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| Topic: Esky G-Smart manned edition | |
| sierra Replies: 24 Views: 520 |
 Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:46 am Subject: Esky G-Smart manned edition |
| Ok, I'll see your home made machine and raise it with this entry: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9S_Qmn-CEM | |
| Topic: Custom Alum Frame | |
| sierra Replies: 138 Views: 2725 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:13 pm Subject: Custom Alum Frame |
| You can drill carbon but don't expect your drill bits to last very long! You also have to be very careful to make sure you're actually cutting the hole not tearing your way through as, again, you will ... | |
| Topic: Custom Alum Frame | |
| sierra Replies: 138 Views: 2725 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:57 pm Subject: Custom Alum Frame |
| with all those lightening holes I'd say it would be a whole lot easier to make out of aluminium than carbon unless you have access to a CNC machine that doesn't mind carbon dust (it eats bearings).
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| Topic: PERFECT USE FOR THE HELI | |
| sierra Replies: 15 Views: 326 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:41 pm Subject: PERFECT USE FOR THE HELI |
| not long back somebody was asking about mounting a laser on his heli. Perhaps that's the way to cut the hedge with a King, without risking blade damage? | |
| Topic: noise from gyro | |
| sierra Replies: 5 Views: 161 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed Jun 18, 2008 7:59 pm Subject: noise from gyro |
| One more for you to try before you get too technical:
take the blades off, nail the helicopter down and then put the throttle and trim to the maximum (up) position! Then pull the throttle down. ... |
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| Topic: Grass Stains | |
| sierra Replies: 12 Views: 251 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 10:49 pm Subject: Grass Stains |
| re grass stains, try something like this on the bottom of the fin:
http://www.heliguy.com/Forum/images/userpix/7894_tail_1.jpg It's a rough and ready version done in a rush but it works. It also ... |
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| Topic: Broke my Fibre King big time.. feel like giving up... | |
| sierra Replies: 19 Views: 463 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:48 pm Subject: Broke my Fibre King big time.. feel like giving up... |
| Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but when I look at those frames I don't see any lateral support. What stops the frame from flexing from side to side? | |
| Topic: Flying music | |
| sierra Replies: 19 Views: 314 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 1:42 pm Subject: Flying music |
| speaking of early Genesis and HBK in the same breath..
...'A Trick Of The Tail' seems somehow appropriate! Or, from the same disc, 'Robbery, Assault and Battery'' when it next eats part of you ... |
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| Topic: HBK2 Fiber Frame (NOT CARBON) | |
| sierra Replies: 52 Views: 1757 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:05 pm Subject: HBK2 Fiber Frame (NOT CARBON) |
| How about the HBK 'Heinz' - 57 different varieties? | |
| Topic: anybody have experience with mystery 30A esc? | |
| sierra Replies: 13 Views: 282 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:54 pm Subject: anybody have experience with mystery 30A esc? |
| Thanks Demon, I'd guessed it would turn out to be something like that.
And the beep sequence is as you described so that confirms it. However it still doesn't explain why the packaging describes ... |
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| Topic: No Engine! | |
| sierra Replies: 10 Views: 283 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 2:39 pm Subject: No Engine! |
| First, take the blades off the heli and nail it down. That way if the motor suddenly starts it won't take your face off!!!
Then try powering up with the throttle stick at full throttle. If it beeps ... |
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| Topic: anybody have experience with mystery 30A esc? | |
| sierra Replies: 13 Views: 282 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 9:25 pm Subject: anybody have experience with mystery 30A esc? |
| And if anybody can tell me how the, ahem, you set the 30A Pentium ESC with v 2.1 software I'd be most grateful.
Or if there's a programming card that works with it. The back of the package lists ... |
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| Topic: Sikorsky_Skycrane! | |
| sierra Replies: 7 Views: 200 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 8:19 am Subject: Sikorsky_Skycrane! |
| Richard,
If you can find a short belt (RC car?) could you just add a second pulley to the shaft where the tail rotor blades currently reside and redirect the drive upwards using that? Can't wait ... |
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| Topic: Carbon blade repairs. | |
| sierra Replies: 3 Views: 193 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Fri May 30, 2008 4:00 pm Subject: Carbon blade repairs. |
| I'd agree with all that raywrightfive said but add to that to also lightly sand and clean the damaged bits just before you apply the epoxy.
