Telebee/Dual Rate Piezo Gyro Review

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:14 PM

Some time ago this little gyro appeared here being sold from

http://www2.tedani.com/product_info.php?products_id=371

a rebadged Telebee. You can download the manual from the web site.

The original telebee site shows it here

http://www.telebee.com.hk/

It appears to have the functionality of the Futaba 401 i.e. switched HH in/out and remote gain control from TX but is considerably cheaper. I have never used a 401 or any gyro with remote gain control so I am learning here too

For the lighter micros we are using here at only 11.8g it could be just the thing.

Anyway I decided to buy one and as I am in the UK and the £ so strong against the $, it only cost £44 compared to over £100 we currently pay for the 401. Fortunatley Mr Customs appears to have been happy to let it through as well

First thing to say is that my mail exchanges with Tedani from Hong Kong prior to purchase were excellent and parcel turned up well wrapped within 7 days.

Here's the packaging :

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:17 PM

It appears the packaging is for a larger gyro as removing the sticky labels reveals larger dimensions.

The top of the gyro shows the manual gain adjust and set led. A reverse tail servo switch is on the side

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:20 PM

I have put it along side my GY240 which was previously on my Zoom 400.

As you can see it's tiny. The lead coming out has a connector for the RX and another for the remote gain/hh switch in out I think. A further 3 pin connector is provided for the tail servo.

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:21 PM

Here's the other side showing the reverse switch.

Dr Honda · Oct 28, 2004, 12:37 PM

OK... so it's small.... but does it fly good???

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:41 PM

Dr Honda,

Give me a chance I am just posting the initial pics lol

Regards

Jerry

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:43 PM

Ok finally here it is with the cover removed (only saves 1g) and on the scales showing 11g.

jerrysimon · Oct 28, 2004, 12:44 PM

I was going to start by trying it on my Eolo but it almost seems too small for that so I may start with it on the Zoom.

The bad news is that you will have to wait for a day or two as both my Eolo and Zoom are currently being rebuilt

I know one or two others have tried it so feel free to in chip here as you want.

I need to go off now and read the instructions as I said, as I have not used a gyro like this before.

Regards

Jerry

spudandretti · Oct 28, 2004, 03:52 PM

Read the instructions! go fix the heli's

Bud

pitts · Oct 28, 2004, 06:16 PM

Good stuff Jerry...

I ordered mine from Tedani on the 23rd of Oct, and got this e-mail this morning (29th Oct)... This is the second of two e-mails from Tedani, the first of which was the auto-generated order confirmation on the 23rd.

Quote:

----- Original Message -----
From: Tedani
To:
Sent: Friday, October 29, 2004 2:34 AM
Subject: Order Update

Tedani
------------------------------------------------------
Order Number: 87
Detailed Invoice: https://www2.tedani.com/account...
Date Ordered: Saturday 23 October, 2004

The comments for your order are

Your order has been updated to the following status.

New status: Shipped

Please reply to this email if you have any questions.

I'm not sure if this means that it's only just been shipped, or if it is just some sort of confirmation that it was shipped on the 23rd?????
I just looked up my order history from the website, and it show's this...

Quote:

Order History

10/23/2004 Pending PayPal Notification
10/23/2004 Processing
10/29/2004 Shipped

6 Days to get it ready for shipping is a little disappointing!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote:

Normal Delivery Rates (Average time in transit: 8-14 Days)(Shipping to AU : 0.07 kg):

I wonder if the quoted shipping time includes the 6 days to get it ready

I'll let you know when it arrives...

jerrysimon · Oct 29, 2004, 04:29 AM

I posted a link back here from Runryder and someone there states it is not as good as the 240/401 (not surprisingly) but still better than the HLG200 which I have had two and found pretty rubbish myself

http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t138182p1/

I would have to say that in terms of exterior quality that it does not appear as good but then they are in hard cases anyway.

Anyway back to building.

Regards

Jerry.

tedani · Oct 29, 2004, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitts

Good stuff Jerry...

