subzzzzzzzero (February 24, 2008 at 10:19 pm)

well done on your fault finding and ajustment.p.s. pull boom to tighten belt BUT not like a bow string.nice one

markr1109 (February 24, 2008 at 6:19 pm)

OK, so I think I just repaird it. I unscrewed the four screws that hold the tail boom into the heli.. Pulled it out just a small nit and it tightened up the belt! VOILA! Just fine. Thanks for your time!

markr1109 (February 24, 2008 at 6:04 pm)

...and actually, just to make this a little simpler, the belt seems like it has just a little too much slack. What may have caused this?

markr1109 (February 24, 2008 at 5:46 pm)

I am rotating it clockwise, was checking to see if maybe one of teeth in one of the servos was broken. The belt is not catching on the main gear that pulls it. Sorry for the stupid questions and not knowing the name of all the parts. I'm quite a newbie. Any ideas?

subzzzzzzzero (February 24, 2008 at 10:25 am)

this can be confusing as there is a one way bearing on the main gears. turn the rotor head one way and the tail will move. turn it the other way and it will not.this is correct.

markr1109 (February 24, 2008 at 7:33 am)

Just to clear up any confusion that may be caused by my last question, The belt is not catching on the teeth of the main gear that rotates it. What id my issue?

markr1109 (February 24, 2008 at 7:30 am)

Got a Honeybee King 2 this week and ended upi crashing it first time out (of course). Anyway, waiting on replcement rotors and ordered a couple of servos too becuase I'll neeed them sooner or later. Anyway, when I rotate the bldes, the belt doesn't seem like it wants to turn, therefore the tail rotor doesn't turn. What is the problem here? Thanks for the help!

subzzzzzzzero (January 22, 2008 at 8:41 am)

yes there are alot of mini servos out there that will work. but the esky servos are very very cheep and do a good job. usually only strip a tooth if crashed. 1 metal gear servo will cost £20 plusand the extra weight of 3 of them and the outrunner upgrade and metal head etc etc the bee king would get very heavy.

armolite (January 22, 2008 at 1:43 am)

Hello again mate,yet another Q if you have the time,i tried my first hover today and after less than 10 minutes and no hovering my right hand swash servo stripped a tooth !!i didnt hit anything at all so i can only assume esky servos arent much good ?are there any better / metal geared ones you know of that will work ?cheers and good luck with the T Rex.

lkhdagb (December 29, 2007 at 10:10 pm)

Thanks for the help. I did what you said and the servo wouldn't stop turning. I opened it up and found out that the peice thats supposed to stop it from going too far broke off! I think the only thing i can do now is buy a new one.