the high head speed is the problem you could probably do it with a HDX-300 alloy head, although this may be defeating the "lightweight" part. (My CP2 with the HDX-300 head and brushless motor and a ... | |
| Topic: Alan Szabo Jr + Trex 250 = 3D | |
| alioth Replies: 15 Views: 627 |
Forum: T Rex 250 resources and discussion Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 10:49 am Subject: Alan Szabo Jr + Trex 250 = 3D |
| They aren't *that* bad. I have a 300 size (HDX-300) - yes it's twitchy but I can fly it all day long without binning it, and I can fly it *much* more frequently than I could a 500, since I can fly it ... | |
| Topic: Belt-CP's too light to fly in the wind | |
| alioth Replies: 9 Views: 417 |
Forum: Belt CP Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:25 am Subject: Belt-CP's too light to fly in the wind |
| I flew my Honey Bee CP2 in winds up to 15 mph! It was a handful, but with the extra headspeed from the brushless motor upgrade it was controllable.
I now have an HDX300 which is heavier than the CP ... |
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| Topic: Extreme Skids | |
| alioth Replies: 6 Views: 166 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 8:21 am Subject: Extreme Skids |
| If you upgrade to a brushless motor, the CP2 flies quite happily when it gets to 400g (that's what mine weighed with the 3100kv motor and esky ESC, the HDX-300 alloy head and twin tail motors and extr ... | |
| Topic: Alternative blades at a sensible price | |
| alioth Replies: 4 Views: 250 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Sep 10, 2008 1:26 pm Subject: Alternative blades at a sensible price |
| You might also want to look at using HDX-300 flat bottomed blades, they are pretty durable, and if you're not flying inverted, give really good performance by having a standard 'upright' airfoil shape ... | |
| Topic: The worst place to crash? | |
| alioth Replies: 2 Views: 168 |
Forum: Flight Nightmares! Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:14 am Subject: The worst place to crash? |
| So, where's the worst possible place you can crash an electric heli (other than in a fire)?
In the pond of course. Power glitch, power came back, lost control, and the heli went in the pond and ... |
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| Topic: Flying test. | |
| alioth Replies: 8 Views: 561 |
Forum: T Rex 250 resources and discussion Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:53 am Subject: Flying test. |
| I have an HDX-300, which isn't much bigger than this - it's quite hard to get all the servo wiring tidy on such a small machine! However, some of that spiral cable wrap stuff really helps. (My HDX-300 ... | |
| Topic: Cp2 will lift for about 30 seconds | |
| alioth Replies: 6 Views: 164 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 4:52 pm Subject: Cp2 will lift for about 30 seconds |
| The heatsink helps. The brushed motors do get pretty hot anyway even when they are working well - but when the brushes are getting worn out, as soon as the motor starts to heat up, it loses a lot of p ... | |
| Topic: More on the HDX-300 | |
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Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 2:20 pm Subject: More on the HDX-300 |
| ...and some photos of the beast in flight and parked. Ignore the Polaris 400CP stickers, I bought a Polaris 400 canopy for it as a 300 size canopy isn't big enough for the batteries I'm using.
http ... |
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| Topic: Cp2 will lift for about 30 seconds | |
| alioth Replies: 6 Views: 164 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 10:33 am Subject: Cp2 will lift for about 30 seconds |
| Sounds almost certainly like the main motor is goosed. The brushed motors really don't like getting stalled (i.e. something stopping the rotor blades, such as in a crash) - it really kills the brushes ... | |
| Topic: Help with esky 0406 transmitter! | |
| alioth Replies: 1 Views: 191 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:50 pm Subject: Help with esky 0406 transmitter! |
| The TX switches on the front are Ail - down, Ele - up, Thr - down, Rud - Up.
Also check your servos are plugged into the right channels - otherwise some really unexpected things happen. Ch.1 - S ... |
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| Topic: More on the HDX-300 | |
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Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:48 pm Subject: More on the HDX-300 |
| So, to recap, after running the HDX-300 alloy head on my CP2 for a few months, I decided the next logical step was to get the rest of the heli.
After a fairly disasterous start - the build went OK, ... |
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| Topic: Alternative blades at a sensible price | |
| alioth Replies: 4 Views: 250 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2008 5:30 pm Subject: Alternative blades at a sensible price |
| I get blades for about £15 or so delivered for a pack of FIVE PAIRS from fleabay, direct from Hong Kong. They aren't ESky, they are the same dimensions but are heavier (and actually quite a bit strong ... | |
| Topic: Honey bee CP2 Problems | |
| alioth Replies: 10 Views: 334 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:58 pm Subject: Honey bee CP2 Problems |
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I've pulled the Xtal from an older Tx that I still have here and I can't see how to test it with a voltmeter as it has a very high resistance.. A voltmeter can't tell you anything useful about a ... |
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| Topic: Honey bee CP2 Problems | |
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Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 3:53 pm Subject: Honey bee CP2 Problems |
| If that Futaba tx has synthesized tuning rather than an xtal, double check it really is on the right channel! The frequency synthesiser switches show channels rather than frequency, but the esky cryst ... | |
| Topic: motor, no power? | |
| alioth Replies: 5 Views: 168 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:09 am Subject: motor, no power? |
| Sounds like the ESC is plugged into the wrong channel.
The standard channel for the motor is channel 3. The standard channel for the gyro sensitivity is channel 5 - so it sounds like you may have i ... |
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| Topic: Honey bee CP2 Problems | |
| alioth Replies: 10 Views: 334 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:06 am Subject: Honey bee CP2 Problems |
| The only way to test crystals is to put them in an oscillator and see if it oscillates at the right frequency. There's no simple test you can do with them. | |
| Topic: CP2 lift off problem!! | |
| alioth Replies: 8 Views: 287 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 9:01 am Subject: CP2 lift off problem!! |
| Update
Battery full charged. Throttle trim 4 clicks upward from center. Transmitter on. Plugin battery to heli. Throttle stick 6 clicks ahead from center. CP2 in air. Is this normal or some other ... |
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| Topic: CP2 lift off problem!! | |
| alioth Replies: 8 Views: 287 |
Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:47 pm Subject: CP2 lift off problem!! |
| What is the blade pitch? When you disconnect the motors, increase the throttle to max, does the swashplate move smoothly DOWN - nice and level? Are the servos connected to the right channels? Ch1 to t ... | |
| Topic: Brushless upgrade = amazing difference | |
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Forum: ESKY HoneyBee CP2 (Collective Pitch) Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:52 am Subject: Brushless upgrade = amazing difference |
| It does make a massive difference.
The next thing to try is the HDX-300 head, since you have a programmable tx (you need to adjust the amount of swash movement for collective, to get the most out o ... |
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| Topic: Ehrm, yes the heli flew into my transmitter... | |
| alioth Replies: 11 Views: 315 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:15 am Subject: Ehrm, yes the heli flew into my transmitter... |
| Argh. I did that on Monday with my HDX-300 heli. I have just built this heli, and was hovering it close to me so I could observe it properly (it's only on its second flight). I forgot about my nice, l ... | |