I ordered mine from Tedani on the 23rd of Oct, and got this e-mail this morning (29th Oct)... This is the second of two e-mails from Tedani, the first of which was the auto-generated order confirmation on the 23rd.

I'll let you know when it arrives...

Hi, Pitts.

I don't like to make excuse and admitted that I shipped the gyro a little bit late. Please don't forget to look at the date chop on the stamp and tell the truth to others.

pitts · Oct 29, 2004, 06:45 PM

Quote:

I don't like to make excuse and admitted that I shipped the gyro a little bit late. Please don't forget to look at the date chop on the stamp and tell the truth to others.

Tedani, it sounds like you may have taken my post the wrong way... Let me clear it up, and please read it in the form of light hearted discussion and not as an argument or heated exchange

.
As you read in my post "I'm not sure if this means that it's only just been shipped, or if it is just some sort of confirmation that it was shipped on the 23rd", you can tell that I am confussed by the e-mails. The reason for this confussion is that nowhere on the e-mail of 29 Oct, does it state the actual shipping date, and when I look up the order history and see...

10/23/2004 Pending PayPal Notification
10/23/2004 Processing
10/29/2004 Shipped

So,I think "6 Days to get it ready for shipping is a little disappointing", after all, there is nothing to state that it is not a stocked Item.

I was, as you could imagine, just a little shocked to see that it may have taken 6 days to pick,pack and post a stocked item, and then possibly take the extra quoted 8~14 days shipping...

Anyway, I look forward to the little gyro's arrival, and yes, I will look at the date on the stamp and "tell the truth to others" as you state... I have been truthfull (although confussed) thus far, I have no reason to not tell the truth

Jerry

Quote:

I posted a link back here from Runryder and someone there states it is not as good as the 240/401 (not surprisingly) but still better than the HLG200 which I have had two and found pretty rubbish myself

I heard that allot of people had trouble with the HLG200, and even though I had the chance to get one real cheap, I decided against it. I have to say that it was still a tough decision to make though!!!! I think from glxy's reports on the 400 gyro, and yours so far, I have made the right choice here. Bareing in mind too that mine is for scale micro heli's and not any sort of aerobatics...

Heres a pic of the plug of the soon to be finished Micro Bell 412 body which will resemble our local "Air Ambulance".

tedani · Oct 30, 2004, 03:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pitts

Tedani, it sounds like you may have taken my post the wrong way... Let me clear it up, and please read it in the form of light hearted discussion and not as an argument or heated exchange

.

Pitts, I may have said something wrong!

Please accept my apology. I really don't mean to be like that. All I wanted to say in my last message is that:

I admitted that I shipped out the gyro late. I could have made up a beautiful story, but I didn't do that because it was really my fault. Please tell people the post date and the date you placed your order. (I'm gonna make an excuse

, you placed the order on Friday night. Therefore, shipment was actually 2 days late.

)

Once again, please accept my apology. Salute!

jerrysimon · Oct 30, 2004, 04:30 AM

Pitts, if it's for a scale heli I would have been tempted to use a GWS PG-03. These are excellent non HH gyros and I have had several still using one in my Piccolo FP and one in my Corona and it is fine. I intially had one in my Zoom 400 too.

Re Tedani's post, I think there is a language thing going on here so lets give him the benefit of the doubt. As I said my exchange with him was excellent and the gyro arrived in 6 or 7 days

I hope to try the gyro out today in my Eolo first as that is the one nearly rebuilt.

