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Welcome! 

Congratulations on the purchase of your weight, balance & angle meter. Xicoy are dedicated to 
the  design  and  production  of  electronic  controllers  to  the  highest  standards  of  quality  and 
reliability to bring you the customer the very latest next generation designs. 
 
 

Features 

 

The Xicoy CGMeter allows both weight and balance of aero models up to 40kg (88lb) weight 
(standard model) or up to 100Kg (220lb) on the HD model. By replacing the weight sensor by 
angle sensors, the system can be used to adjust the travel of control surfaces and to measure 
the different relevant angles in an aero plane. 
The display unit can store the settings of up to 100 different models, and can save/recover the 
data on a uSD card (not supplied). 
 
 
 

Measuring CG and Weight 

 
The  system  consists  of  3  x  digital  weight  sensors,  to  be  placed  under  the  wheels  of  the 
airplane, and one computer/display unit to show the results in graphical form. 
 

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Summary of Contents for CG Meter 1.4

Page 1: ...au 18 08360 Canet de Mar Barcelona Catalonia Spain E mail sales xicoy com 34 93 794 27 74 web www xicoy com Xicoy WEEE register number ES004749 DE 36558999 Copyright 2015 Xicoy Electronica SL All Rights Reserved Manual contents design Gaspar Espiell V1 4 ...

Page 2: ...b weight standard model or up to 100Kg 220lb on the HD model By replacing the weight sensor by angle sensors the system can be used to adjust the travel of control surfaces and to measure the different relevant angles in an aero plane The display unit can store the settings of up to 100 different models and can save recover the data on a uSD card not supplied Measuring CG and Weight The system con...

Page 3: ...ortant to check and calibrate the sensors especially if they have got mechanical stress like transport or shock if the temperature is significantly different since last calibration or at least once per year After power on leave the system to stabilize for at least 5 minutes Then touch the weight button and next touch the Tare button All 3 readings should display zero Then place a known weight on e...

Page 4: ...se measures are 1 Distance between the center of the sensors under the main wheels and the center of sensor under the nose wheel 2 Distance between the center of the sensors under the main wheels and the desired position of the CG 3 Distance between the center of the sensors under the main wheels and the place where the correction weight will be added removed Distances 1 and 2 should be measured a...

Page 5: ...ess to the measured results Depending of the model type selected the displayed image will be different but the data is the same On top left side the model name is shown On top of the drawing the distances set in the setup screen are shown The CG symbol is placed on the drawing at scale distance and the correction point is shown as a BLUE dot Under the drawing the results of the measure are shown T...

Page 6: ...sitions marked in BLUE lines The current position line is YELLOW in color when the position of the surface is between minimum and maximum Picture 12 The color will change to GREEN when the deflection is exactly as desired 0 5º If the deflection is excessive then the line color changes to RED Entering the data of the surfaces The unit accepts the data in either Distance or in Degrees Usually the ma...

Page 7: ...e accordingly its position turning to GREEN in color when in correct position at full deflection The Side Buttons allow selecting the reference for the measurements Five options are offered Picture 17 1 Ground Absolute The 3 sensors work independently and the zero is absolute factory calibrated like a bubble level zero degrees will be displayed when the sensor is absolutely parallel to ground 2 Gr...

Page 8: ...ration this button provides access to the calibration procedure CAUTION The calibration data from factory will be lost Picture 19 Do not calibrate a sensor if you don t have a precision reference weight of at least 1kg The sensors store the calibration values in the sensor memory In order to have access to this memory by the display module the sensor to be calibrated should be connected to input 1...

Page 9: ... instead it must be taken to a suitable specialist disposal system In the countries of the EU European Union electrical equipment must not be discarded via the normal domestic refuse system WEEE Waste of Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive 2002 96 EG You can take unwanted equipment to your nearest local authority waste collection point or recycling centre There the equipment will be disp...

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