RC Electronics T3000, Manual

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Page 2: ...4 Controls 5 USB Connector 5 SD card reader 5 3 5 audio jack 5 Thermal assistant 7 Task 9 New 9 Load 10 Save 10 Setup 10 Start 10 Task 11 Load 11 Setup 12 Start 12 Task 13 New 13 Load 14 Save 14 Start 14 15 Task 15 New 15 Load 16 ...

Page 3: ...angle statistic 21 XC soaring statistic 21 F3F statistic 21 F3B distance statistic 21 F3B speed statistic 22 Profile 23 Save 23 Load 23 Vario 24 Task 24 Units 24 Beeps 25 Beep settings 25 Voice 25 Channel 26 Warnings 26 Password 26 Info 26 How to power ON and OFF 27 ...

Page 4: ...ew design approach Sunshine readable color display as a central part of the system Simple manipulation with one multifunction navigation switch Internal battery allows up to 7 hours of run time Built in battery charger 5V via USB cable Micro SD card as a data transfer medium GPS triangle competition scoring code XC soaring F3F F3B distance F3B speed supported 69 RF channels LPD channel table with ...

Page 5: ...no data carried on the USB port no direct communication between the RC T3000 and PC via USB Only power can be supplied 5V max via the USB connector The RC T3000 has a micro SD card slot positioned on the left side of the unit The SD card is used for Uploading a TASK from the RC TSK folder Saving a TASK file to the RC TSK folder Updating system firmware BIN format Audio files for voice announcement...

Page 6: ...he middle The maximum analog needle deflection is 4m s 8knots but the numerical indication is not limited The plane battery indicator displays battery voltage and is positioned on the middle left side of the display The bottom of the page is reserved for altitude indication calculated from air pressure and the vario volume indicator Note Pressure altitude readings will always be 0 on the ground It...

Page 7: ... 70 or more yellow 50 70 and blue less than 50 of the maximum No dot means negative vario and the white dot shows the maximum The top right corner of the page shows the overall thermal average which is the average climb rate from the start of the thermal to the present time total average In the bottom right corner the altitude gain for the thermal is shown The number displayed inside the circle sh...

Page 8: ...rip last known latitude and longitude If the RC T3000 is powered OFF all this data except last known latitude and longitude will be reset Last known latitude and longitude will be stored until init memory is done in Setup Navigation switch actions left Main vario page Thermal assistant right Task navigation page up and down scroll up and down on the Text page press not used ...

Page 9: ...anges display zoom 0 6 shown press Task menu Pressing Enter on the Task navigation page displays the task options The pilot can manually generate a new task by selecting NEW load a pre generated task from the SD card with the LOAD option or SAVE a created imported task to the SD card Task options can be set under SETUP To start restart the task select START option New To manually generate a task o...

Page 10: ...igation switch confirms the name and generates an AFG file on the SD card Note To use a saved file from the Skynavigator SW you will have to rename the task file extension from AFG to lower case letters afg This is must be done on a PC Setup This menu allows you to change the task start altitude and task distance Press Enter on the value you wish to change and move the navigation switch up down to...

Page 11: ...ely when the turn cylinder is penetrated INSIDE message is announced at this time This can save a lot of time at the turn point It also allows one to accurately fly the longest distance through the cylinder if conditions are favorable for that tactic Navigation switch actions left Text page right Logbook Statistic page up and down changes zoom press Task menu Pressing Enter on the Task navigation ...

Page 12: ... The task will be recalculated when you leave this menu Start To start restart the task select the START option On the Task navigation page ARMED text will be displayed when the start is triggered The Task time will start to count up when the plane crosses the start line A voice announcement will alert you when you select start restart task ...

Page 13: ...The pilot can manually generate a new task by selecting NEW load a pre generated task from the SD card with LOAD option or SAVE a created imported task to the SD card Task options can be set under SETUP To start restart the task select START option New To manually generate a task move your plane to the start position and make sure you have a good GPS position When you select NEW the current coordi...