Regards

Jerry

Oct 28, 2004, 12:14 PM	#1
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	Telebee/Tedani's Head Lock n. Standard System 400Gyro Review Some time ago this little gyro appeared here being sold from http://www2.tedani.com/product_info.php?products_id=371 a rebadged Telebee. You can download the manual from the web site. The original telebee site shows it here http://www.telebee.com.hk/ It appears to have the functionality of the Futaba 401 i.e. switched HH in/out and remote gain control from TX but is considerably cheaper. I have never used a 401 or any gyro with remote gain control so I am learning here too For the lighter micros we are using here at only 11.8g it could be just the thing. Anyway I decided to buy one and as I am in the UK and the £ so strong against the $, it only cost £44 compared to over £100 we currently pay for the 401. Fortunatley Mr Customs appears to have been happy to let it through as well First thing to say is that my mail exchanges with Tedani from Hong Kong prior to purchase were excellent and parcel turned up well wrapped within 7 days. Here's the packaging : Attached Thumbnails 48.3 KB · Views: 2662 51.3 KB · Views: 2312 51.1 KB · Views: 2146 Last edited by jerrysimon; Oct 28, 2004 at 01:00 PM.

Oct 28, 2004, 12:17 PM	#2
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	It appears the packaging is for a larger gyro as removing the sticky labels reveals larger dimensions. The top of the gyro shows the manual gain adjust and set led. A reverse tail servo switch is on the side Attached Thumbnails 35.0 KB · Views: 2305 94.7 KB · Views: 2299 Last edited by jerrysimon; Oct 28, 2004 at 12:24 PM.

Oct 28, 2004, 12:20 PM	#3
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	I have put it along side my GY240 which was previously on my Zoom 400. As you can see it's tiny. The lead coming out has a connector for the RX and another for the remote gain/hh switch in out I think. A further 3 pin connector is provided for the tail servo. Attached Thumbnails 48.3 KB · Views: 2156 Last edited by jerrysimon; Oct 28, 2004 at 12:27 PM.

Oct 28, 2004, 12:21 PM	#4
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	Here's the other side showing the reverse switch. Attached Thumbnails 55.8 KB · Views: 2141 Last edited by jerrysimon; Oct 28, 2004 at 12:40 PM.

Oct 28, 2004, 12:41 PM	#6
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	Dr Honda, Give me a chance I am just posting the initial pics lol Regards Jerry Last edited by jerrysimon; Oct 28, 2004 at 12:47 PM.

Oct 28, 2004, 12:37 PM	#5
Dr Honda Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Pittsburgh Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States Posts: 606	OK... so it's small.... but does it fly good???

Oct 28, 2004, 12:43 PM	#7
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	Ok finally here it is with the cover removed (only saves 1g) and on the scales showing 11g. Attached Thumbnails 94.4 KB · Views: 2181 54.8 KB · Views: 2002

Oct 28, 2004, 12:44 PM	#8
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	I was going to start by trying it on my Eolo but it almost seems too small for that so I may start with it on the Zoom. The bad news is that you will have to wait for a day or two as both my Eolo and Zoom are currently being rebuilt I know one or two others have tried it so feel free to in chip here as you want. I need to go off now and read the instructions as I said, as I have not used a gyro like this before. Regards Jerry Last edited by jerrysimon; Oct 28, 2004 at 02:12 PM.

Oct 28, 2004, 03:52 PM	#9
spudandretti Honey,just one more thing Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rensselaer,IN Posts: 2,696	Read the instructions! go fix the heli's Bud

Oct 29, 2004, 04:29 AM	#11
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	I posted a link back here from Runryder and someone there states it is not as good as the 240/401 (not surprisingly) but still better than the HLG200 which I have had two and found pretty rubbish myself http://www.runryder.com/helicopter/t138182p1/ I would have to say that in terms of exterior quality that it does not appear as good but then they are in hard cases anyway. Anyway back to building. Regards Jerry.

Oct 30, 2004, 04:30 AM	#15
jerrysimon Crashing IS Flying Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cambridge, England Posts: 1,404	Pitts, if it's for a scale heli I would have been tempted to use a GWS PG-03. These are excellent non HH gyros and I have had several still using one in my Piccolo FP and one in my Corona and it is fine. I intially had one in my Zoom 400 too. Re Tedani's post, I think there is a language thing going on here so lets give him the benefit of the doubt. As I said my exchange with him was excellent and the gyro arrived in 6 or 7 days I hope to try the gyro out today in my Eolo first as that is the one nearly rebuilt. Regards Jerry

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