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Program description: helicopter mixers – model helicopter
Helicopter mixers
Flight phase-specifi c mixers for collective pitch, throttle and tail rotor
In the “
Basic settings
” menu a method of switching
fl ight phases can be activated by assigning the appropri-
ate switches to “Phase 2”, “Phase 3” and “Auto-rotation”.
You can then switch between the phases “normal” and
a second and third phase - to which you can assign
more appropriate names yourself, if necessary - using
one of the non-centring switches SW 2 … 8; a further
switch then selects “Auto-rotation”.
However, “Phase 2”
always has precedence over the other two phases;
see pages 68 / 69.
If you have not yet assigned switches for the fl ight
phases, you should do so now. Use the arrow buttons
of the left-hand touch-key to move to the right-hand
column, marked by the switch
symbol at the bot-
tom of the screen, then touch the central
SET
button of
the right-hand touch-key. The switches are assigned as
described on page 39:
pitch min
rear
timer
10:01
C3
phase 2
phase 3
hover
speed
autorotat.
2
5
4
Phase 1 always bears the designation “normal”. Both
the number and name of this phase are permanently
assigned, and cannot be altered. For this reason the
“normal” phase is not stated as Phase 1 in the “
Basic
settings
” menu; it is simply concealed.
By default “Phase 2” is assigned the phase name
“hover”, and “Phase 3” the name “speed”, but you can
change these at any time if you prefer: touch the central
SET
button with the right-hand touch-key, and use the
arrow buttons of the right-hand touch-key to select one
of the following names:
hover
•
acro
•
acro 3D
•
speed
•
test
•
Description of the helicopter mixers
Five-point curves are available for setting up the control
characteristics of “collective pitch”, “Ch 1
¼
throttle” and
“Ch 1
¼
tail rotor”. Using these curves it is possible to
program non-linear mixer ratios along the travel of the
transmitter stick for these mixers. Move to the display
page for setting 5-point curves by touching the central
SET
button of the right-hand touch-key (see below).
In contrast, the mixers “Ch 1
¼
throttle” and “Ch 1
¼
tail rotor” are not required for the “Auto-rotation” fl ight
phase (described in the section starting on page 104);
instead they are automatically switched to a (user-varia-
ble) pre-defi ned value.
A value must be entered in the “Gyro” and “Input 8” lines:
touch the central
SET
button of the right-hand touch-
key, then enter a value in the highlighted fi eld using the
arrow buttons of the right-hand touch key - in a similar
fashion to changing the transmitter centre position or
the offset position with other radio control systems. This
set-up facility is rounded off with the “Swashplate limit”
option: this restricts the maximum travel of the swash-
plate servos to the value you set, in the form of a limiter.
All these options are required for the basic process of
setting up a model helicopter.
Altered parameters can be reset to the corresponding
default values at any time by simultaneously pressing
the
cd
or
ef
buttons of the right-hand touch-key
(
CLEAR
).
The name of the currently selected fl ight phase is
displayed in the “
Helicopter mixers
” menu as well as
in the transmitter’s basic display; this is designed to
ensure that any changes you make actually apply to
the appropriate fl ight phase. Note that the servos do not
change from one setting to another abruptly; they move
smoothly with a transition time of around one second.
This does not apply to auto-rotation: when you switch
INTO auto-rotation, the change takes place immediately.
If you operate the switch selected for a particular fl ight
phase, the associated fl ight phase is superimposed at
the left-hand bottom edge of the screen, e. g. “normal”.
ch1
ch1
ptch
thro
tail
nor mal
gyro
0%
inp8
0%
Now you can program the settings for this fl ight phase.
Basic programming procedure
Use the arrow buttons
1.
cd
of the left or right-hand
touch-key to select the desired option.
Touch the central
2.
SET
button of the right-hand touch-
key, and the screen switches to the set-up page (
symbol at the bottom edge of the screen), or the
corresponding input fi eld is highlighted (black back-
ground).
Defi ne the mixer values using the arrow buttons of
3.
the right-hand touch-key, moving the throttle / collec-
tive pitch stick at the same time if necessary.
Simultaneously pressing the
4.
cd
or
ef
buttons of
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