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Sidus - electronic timer 

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System components 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 
 

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

IR sensor 

Red & Green leds 

 

RDT antenna socket 

“SE”

 MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY OPTION

 

 

Timer Control Board

 

 

Timer Battery

 

 

M

AGNETIC 

S

TART 

S

WITCH

 

 

 

Hall Sensor

 

 

BOTTOM

  

VIEW 

Servo 

Battery 

Hall sensor 

Charger

 

 

P

ROGRAMMER

 

 

IR sensor aperture 

LCD display 

RDT tx antenna 

keyboard 

Plug 

 

L

I

P

C

HARGER

 

 

9-12Vdc 

 “VE”

 MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY OPTION

 

 

Summary of Contents for Sidus F1C

Page 1: ...Sidus Sidus Sidus Sidus F1C F1C F1C F1C FAI Free Flight Electronic Timer Operating Manual Version 4 0 Jun 2010 M U 2007 2010...

Page 2: ...to the pictures of next page to recognize the system components Connect the Timer control board 1 to the battery 2 and to the micro servo by matching the color of plugs and cables The Timer comes wit...

Page 3: ...enna socket SE MECHANICAL ASSEMBLY OPTION Timer Control Board Timer Battery MAGNETIC START SWITCH Hall Sensor BOTTOM VIEW Servo Battery Hall sensor Charger PROGRAMMER IR sensor aperture LCD display RD...

Page 4: ...RED and GREEN 3 flashes Timer battery pack to be recharged Using the Timer The function of the start switch depends on the current state of the Timer Starting from a discharged Timer GREEN led ON disc...

Page 5: ...ent the Programmer displays Battery low and goes back to sleep to prevent the batteries from being harmed Notes about Programmer s key pressing The Programmer has only 4 keys A long key pressure press...

Page 6: ...erisk close to the function that must be modified then keep T1 pressed until the asterisk turns into w write and release it the function is ready to be modified Shortly press T3 T4 to increase decreas...

Page 7: ...mer allows changing the positions assumed by the disc for each function 1 Press and release T4 Servo to enter the FUNCTION menu The disc moves to the start position 2 Press T3 func or T4 func to incre...

Page 8: ...rmediate position safer than DT in order to prevent model damage due to the high speed it has probably reached If the RDT is activated again or if it is activated when the engine is not running the di...

Page 9: ...o the Timer recharge cable of the control board through the adapter cable supplied the battery can remain connected to the Timer A spare battery can be directly connected to the 2 pin socket on the ch...

Page 10: ...e battery when needed The battery pack ensures about 80 flights of 180 seconds each Do not recharge it too frequently just refresh it from one flight session to another If you are not going to fly the...

Page 11: ...rn Dethermalization The effect is the same as the termination procedure Be aware that this command is accepted also during climb On the Programmer press and keep pressed the red button to dethermalize...

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