Heliguy’s BLOG

HoneyBee king 2 is in stock, there are 2 colours of the HoneyBee King 2 - white and yellow.  White is the first to arrive - yellow should be a long shortly. 

We have had our first play…

First impressions were it looked similar to the King V1 but on closer inspection there are quite a few welcome differences.

1. Canopy - thicker plastic and easier to attach - in fact no bother at all. This will reduce damage a great deal. Our canopy sales will plummit!

2. Airframe is more robust plastic, simpler and well thought out. There is a battery compartment to protect the battery in a crash.  This battery compartment will carry our 2200 mAh 10C and 12C  batteries but I advise a brushless motor upgrade for these battery types.  The heli will get off the ground but the extra weight will counteract the extra flight time.

3. We are back to the older style gyro on these ones -not sure why? Maybe because the newer type gyro needs to be positioned in an ‘exact position’ which is not very convenient on the King airframe.

4. King 2 skids are much more robust and will take much harder impact than before.

5. King 2 in a hover (make sure your gyro is flat) is very nice - these micro electrics are really improving now.  I would say the new airframe has brought greater balance to the hover than the old version.

Thanks for your time :)