Honey Bee Helicopter setup tips and some modifications.

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Setup and modifications for the Honeybee CP2, CCPM, helicopter

Hope these tips help those who email me on such matters.
It is too expensive, as you know, to keep breaking the real thing.
So try my rules of thumb:
1.
Have someone hover that knows how to trim it out, don't let him fly it though, just hover!
(It is hard for a beginner to know what is wrong, the helicopter, or him!)
2.
Never ever watch the tail rotor!
Why? Well you have to watch the nose, just like an airplane, cause the controls are crossed.
Most novices think right rudder makes the tail boom and rotor go to the right. Nope, it goes to the left and the NOSE goes to the right. So watch the nose.
Again, Right Rudder is right nose, like doing a right stall turn with a plane.
3.
DO not attempt nose in, because all controls are backwards, and very difficult. That will come naturally later on.
4.
Never fly away until you can hover, because you will never get back without being able to hover and land! That is always expensive.

Once in the air, it is really easy to fly. It is just like an airplane, elevator (Fore and Aft Cyclic) will make the helicopter fly up and down.

Aileron (left and right Cyclic) will make it roll just like an airplane.
You will never need to use the tail rotor, as it just follows behind, unless you need to make sharper turns.
**But, when you come in to land, you have to pretend you are using rudder (like on airplanes) as it will steer the heli in just like it does on the planes.

***But at hover, you really have to keep the NOSE still and the tail rotor motor gets a Real workout. Let it cool 5 minutes after flying 5 minutes.
5.
Always fly at eye level, because lower flights are more difficult because of ground effect.
6.
And don't let people watch you when your learning.
They cause more crashes, because they always egg you on or you feel pressured to fly for them.
7.
Never chop the throttle stick. It must go down gently or the blades will hit the tail boom, when the skids slam down on the ground. That's called a boom strike and is especially expensive on a shaft or belt driven tail rotor heli.
Remember: (No chop stick, no Bang Boom)
8.
Never forget what your last maneuver was and never forget it.
Ex:(Remember what you did last, when flying)
Oh, and....
9.
Memorize this and you will become a good pilot.

Remember: "If you continue to do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always gotten".

Good luck,
Dave

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[aviisback]

i just upgrade my self my hb with the extreme parts and the heli get all shake at start and and then it goes ok

two question why its get all crazy at the start and the other one when i get my heli to max speed the green led turn into red

thx you

[NightFlyyer]

I think the rotor blades are too tight. They are supposed to be loosely snug so they wont move, if you hold it sideways. Red light at full power is okay.

[lordvader139]

I am having a problem with the entire rotor head wobbling excessively when I rev it up. Any ideas?

[NightFlyyer]

Broken ball, out of track, chipped or cracked blades, swashplate fell apart, or blades out of track, etc.

[RoboTekno]

nice solder heat sink tip. i'm going to try it :D

[NightFlyyer]

Thanks kindly.

[TheRandyrog]

@aviisback do you know how to repair at fired rec for my honey bee cp2 6ch 72mhzs

[2011dCorbett]

Good advice , got a cp3 and having trouble getting everything just right. any more tips on the mixing please let me know

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[dreaddog]

Excellent video thanks for making it, gives me more of an idea what i need todo to get my Honey Bee 2 off the ground and hovering, atm it just shakes like its having a seizer. think i need a vice so i can have it throttled up without it trying to take off so i can fix this problem.

[petey3005]

Hello nightflyyer, iam looking for your expertise as to why my honey bee V2 starts rotating at full throttle as soon as i connect the battery even though the controller is turned off, and the only way to shut it down is to disconnect the battery.its pretty dangerous as u could imagine. Any help would be much appreciated.

[mattyboy111222]

i was wondering why my tail only work to the right, thanks nightflyyer

[MrCrossbiker]

Hallo ! First thanks for this nice video. I am able to fly a fix-pitched Heli without problems,could the Honybee-heli the next heli for me to train my abilities to fly a rc-heli ?

[markleggat]

my rc honey bee is the same so i sent it back to the shop and my motor was not giving it a lot of power so the shop give me a new motor and the helicopter is working

[neilmets]

ive got one of these helicopters,

i cannot get it to lift off even on full throttle, can anyone through some advice my way as its really getting me down!!!!!!!!!

[atreewithnolife]

brilliant ! thanks.