Honey Bee (Hummingbird/Dragonfly?etc) Flybar / Main blade

[TrailMix]

Crashed my Honey Bee a while back and just got the parts in to repair it. Of course... I had to forget to order flybars...

I have plenty of CF rod to make them. I am just not sure how long they should be (trashed the old broken ones right after the crash). Can anyone help me with this?

Also, I have heard from a local hobby shop, that if I cut about 1" (1/4" at a time until stable?) off of the end of the main blades, it will improve flight. Is this true?

[WillJames]

Not many people have those honey Bees it looks like Mike.

I have never seen one. I would not cut anything until you find someone who does have one.

[TrailMix]

Well, I have solved one of the problems. I now know the length for the flybar. Still not sure about cutting the main rotors down. Was at the hobby shop today that told me to cut them down. There was another guy there that said they fly better too. Oh well. Main blades are cheap, already have two spares. Might just try it and see what happens.

Thanks Will.

[flybarless]

Cutting down the main rotor blades reduces drag and increases head speed, higher head speeds tend to be more stable. But with the shorter blades, lift will suffer.
I found that using a longer blade(260mm carbon, stock is 240mm) and using the throttle hold instead of throttling up and letting the pitch come up, my bird is very stable in the hover and ff. It does take a little getting used to the higher headspeed, and don't just "chop" the throttle. Negative pitch makes re-kitting easy, lower the throttle slowly, half stick at throttle hold is 0 pitch.
Good luck
John

[TrailMix]

Not really sure what you mean here. Still learning all the terms etc..

and using the throttle hold instead of throttling up and letting the pitch come up, my bird is very stable...
Good luck
John

[flybarless]

Throttle hold is the little toggle switch on the upper right hand side of the transmitter, it locks he throttle at somewhere around 90% so that when you move the "throttle" stick, all you get is pitch change with out throttle change.
John

[TrailMix]

Ah... thanks John. I have the standard radio that came with it (complete package). Only has a four channel radio. No switches for me.