FUTABA T8J-2.4G - Dual Elevator Servos (AILEVATOR) (ACRO); AILEVATOR Setup for Dual Elevators

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Dual Elevator Servos (with a rudder) (
AILEVATOR
) (
ACRO
): Many models use two elevator servos, plugged in separate
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Adjustability:
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or the set percentages may be reversed here.
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AIL3
and
4
to
0
disables this feature. Note: if you want this, but controlled with a switch, set
AIL3
and
4
to
0
here, and use
2 mixes .
AIL-to-ELEV
and
AIL-to-AUX2
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the assigned switch is on.
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The
AILEVATOR
mixing function uses one servo on each of the two elevators, and combines the elevator function with the
aileron function (unless aileron travel is set to
0
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another in conjunction with the ailerons.
Once
AILEVATOR
is activated, unless you zero out the aileron values (see below), any time you move your ailerons or any
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servos to also operate as ailerons. To deactivate this action, simply set the 2 aileron travel settings to
0
in the
AILEVATOR
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GOAL of EXAMPLE: STEPS: INPUTS:
Activate twin elevator servos.
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ailerons portion of this function.
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geometry, you may need to reverse one
servo or set a negative percentage here.
Open the
AILEVATOR
function.
for 1 second.
to
AILEVATOR
.
Activate the function.
to
MIX
. to
ACT
.
Optional: adjust up/down travel when
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0

to
AIL3
. to
0%
.
to
AIL4
. to
0%
.
Optional: adjust total elevator travel
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travel to
98%
, left to
96%

to
ELE2
. to
98%
.
to
ELE1
. to
96%
.
Close menu.
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SUB-TRIMs
: see p. 46 and
END POINTs
: see p. 36.
Set up
AIRBRAKE
mix: see p. 61.