Getting my first heli tomorrow. HoneyBee and Pheonix Sim...am i doing the right thing

[AdzUK]

After some help from Raptormadsteve ihave decided to go with it. I was getting caught up in what to get 1st. Seems like most budget helis aint to good so im going with a honeybee costing me £70. Ready to Fly. So should save myself some money on cheap parts. I will be logging as much time on Phonenix as i can. I aspire to a Trex at the moment. But i gotta keep my socks on for the moment. Im still A uber noob! i will report my experience's soon

O btw..how long shall i train in Phoneix before i take the honey bee up? (until i feel comfortable?)

[fatmantom]

i think when you can hover the t-rex 450 on phoenix you should get it out of the box and have a little go....

but remember. it will need to be tweaked (set up) a little

and start off with some training legs on and do litle hops untill u feel u can controll it and feel comfortable....take it nice and slow

good luck,
Tom

[AdzUK]

the guy in thr shop says he will get it set up..sweet!!!

[SRH990]

If you can fly the Honeybee you can fly anything, small, fixed pitch helis are the hardest thing in the world to fly.

[AdzUK]

lol...that dosent fill me with hope.

"If you can fly the Honeybee you can fly anything, small, fixed pitch helis are the hardest thing in the world to fly."

[Sao]

Ah but the good thing is they are more robust than their CP counterparts
They do fly shite compared to a 'proper' heli though.
And when you do fly a 'proper' heli it'll be all the easier for the practice on the FP

[rcsammy]

dont worry you will have great fun

i got a twister V2 2 days ago(exact copy of honeybee CP2)

i dont have a sim, so i took it to my local hobby store and got one of the experts to set it up...turned out ot was pretty badly set up to start with

but after about 2 days of flying with the training undercarriage on i can hover and fly around at about 1-2ft off the ground..i am lacking cinfidense to go higher as i am still having a few crashes
but no breakages yet

[SRH990]

I'm not trying to discourage you, just giving a realistic view. So many people buy a small fixed pitch heli and spend all their time breaking & repairing it and getting despondant then they sell up cheap on Ebay, if you know the Honeybee isn't going to be easy and that there are easier helis to fly then you make an informed choice.

I've helped quite a few budding heli flyers who've started with a fixed pitch heli then swapped to something like a Raptor 30/50 and be amazed at how much easier it is!

[dante]

its all true lol, i had a df4 which is a fixed pitch and after a while i thought this thing will never fly. but i kept trying and trying, and managed to keep it in a hover longer. i have to admit it seemed an up hill task but then it just starts to come together. its just patience.
but dont give in,you will crash and you will spend a few pounds on parts but its worth it.but the good thing is parts are alot cheaper than on the bigger helis.
even tho i have a cp now i still love flying the df4 around the garden, its so tough, it crashes, i just straighten the blades and its off again lol.

the cp i use is a cheap one the df60, no one will recomend it on here but i find it great to practise on, didnt wont to go the whole hog and buy a raptor because of the time needed assembling it and choosing electrics.
will invest in a trex one day but for now i am haveing great fun and the df60 flies a treat no problems.

good luck and just have fun.

[davawt]

Large training set

Hi There
I have not long started trying to fly a helicopter.
My heli is a Esky Honey Bee CP2 and I think the first thing I learnt was to get some help.
I cannot find a club around where I live so I got the biggest Training kit I could find from Ebay but get it where you want just make it as large as possible.
That way when you get those little flicks and twitches as you ascend for the first time you can just go on and adjust your heli bit by bit.
I am no pilot yet, but I find I can hover and feel at least I have some control. Before the trainer it was hell no feeling of control at all.
But to be honest find a club with training people they have been there and know what you should expect.
I have just got a Centery Hughes 300 to fix up needs a lot of bits but the main bits look ok, I will keep you infomed.
Take care, bye
Dave

[djtilko]

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