Page 14: ...ng the navigation switch left or right selects which letter to edit Moving the navigation switch up or down changes the underlined letter Pressing the navigation switch confirms the name and generates an F3X file on the SD card Start To start restart the task select the START option In the Task navigation page ARMED text will be displayed when the start is triggered The task time will start to cou...

Page 15: ...ressing Enter on the Task navigation page displays the task options The pilot can manually generate a new task by selecting NEW He can load a pre generated task from the SD card with the LOAD option or SAVE a created imported task to the SD card To start restart a task select the START option New To manually generate a task move your plane to the start position and make sure you have a good GPS po...

Page 16: ...the task file Moving the navigation switch left or right selects which letter to edit Moving the navigation switch up or down changes the underlined letter Pressing the navigation switch confirms the name and generates an F3X file on the SD card Start To start restart the task select the START option In the Task navigation page ARMED text will be displayed when the start is triggered The task time...

Page 17: ...tion page displays the task options The pilot can manually generate a new task by selecting NEW He can load a pre generated task from the SD card with the LOAD option or SAVE a created imported task to the SD card To start restart a task select the START option New To manually generate a task move your plane to the start position and make sure you have a good GPS position When you select NEW the c...

Page 18: ...ask file Moving the navigation switch left or right selects which letter to edit Moving the navigation switch up or down changes the underlined letter Pressing the navigation switch confirms the name and generates an F3X file on the SD card Start To start restart the task select the START option In the Task navigation page ARMED text will be displayed when the start is triggered The task time will...

Page 19: ...a Task navigation page although the statistic page is working normally It is the only task where a GPS signal is not needed Navigation switch actions left Text page right Logbook Statistic page up and down not used press not used ...

Page 20: ... flight the statistic information will be replaced with the logbook showing type of task date of flight take off time flight time The logbook is stored in the RC T3000 internal flash memory Pressing Enter on any flight in the logbook displays flight info statistics of completed task Navigation switch actions left Task navigation page right Setup page up and down scroll on logbook page press Flight...

Page 21: ...d number of laps average task speed penalty points flight time scoring code start time flight time distance flown average task speed flight time average task speed if valid legs flown start time flight time average task speed legs flown ...

Page 22: ... start time flight time average task speed legs flown ...

Page 23: ...e the menu use left or right movements of the navigation switch The user has an option to save or load a personal profile on the RC T3000 The personal profile contains all of the user s changed settings vario settings units beeps and voice settings Save Select a position to create a profile by pressing the navigation switch Move the switch up or down to change the characters and left or right to n...

Page 24: ...verage vario Type select between F3B distance F3B speed F3F XC soaring GPS triangle and Thermal tasks Servo start this option allows the user to start the task via an RC servo channel on the receiver The Multi2 must be plugged into this channel Trigger servo pulse trigger is high if the pulse is longer than 1600 us Low servo pulse trigger is detected when the servo pulse is less than 1400 us The t...

Page 25: ...ouncements can be set Line dist The distance from the ideal line to the TP is set here This setting will trigger an announcement stating how many meters you are away and if you are in or outside of the triangle line Altitude A voice message will be generated every 50 or 100 m if this option is enabled Time Set how often the remaining task time will be announced Inside Inside word will be generated...

Page 26: ...e battery voltage is lower than value set here If these warnings are triggered a warning box will be shown on the page and the user must confirm it by pressing the navigation switch to hide the warning To access some special functions of the RC T3000 unit different passwords can be entered 99999 Erases all stored flights 46486 Reset to factory default values 76253 Open the snake game The info page...

Page 27: ...l help to keep the battery healthy Note The unit has an integrated automatic power OFF function It will automatically power OFF before the battery is completely empty or if there is no RF link or if the navigation switch is not used for 2 minutes A long press approximately 2 seconds on the navigation switch will power the unit ON The first indication that the power has been turned on is the presen...

Page 28: ...wer the RC T3000 ON You will see the Updating page When update is finished after 3 seconds the unit will power OFF automatically Power it ON again and you are ready to use the new firmware January 2012 Initial release of owner manual May 2012 Added in firmware v1 4 automatic power off function task save option altitude voice messages added in VOICE setup added VARIO setup October 2013 Added XC soa...