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Change Mode on Esky ET4 2.4ghz transmitter (Honey Bee Fixed Pitch V2)

admin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:26:41 +0000

I accidently got a Mode 1 transmitter with my Esky Honey Bee Fixed Pitch V2. I prefer Mode 2, which is throttle on the left. Here are some pics and a PDF on how to swap it. No soldering involved.

Change Mode on Esky ET4 PDF

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Esky Honey Bee Fixed Pitch V2 Helicopter

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:49:58 +0000

For the 5 or so minutes I did fly the thing, before I burned out the 4in1 receiver, it was a blast. A very good helicopter for those wanting to move to the next level from Airhogs and coaxials.

I got the 2.4ghz version and they accidently sent me a Mode 1 (throttle on right). It comes with everything you need to get going. Charger, extra blades, and batteries.

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eSky Honey Bee Fixed Pitch V2 Fuse Mod (Fuse holder)

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:34:14 +0000

I made the mistake of burning out my 4in1 for my new Honey Bee v2. So in preparation for my new 4in1, I decided to install the fuse mod. Most tutorials showed how you can solder a 7.5A blade connector directly to the motor. However, I wanted to be able to replace or remove the fuse easily.

So here’s what you need:

Male/Female JST connector wires (the original motor connectors fit into the JST females perfectly)
7.5A mini blade fuse for main motor
3A mini blade fuse for tail motor
*** You can use the bigger blades too but I wanted to keep the weight down for the heli
Quick disconnectors
Shrink-wrap tubing (electrical tape would work too but not perferred)

1. Solder the black wires of the male/female connectors together. Use shrink-wrap to cover up the exposed solder joint.

2. Put the 2 red wires together but don’t solder them. I put shrink-wrap around them just to keep them together. These will connect to the fuse with the quick disconnectors.

3. Crimp on the quick disconnetors and plug in the blade fuse. I covered up the quick disconnects with shrink-wrap as well so I don’t short anything.

4. I made 2 fuse holders. One with a 3A fuse for the tail motor, and a 7.5A holder for the main motor.

5. Plug the male JST connector into the 4in1 of your Honey Bee. Plug the black motor cable into the female JST connector. NOTE: Make sure of the polarity too, red is positive, black is negative.

6. Zip-tie both the fuse holders to a location that is out of the way of the main gears and blades.

These fuse holder will work with all Honey Bee’s and co-axial heli’s like the V3/V4 Lama (they probably use 5A or 7.5A fuses). I’m going to make a set for the 2 main motors on the eSky Lama too.

More pictures:

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Flytech Dragonfly

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:46:40 +0000

Wowwee Flytech Dragonfly

From WowWee, the company that brought us the Robosapien, the Flytech Dragonfly takes the skies. It flaps its wings like a real dragonfly but not as fast of course. It looks more like a bird. It terrifies my little cousin but amuses me.

Included in box:

Flytech Dragonfly
Transmitter (27mhz or 49mhz)
Antenna for transmitter
Spare set of wings
Spare propeller
Tail ribbon
Manual

It’s made of foam. And rightly so, this thing has to be light. One might think it is cheap and easily broken but I’ve crashed it many times and only had a nick on the paint job. The wings are thin, clear, cellophane like plastic from a bag but it is very strong. It won’t tear. There is a spare in case too.

The transmitter takes 6AA batteries to power itself and also charge the dragonfly.

My maiden flight ended up with it diving to ground. I didn’t bother to read the manual of course Then I realized that I needed to add the tail ribbon to give it some weight on the back so it wouldn’t dive so much. After that, it flew much better. I have yet to take it out side but I’m sure it would fly better in less confined spaces. It’s flapping wings reminds me more of a bird than a dragonfly.

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Tamiya TT-01 Raybrig NSX (painted)

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:02:45 +0000

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Radio Shack Xmod Nissan Skyline GTR

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 04:01:32 +0000

These were on sale at my local The Source (in Canada, Radio Shack is known as this). I picked the GTR along with the AWD kit and drift tires. Was it worth the $50? Sort of. They’re not as fast I thought they would be but they are kinda fun to bash around in the house. They’re like the affordable version of the Kyosho Mini-Z’s. The Xmods are highly upgradable. You can buy lots of different parts to customize it. When taking it apart I notice how similar it was to my Tamiya TT-01 NSX. The parts were just smaller. The car runs on 4 AAA’s, so it is highly recommended to get rechargable Ni-MH’s. The reciever runs on a standard 9V battery. They’re a bit too low because there are bumps in my carpet and sometimes it gets caught. With the AWD and drift tires (basically hard plastic) it drifts on carpet very well. They are fun to play with in the house but I wouldn’t put too much money into them. Once you start spending more than $100 on it, you might as well get something bigger and faster. Here are photos. I was bashing it around the house and it collected a lot of dust. My camera is rather good at picking up details since you can see how much dust is on it. To the naked eye, I see none.

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Megatech Megastorm Hovercraft (dissected)

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:56:54 +0000

Here are some photos of the hovercraft dissected.

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Megatech Megastorm Hovercraft

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:54:13 +0000

I was always fascinated with hovercrafts as a kid. I wanted one of those Tyco Typhoons bad back then. I picked one of these guys up for around $75. Out of the box it seemed slow but it was fun to play with. It worked great on my kitchen floor. It was a bit slower on my carpet but still fun. I plan on doing modifications on this craft. I want a better motor for the centrifugal lift fan and ducted fans for the thrusters. I hope this will put some more zip into this sucker.

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Zhi Lun Super Hovercraft

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:48:03 +0000

This hovercraft looks pretty cool and is made by Zhi Lun. It’s ready to run. Just need to charge the battery. Included in the kit is a 6V 800mah battery, 27mhz transmitter, 9V battery, antenna and of course the hovercraft. It’s different from the Megastorm in that it uses a single thruster with rudders to steer. It’s a bit under powered working at 6V but because it’s smaller it is about the same speed. It does not work on carpet. The skirt is not slippery and grips too much. It works fine on the kitchen floor. The centrifugal lift fan seems puny and needs to be upgraded. The rudder control is either full left or full right. It’s not proportional. For around $30US (including shipping) on eBay, it’s not a bad HC to hack. I’ll see what I can do to it. From what I see so far, it needs a better thruster motor/propeller, lift moter/fan, and skirt.

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Dynamite Mega 1 Quick Charger

admin — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:43:28 +0000

This was the first charger I got. It’s not a fancy peak charger but I use it to charge my cheap 7.2V ni-cd packs. It’s got a 15min timer that will go into trickle mode once the timer stops. It accepts power from the AC outlet as well as DC so you can hook it up to your car battery. You have to be very careful about charging batteries with this thing since it doesn’t have any smarts, it will keep charging no matter how full the battery is. You can hook up a voltmeter to monitor the voltage. There is slight drop in voltage once a battery pack is full. This charger will charge at 4.0Ah (4000mah) when you set the timer. Once the timer stops it goes into trickle mode and charges at 100mah. Knowing this, this charger does a good job at “form charging” batteries. When I got a new battery that was 1500mah, I plugged it up and had it trickle for 15-20 hours. Instructions:

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