Honey Bee cp 2

[spunkmyer]

Hi all..............

Well I have been flying the CX3 over the last week and am making slow but steady progress, but on to the post I brought a used Honey Bee 2cp as a buliding project while flying my CX3.

The chap i brought it of said it flys ok and comes with carbon blades but I extra blades and motors etc.

Now none of the servos are plug in to 4in1, would any one be able to inform me of which channel each servo should plug in to. There are three.

Mike

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IIRC go clockwise from the back right servo and plug them into the next highest channel available (so 1,2 and 6?).

Good luck; you'll need it!

[spunkmyer]

Thanks for the reply.

So do I have this right, looking at the heli from the front the back right servo would plug in channel 6 the left servo in to channel 2 and the front servo channel 1?

Mike

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Not quite. This is from memory so possibly wrong.

Futaba CCPM channel assignments (which esky use) are:
ch 2: front servo
ch 6: left servo
ch 1: right servo.

Channel 1 & 6 may be the other way around.

[spunkmyer]

Ok thanks for helping I will give at try.

Mike

[Tweaker]

unwind-protect is right channel 1 and 6 are the other way round
Right servo = 6
Left servo = 1
front servo =2
Main motor =M1
tail motor= M2
Yesterday was the first time Ive flown out door circuits for 2 lipo,s without crashing. This is the only heli i have had and the repairs have cost more than I paid for the thing, but at last progress

[spunkmyer]

I normally take photos of any thing before any work was to start but in this case they came already unpluged, thank for your replys

Mike

[spunkmyer]

Ok I know she is only a small heli but its my first rebuild of anything like this,

After sorting out the channel problem (thanks guys) I noticed that the blades where not running true so i checked the pitch to find that the link rods are adjusted ok, what i did notice is that above the blades is a small screw which I think goes in to the main shaft, this is not spinning central so it looks like the shaft is bent so this could would be why the blades are not level when spinning, so this must be due to crash damage.

I just wanted to point out that I brought this heli as a small project to rebuild while learning on the sim and with my CX3 and HBFP and I was made aware by the seller that it was being sold as seen and would need to rebuilt.

I have tested all the motors but he gave me couple of sealed rear and main motors plus 5 sets of blades and other bits.

Mike

[Tweaker]

I find that getting my Hb Cp2 to fly without fighting it all the way I have to get everthing just about spot on. if you take the blades off and spin the feather bar screw in one blade grip and watch both grips if the feather shaft is bent they will visibly move about as the feather shaft rotates. if it does, take the shaft out and replace it or straighten it by tapping it with a hammer on a hard flat surface while you roll it back and forth this will straighten it quite well. with the main shaft if the screw in the top is running out of true the main shaft is probably bent, it is quite easy to straighten. first unclip the 4 links that go up from the swash plate to the rotor head, pull the pin out at the bottom of the rotor assembly and the whole lot will lift off the main shaft. run the motor slowly to see how bent the shaft is, I find it is quite easy to bend it straight with pliers on the top of the shaft while holding the body of the heli to prevent damage to the frame there is a knack but it does work but keep checking by running the motor very slowly, correcting it usually takes a few goes but it saves continually ordering parts, both the feather bar and the main shaft are very soft and easily bent, I have about 3 of each and straighten them out as and when. I have also replaced the stupid pin that is used as a tail skid it was always breaking I made a fin that looks OK (from a distance) that works far better and does'nt get fouled around the tail rotor also struts for the boom which reduced the number of boom strikes. It now flies a treat its just the pilot that has some way to go.
Best of luck

[spunkmyer]

Thanks some great information there I will give it a go.

I will update once i have stripped down the shaft.

Mike

[spunkmyer]

Well I stripped down the head this morning and the main shaft was very slightly bent so I used my tin hammer to slow straighten the rod. I also found the small rod connecting both rotor blades was very badly bent so it got the same treament.

Did a rebuild checking all the o-rings and bearings and spun up the head.

This time there seems to be no vibrations like the last time and rotors look like they just need to adjusted but................... she got about 4 inches of the floor before I shut down the throttle.

So I may just order a new main blade shaft as it was very bent and even after tappin out the bend it still was not really really straight.

So i am please that I have got this far.

Mike

[spunkmyer]

Ok I stipped down the main shaft and replaced both shafts with new ones.

Now it runs true but to need track both blades, also the small arms that slide on to the brass bearings at the top of the rotor head (that control the pitch of blades) now seem stiff even if I loosen the screws off, I have not changed anything there but did need to take apart to replace the small rotor shaft?

Mike

[spunkmyer]

Well been flying the cp2 a bit but as she is an old model she is now sitting on my shelf retired but looking great. I have now moved on to the Blade 400 and learning with her.

Mike