RC Helicopters

Reality Bites said:
If you want to venture into 3d why didn't you go with a 6ch model from the outset? I've never seen a heli forum recommend anything less than a 6ch to start with.

My first heli was a trex550.....with a dx7s radio. Maybe a little big looking back but I would probably go with a blade130x if I were to do it again. Flies like a bigger heli and crash costs are pennies at most.
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i must have been reading the wrong forums >.< but i dont mind later on buying something that does 3d my 1st thought was to get a Walkera HM Genius CP V2 as my 1st heli....

ScoobyDoo said:
Had my honeybee v2 for a few years now, crashed it lots but its easy to repair and lots of spares available. If its your first time then id suggest getting the training gear and putting that on makes the helicopter easier to lift off and land and stops it from crashing to earth with a massive bang, will save you numerous new blades.
Another tip is if your flying it outdoors (which i only do) make sure its a calm day as the bee doesnt like wind, it will get thrown about all over the place.

Its worth looking at some of the youtube videos, these will tell you how to setup the bee and repair it, get a few extra lipo batteries too and a better charger, the one that comes with the bee aint that good.


If you cant afford phoenix sim than another good one that works well with the honeybee's controller is clearview rc. You can crash as many times as you want :)
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https://www.buzzflyer.co.uk/RC-Helicopters/ESky-Honey-Bee-V2-2.4G/p-70-124/

this is what i got + the Deluxe Deal comes with the training gear plus some extra's says i can get 20mins flight time which is great since i only managed like 5mins on my 3ch.

With the sim will the transmitter work that comes with the honey bee? also i don't know if any of these extra comes with the cable required if it did..

The heli will arrive tomorrow.
 
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rishy said:
With a flybar using a Spektrum DX7s
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Sign up for the helifreak forums, goto this page and watch:

CCPM setup part 1
CCPM setup part 2
Gyro 101
Gyro gain 101, but ignore the parts about Spektrum being different to Futaba. On a DX7s (or DX8, DX9 and DX18), the gain you put in the radio is the gain seen by the gyro same as Futaba.

If you have any questions on specifics after that, I'll be happy to help.

A couple of random tips:

A zip tie around the main shaft will help as a swash leveller if you don't have one.

Dropping a screwdriver through the main blade grip bolt hole and lining it up with the main shaft is the best way of getting zero pitch I've found in the 4 years I've been flying helis.
 
rishy said:
With a flybar using a Spektrum DX7s
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I'm not sure how much you know?
The first step of setting up a helicopter is to connect your radio gear (with the motor disconnected for safety)
You then need to program a pitch curve into your transmitter.

For a beginner I would advise 40, 40, 50, 75, 100

but during setup, use 50, 50, 50, 75, 100
Keep the throttle stick below mid stick, 50 is zero pitch.

Now working upwards from the servos ensure that everything is level.
The linkage lengths for a HK 450 GT can be found online in the Align 450 GT V2 manual.

First step is levelling the servo arms, and levelling the swash. You can buy a swash levelling tool to do this but I have always been able to get it close by eyeball (or use the zip tie method above).

Try and get your servo arms as level as you can, by taking the arms off and re-positioning on the splines, finally use the sub trim menu in your dx7s to get them perfect.
 
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rhysduck said:
How does the zip tie method work?
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Tighten a zip tie around the main shaft and snip it so it reaches the balls on the swash.

Rotate the zip tie to each ball in turn and adjust the swash to touch the tie.

I own a swash levelling tool, but truth be told you can get it close with your eye.
 
SkodaMart said:
I'm not sure how much you know?
The first step of setting up a helicopter is to connect your radio gear (with the motor disconnected for safety)
You then need to program a pitch curve into your transmitter.

For a beginner I would advise 40, 40, 50, 75, 100

but during setup, use 50, 50, 50, 75, 100
Keep the throttle stick below mid stick, 50 is zero pitch.

Now working upwards from the servos ensure that everything is level.
The linkage lengths for a HK 450 GT can be found online in the Align 450 GT V2 manual.

First step is levelling the servo arms, and levelling the swash. You can buy a swash levelling tool to do this but I have always been able to get it close by eyeball (or use the zip tie method above).

Try and get your servo arms as level as you can, by taking the arms off and re-positioning on the splines, finally use the sub trim menu in your dx7s to get them perfect.
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Well i will have to wait a bit, thought i had it setup but nope was drifting to the side and dropped it down while going down i hit the hold switch forgetting that i didn't change the pitch curve but only the motor down to 0. Smack to the floor with 10' neg pitch. Flybar, Main shaft , not to sure about the feathering spindle
 
rishy said:
Well i will have to wait a bit, thought i had it setup but nope was drifting to the side and dropped it down while going down i hit the hold switch forgetting that i didn't change the pitch curve but only the motor down to 0. Smack to the floor with 10' neg pitch. Flybar, Main shaft , not to sure about the feathering spindle
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Don't run much negative pitch when you are learning.

I ran with 0

Its probably best to run with a couple of degrees however that's why I suggested a pitch curve of 40, 40, 50, 75, 100.

You are trying to build, set-up and learn to fly all at the same time, it's a tall order.

I learnt on a ready to fly mcpx v2, then opened the box and flew a blade 300x.

It was once I had a few skills I moved onto the HK 450 GT.
 
my normal mode was setup with less pitch -2, but my hold i forgot to change and was setup on full - ive now changed the controller already but the damage has been done now
 
Yes, make sure you set mode 0 and 1.
also throttle hold!

At least with the 7S there is no mode 2 to worry about.

-2 is ideal, stops the heli being blown over before the head is up to speed.
 
SkodaMart said:
Tighten a zip tie around the main shaft and snip it so it reaches the balls on the swash.

Rotate the zip tie to each ball in turn and adjust the swash to touch the tie.

I own a swash levelling tool, but truth be told you can get it close with your eye.
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Cheers :)

Rishy:
align-trex.co.uk
HobbyKing (UK Warehouse)
Midland Helis
Robot Birds
Giant Cod
 
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Was setting up the heli it started to drift but hit the hold button which had neg pitch and hit the floor broke the servos, flybar main shaft

The servos were only the cheap ones from hobbyking as this was only to be a cheap build
 
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