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Hello all! I recently got an old honey bee, it's not the v2 and its in a bit of a state, but I wanted to have a go at fixing it up to (hopefully) a good enough state for it to fly!
I'm a first time rc heli flyer and need a few pointers on what's normal and what isn't in regards to the gyro, every time I start it up I'm getting a mixture of green and red lights flashing, the heli seems to do some sort of self test (is the only way I an describe this) where by all the servos move by themselves and both rotors kick in momentarily in like an on/off jolting fashion... Due to me not getting a manual or anything with the heli I don't know how normal this is, but when I let it do its thing it stops after a while, and there's just a green light on the gyro, as soon as I try to throttle up the gyro light turns red and nothing happens. I'm guessing the battery is dead as the lights go quite dim, so I'm charging the batteries now, it's the 8.4V Ni-MH EK1-0100 pack, which I've had to splice up a 12v router power supply and used a pot to regulate the current.
Does anyone have a honey bee v1 manual in the form of a PDF or have any general set up and diagnostic advice for this heli? All I can find is Honey bee v2 an king resources, I'm guessing things for this heli are hard to come by due to its age!
Many many thanks in advance for any help given!
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I'm a first time rc heli flyer and need a few pointers on what's normal and what isn't in regards to the gyro, every time I start it up I'm getting a mixture of green and red lights flashing, the heli seems to do some sort of self test (is the only way I an describe this) where by all the servos move by themselves and both rotors kick in momentarily in like an on/off jolting fashion... Due to me not getting a manual or anything with the heli I don't know how normal this is, but when I let it do its thing it stops after a while, and there's just a green light on the gyro, as soon as I try to throttle up the gyro light turns red and nothing happens. I'm guessing the battery is dead as the lights go quite dim, so I'm charging the batteries now, it's the 8.4V Ni-MH EK1-0100 pack, which I've had to splice up a 12v router power supply and used a pot to regulate the current.
Does anyone have a honey bee v1 manual in the form of a PDF or have any general set up and diagnostic advice for this heli? All I can find is Honey bee v2 an king resources, I'm guessing things for this heli are hard to come by due to its age!
Many many thanks in advance for any help given!
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