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| Topic: Sad Sad Day | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 24 Views: 362 |
 Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:12 am Subject: Sad Sad Day |
| leonmike: 100% agreed!!
King was a great learning tool for setup and repair and learning to fly a bit. Homage to the King! |
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| Topic: WANT TO UPGRADE HONEY BEE KING 3 HEAD | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 2 Views: 220 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 5:00 am Subject: WANT TO UPGRADE HONEY BEE KING 3 HEAD |
| With all the great 450 clones out there, the best upgrade is to retool with a 450 clone kit. Or a certain site has Dragonus kits for $39.99 at the moment. Plop the electronics over and you have a mu ... | |
| Topic: Cowboy up! New 600 NSP owner | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 1 Views: 47 |
Forum: Trex 600 Nitro, variants, upgrades and mods. Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:29 am Subject: Cowboy up! New 600 NSP owner |
| I took the plunge. Red Canopy NSP version.
Kit is built, but no servos yet. Argh! I suppose you want pics eh? Ordering Align DS620 (x3) and DS650 for tail soon. Plan to temporarily borrow ... |
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| Topic: Your flying site | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 10 Views: 350 |
Forum: Trex 500, variants, upgrades and mods. Posted: Mon Dec 14, 2009 6:49 am Subject: Your flying site |
| Nice pics. I really like the 1st one. | |
| Topic: Flight sim and the real thing | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 2 Views: 175 |
Forum: Other Flight Sim Software Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:41 am Subject: Re: Flight sim and the real thing |
| How good are the sims?
I've never flown any thing and I've only just had a go on a sim called Helisimrc. It just made me wonder how much difference is there from a sim to the real deal. Cheers Dave ... |
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| Topic: radds has been great help | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 4 Views: 194 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:19 am Subject: radds has been great help |
| Radds is good, and you are wise to take it slow!
Heli are funny things. The aileron, elevator and rudder only cause rotation of the body on the x, y, & z axis. All you can really do is ro ... |
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| Topic: HBK 2 of the ground at last. | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 14 Views: 402 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:07 am Subject: Re: HBK 2 of the ground at last. |
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I am also looking to get something bigger soon so as I can fly in wind and not have to wait for a really still day, any suggestions for a newbie I was thinking of a Blade 400 or if i'm very good t ... |
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| Topic: Distractions | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 7 Views: 280 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:33 am Subject: Distractions |
| I like the twin the best. I've had a few water landings with my Twinstar, though not on purpose! | |
| Topic: Nav Lights | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 2 Views: 222 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:28 am Subject: Nav Lights |
| Very nice. Any mod that increases viability is an asset!
I gotta add some nav lights too. |
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| Topic: Browser Flight Sim | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 1 Views: 183 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:24 am Subject: Browser Flight Sim |
| Here is a screen shot:
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/images/userpix/7561_IHH_Heli_Sim_1.jpg |
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| Topic: It seemed like a good mod at the time!! | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 27 Views: 735 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 5:19 am Subject: It seemed like a good mod at the time!! |
| First thing I notice ARP is your mod brackets are a bit thin. I used an aluminum yardstick as material which was about 2mm thick and very stiff.
Second thing is mine hugged the servo, so you mig ... |
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| Topic: It seemed like a good mod at the time!! | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 27 Views: 735 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:26 pm Subject: It seemed like a good mod at the time!! |
| Ah, nice to see the Shizzle mod lives on. Does any one else see the resemblance to inverted submarines!
I never had any vibration problems with it BTW. |
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| Topic: Browser Flight Sim | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 1 Views: 183 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2009 10:17 pm Subject: Browser Flight Sim |
| I learned on the King II. What a journey.
Recently I started working on a flight sim that would run in a browser window. A lot to ask from a browser i know, so the graphics are a bit limited. ... |
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| Topic: K2 tail servo mount | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 3 Views: 307 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:48 am Subject: K2 tail servo mount |
| I have never mounted a tail servo like this, but it seems like a great idea!
The servo arm moves in the same manner as the tail slider arm mechanism. |
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| Topic: Witch Copter III revisited | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 10 Views: 181 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:24 am Subject: Witch Copter III revisited |
| The esky shaft is shorter from the collar to the top hole. It is longer on the bottom, and longer overall. You probably figured that out already. | |
| Topic: Witch Copter III revisited | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 10 Views: 181 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 3:12 am Subject: Witch Copter III revisited |
| Hollow inside is OK. Especially since the stock shaft is slightly shorter. First I made an adapter to run a front mounter AR bracket, I used that for a while. Then I got a uniswash that could have ... | |
| Topic: Halloween Looming! | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 1 Views: 101 |
Forum: Talking with Pictures Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:37 am Subject: Halloween Looming! |
| I like to dress up my 450 for Halloween. Last year it was a Witch. This year it is coming as Ghost Rider. Part EXI part CopterX part Align. Scare ya later!
Please make sure to post these vids i ... |
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| Topic: Witch Copter III revisited | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 10 Views: 181 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:33 am Subject: Witch Copter III revisited |
| I actually fabbed my own from Blade400 shafts. Drilling the pulley hole is a pain. I also had to remove about 2mm from the top of the shaft. All in all not fun.
I should start making them for ... |
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| Topic: Witch Copter III revisited | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 10 Views: 181 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 12:50 am Subject: Witch Copter III revisited |
| Here's a prototype of the new Ghost Rider canopy:
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/images/userpix/7561_xDSC00173_1.jpg http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/images/userpix/7561_xDSC00168_1.jpg |
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| Topic: HBK2 to 450 which head??? | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 22 Views: 380 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:21 pm Subject: HBK2 to 450 which head??? |
| Back when I started I wanted to gradually upgrade my King to a quality heli without actually having to get a different heli also.
The CopterX head is fine (this is the way I went back in the day) ... |
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| Topic: Witch Copter III revisited | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 10 Views: 181 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 11:07 pm Subject: Witch Copter III revisited |
| Here is my King II modified with Xtreme frame, CopterX head, and Scorpion HK2213-14 motor all dressed up for Halloween. This is actually a vid from last year. I'm working on a skull for this year.
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| Topic: I got my first heli, a Carbon Fibre SE V2, and I love it! | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 15 Views: 218 |
Forum: Copter-X Clone and other Copter X variants. Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:04 am Subject: I got my first heli, a Carbon Fibre SE V2, and I love it! |
| Most excellent! | |
| Topic: CopterX450 DX6i and idle up | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 3 Views: 173 |
Forum: Radio Transmitters. Posted: Thu Sep 24, 2009 6:02 am Subject: CopterX450 DX6i and idle up |
| Before testing pitch set up I always recommend disconnecting the motor wires.
Then go ahead and set to idle up and center the pitch stick. The servo arms should be at 90 and the washout arms and u ... |
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| Topic: Evolution of a stock HBK2 | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 2 Views: 226 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:57 am Subject: Evolution of a stock HBK2 |
| Nice post Dirt. It does take a fair amount of mods to make the King a decent bird. If you are new, you will likely learn a lot about repair and upgrades, and fly a little.
The local hobby store n ... |
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| Topic: Idle-up flying | |
| chase_richard55 Replies: 11 Views: 348 |
Forum: HoneyBee King 3, mods, upgrades and older models. Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 2:48 am Subject: Idle-up flying |
| Idle up is a setting where it's supposed to keep the head speed constant and you only adjust the blade pitch when moving the throttle. This is done for sport and 3d flying, so you can get negative pit ... | |
