Honey Bee FP Circles, Figure Eights, Side In Hovering

[chrisarena]

Wow. I got a few packs (6) through my Bee and can hover for as long as I want and do slow forward s turns and then vover back (tail in). However figure 8's are a real challenge between controling the rudder and keeping the throttle control proper. I have yet to complete a slow figure eight without having the heli drop out due to an unwitting throttle change. Dang, this is hard! keeping a level altitude while doing slow manuevers with the rudder will take some time to learn!!

[airpup86C]

@chrisarena Sounds like you're doing good. Learning to fly this little bird takes some time, that's for sure. But I think it's worth it :-)

[Raksu0]

Nice Flying! Do you recommend me this if i can fly lama v3 pretty good?

[airpup86C]

@Raksu0

Yes. This heli will make a pilot out of anybody with the patience to learn to fly it.

[eamonnteh]

is it easy to control this helicopter?

[airpup86C]

Not easy, but once you learn it, which takes a while, you can fly just about any other helicopter you might want. I had no trouble switching to a T-Rex 500.

[bluethermal]

nice control, how many hour to get to this level?

[airpup86C]

Well, about 16 hours as I recall. Learning to fly the Bee helped me a huge amount when I started flying my T-Rex 500. Thanks for the comment!

[2472313]

what a fantastic garage,about 3 times bigger than mine!

[airpup86C]

Thanx! I built it myself. Well, with a little help from my wife and a brother or two now and then. : )

[2472313]

definitely an acquired taste!great controlled flying tho`,i can do nearly as well as you but not with such smoothness

[2472313]

nice flying,music was getting on my nerves tho`!

[airpup86C]

Thanks. :)

Old Muddy Waters tunes are an acquired taste I guess, but I had to go with a song about a Honey Bee!

[LymeDiseasePublisher]

very nice! I also fly a cessna 172 and this honey bee is killing me to learn. I almost want to give up! Tell me your flying wasn't so perfect in the beginning. Any tricks for beginners?

[airpup86C]

Heck, my flying isn't anywhere near perfect now! Heck, I think I've crashed my T-Rex 500 five times already!

I did get checked out in 172s after a couple years in the piper. I actually found them a little less forgiving in a cross wind, but once you got the hang of slowing them down properly, they would really touch down smooth.

[mstram]

Nice flying !

About the tightest figure 8's possible with that heli !

Mike

p.s. What kind of camera did you use ... I'm looking for a cheap vid camera

[airpup86C]

Hey, sorry so long with my reply, Thnanx for the comment! Man, it's hard to believe winter is back, and I'll have to do my flying indoors on most days!

The camera is an older Canon Powershot G3 still camera with a video feature. There are better ones out now, this one won't allow zooming while in video mode.

[Plane267]

Great moves check out my videos of my new honey bee

I need a lot of practice!!! :)

[airpup86C]

Thank you!

It looks like you're getting there. I Gotta warn ya though, a stock Honey Bee doesn't like much wind at all, especially if you're just starting out learning to fly it. It's head speed is too slow to give it the stability it needs in a breeze. If you can find a place indoors it will help you a great deal to learn to hover. Or else wait for a calm day!

[Plane267]

Yeah, I agree!!

Theres just no where indoors I can go!!

[RcGuitarHeli]

Very nice flying, your getting there! I love the side hovering, that was nice.

[airpup86C]

Hey thanks! For some reason I find side in to be harder than nose in. Go figure.

[BigMac10080]

Looks like you are getting there, nice flying!

[airpup86C]

Thanx! I have good days and bad days, but the crashes are getting at least a little less frequent!

[RcAntax]

nice video and great song! xD

[airpup86C]

Thanx! I've had that song in my head all week, so I figured I might as well use it!