Just for interest, to do a by-the-book repair on carbon ... |
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| Topic: CopterX head problems with ball links. | |
| sierra Replies: 10 Views: 288 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:14 pm Subject: CopterX head problems with ball links. |
| If you heat them up that should soften the locktite! | |
| Topic: whats a BEC?.....hink thats what its called? | |
| sierra Replies: 7 Views: 237 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sun May 25, 2008 3:03 pm Subject: whats a BEC?.....hink thats what its called? |
| Another reason for having a BEC seperate from the ESC is that it will still continue to operate even if the ESC goes into shutdown for some reason - overheating, low voltage etc.
In these situatio ... |
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| Topic: Which is better radio system 35MHz or 2.4GHz | |
| sierra Replies: 9 Views: 344 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 9:57 am Subject: Which is better radio system 35MHz or 2.4GHz |
| 2.4 GHz
You don't have that damn stupid aerial to worry about! (There's all sorts of technical reasons but they all pale into insignificance compared to the reason above!) |
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| Topic: HBK2 Fiber Frame (NOT CARBON) | |
| sierra Replies: 52 Views: 1757 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Wed May 21, 2008 3:59 pm Subject: HBK2 Fiber Frame (NOT CARBON) |
| A laminate of carbon and glass would be the best: carbon for strength and light weight, glass for its resistance to mechanical stress e.g. compression around screw holes etc.
And there's nothing mu ... |
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| Topic: 3 bladed trex 450 head ? | |
| sierra Replies: 10 Views: 247 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 3:48 pm Subject: 3 bladed trex 450 head ? |
| Well, I can say that a four bladed head sort-of works on the King. I know, I built one!
However, before you rush out and buy one of those heads let's just say that there are still 'issues' that I'm ... |
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| Topic: rotor blades start spining,without throttle. | |
| sierra Replies: 33 Views: 479 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 3:22 pm Subject: rotor blades start spining,without throttle. |
| Sounds very similar to the way my ESC failed when the original brushed motor popped its spuds.
I could get the motor to run from 75% to 100% but no less. But all the servos worked fine. I sugge ... |
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| Topic: advice on adding lights. . . . | |
| sierra Replies: 22 Views: 491 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 8:16 pm Subject: advice on adding lights. . . . |
| I glad to hear that you're thinking responsibly about lasers.
Regardless, I think you'll find that the CAA will take a very dim view of that idea. There have been a few convictions recently of ... |
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| Topic: Uplift | |
| sierra Replies: 2 Views: 143 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 2:27 pm Subject: Uplift |
| I'm guessing you've accidentally turned one of the trimmers on the top of the TX. Try turning them a bit clockwise and see what happens.... | |
| Topic: advice on adding lights. . . . | |
| sierra Replies: 22 Views: 491 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 12:09 pm Subject: advice on adding lights. . . . |
| Another place to look is rc-lights (add all the w's and coms to suit).
They do a complete helicopter kit with a mix of flashing and always on LEDs. It just plugs into a spare channel on the RX e.g. ... |
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| Topic: Clan of the King II | |
| sierra Replies: 17 Views: 450 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 4:17 pm Subject: Clan of the King II |
| Clansman?
'Highlander'? You can only kill one by cutting its head off? Yes, good point. Come to think of it, the HBK tends to dies in a shower of sparks too.... |
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| Topic: King 2 standard motor and ESC - Unfit for purpose? | |
| sierra Replies: 27 Views: 639 |
Forum: HoneyBee King (Collective Pitch) Posted: Thu May 15, 2008 7:12 pm Subject: King 2 standard motor and ESC - Unfit for purpose? |
| I can't help also wondering if the fact that the motor runs hot enough to remove the flesh from your fingers, should you be foolish enough to touch it, is not being run too hard?
I mean, what tempe ... |
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