setup problem - honey bee king 2

[j-pap]

hi i just purchased a second hand honey bee king 2. I've read through the setup guide however i cant seem to be able to find a solution. so the problem is:

the heli tends to slide to the left at all times. i've adjusted the swash plate and it just reaches the point where it stops sliding to the left and then tilts to the right instead.

any help is appreciated.

thanks
john

[alexnscn]

well my honey bee hing does the same thing, i got told from a friends that all helicopters do that so i just learned to work with it!!

[j-pap]

oh ok thanks.

is there any way to reduce it then? its actually fairly excessive to the point where it travels 2-3 meters just getting it off the ground.

[hurleybt]

If the swash plate is level at mid stick, and the blade pitch is setup correctly, then it's just a matter of compensating for the drift with your sticks. Every helicopter, R/C or "real" requires constant input from the pilot to keep it in a "steady" hover. It's completely normal to have to give quite a bit of right stick input when coming up into a hover... depends on the helicopter though. My HB FP needed a lot, my t-rex needs some too, but I'm to the point where it's automatic and I don't even realize I'm compensating half the time.

[mc_heli]

[QUOTE=j-pap]hi i just purchased a second hand honey bee king 2. I've read through the setup guide however i cant seem to be able to find a solution. so the problem is:

the heli tends to slide to the left at all times. I've adjusted the swash plate and it just reaches the point where it stops sliding to the left and then tilts to the right instead.

Hey John,

I had the same problem on mine. The whole heli is not leveled on the floor. When I bought my HBK2, I noticed it didn't fit perfectly in the box it came, and the plastic skids appeared lightly bent out of shape. Examining a bit closer, the lower frame was bent as well and enough to cause those symptoms.
I forced them back to place and it got better but not 100%.
Compensating with trim will help up to the moment the bird is just leaving the ground, at that moment you will be over-trimmed to the other side...
After my last crash, replacing the skids made it a lot better... eventually I'll crash and break the lower frame too :D .
Getting off the ground quick helped me...
Good luck,

[deity]

yea its weird, after a while you dont even realize you are compensating for it, you just do it.

[collinsboy]

hi i just purchased a second hand honey bee king 2. I've read through the setup guide however i cant seem to be able to find a solution. so the problem is:

the heli tends to slide to the left at all times. i've adjusted the swash plate and it just reaches the point where it stops sliding to the left and then tilts to the right instead.

any help is appreciated.

thanks
john

Well here is some advice, I have the same heli and the problem your having is what I was just going through. The way to fix it that you have to have your throttle lock on and your stick in the middle. now you have to take off the arms on the servos them selfs and realine the arme on your servos. It sounds like your servos are running out of turn becouse they are as far as they will go. so try that and reset your swashplate and pitch and you will be alright.

[Jimbo45cn]

If the swash plate is level at mid stick, and the blade pitch is setup correctly, then it's just a matter of compensating for the drift with your sticks. Every helicopter, R/C or "real" requires constant input from the pilot to keep it in a "steady" hover. It's completely normal to have to give quite a bit of right stick input when coming up into a hover... depends on the helicopter though. My HB FP needed a lot, my t-rex needs some too, but I'm to the point where it's automatic and I don't even realize I'm compensating half the time.
As said above, this is all part of learning to fly an RC helicopter. Compensating iwth the sticks till it becomes natural. Fly the simulator, a lot. Good luck. Jim

[DrDoom]

this original post is dated nov. of 2007. I'm sure the OP has either moved on or already figured this out.

[mr_6string]

2007....LOL! Well, it just so happens that I have a chance to buy a new HBK2 for $100, and was doing some research on it. It seems like an interesting post.