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Program description - Phase settings | Helicopter models
This option is available on both transmit-
ter types.
Within one model memory, the transmit-
ters
mc-16 HoTT and mc-20 HoTT
lets you program up to 6 discrete groups of settings
for various conditions met during the flight. These are
in addition to the auto-rotation flight phase that can be
set up in the »Basic settings, model« menu (page
95). The grouped settings are typically termed “flight
phases” and are programmed in appropriate menus.
Use the selection keys of the left or right four-way but-
ton to scroll to the »Phase settings« menu option in
the Multi-function menu:
Phase settings
Phase assignment
Logical switch
Timers (general)
Non-delayed chan
Fl. phase timers
Open this menu option with a tap on the centre SET
key of the right four-way button.
Auto
Pha1
Pha2
Name ph.Tim.
Pha3
–
–
–
–
Pha4
Autorot
Setting up ight phases
When you set up flight phases for helicopter models,
you start with this menu. You assign individual phases
a name and also assign a period of time for a (soft)
transition into each phase. Note that – depending on
your model and your settings – switch times much
longer than the default 0.1 s have proven useful. You
can also set up several phases with names and transi-
tion times even if you don’t currently have a use for
Phase settings
Setting up flight phases
them, since the decision as to which of the “occupied”
phases you activate is made only on the »Phase as-
signment« menu, page 154, when setting “phase
switches”.
The “Status” column, second from the left, shows
which one of the phases 1 … 6, including the autoro-
tation phase this is 7, has already been assigned to a
switch, plus the current status of that switch:
Symbol Meaning
– No switch assigned
+ Phase can be accessed via switch
Indicates the phase currently active
Note:
The “Copy ight phase” option on the »Copy /
Erase« menu is a useful aid when programming the
various ight phases. First, you need to determine the
parameters for a specic ight phase; these are then
copied to the next ight phase, where they can then
be modied as appropriate.
Column “Name”
The first line, and thus the first flight phase, is reserved
for autorotation flight, see »Basic settings, model«
menu. Accordingly, the predefined name cannot be
changed.
Use the selection keys to move to the line “Phase 1”.
Briefly tap on the centre SET key of the right four-way
button then assign the needed phase (phase 1 up to
maximum of 6 phases) by picking the respective name
from the selection list with the selection keys of the left
or right four-way button.
The order in which phases 1 to max. 6 are assigned is
entirely irrelevant and you can leave gaps as you wish.
Nonetheless, you should always start with “Phase 1”,
the “Normal phase”, which is always active if …
• … no phase switch is set in the »Phase assign-
ment« menu or if
• no phase has been assigned to specific combina-
tions of switches.
The definition of the phase name “Normal” could there-
fore be a useful one to adopt for “Phase 1”. The names
themselves have absolutely no technical significance
for programming; their only purpose is to help you to
identify which phase is active at any time and are thus
displayed in all flight phase-dependent menus and also
on the transmitter’s basic display.
Column “ph. Tim.”
In addition to the standard timers on the basic screen
display, other timers are also available whose settings
are configured in the »Flight phase timers« menu,
page 162.
Clk 1, Clk 2, Clk 3, Lap, Time1, Time2
The flight phase timers “Clk 1 … 3” plus “Time1” and
“Time2” run only in the flight phase to which they have
been assigned in this menu. During other flight phases
they are stopped (and hidden) and the assigned stop/
start switch then has no effect.
The lap counter, once started, continues to run
through changes of phase, however, although it can be
stopped during any flight phase via the centre ESC key
of the left four-way button.
While you can obviously record lap times using “Lap”
and a switch, the two timers “Time1” and “Time2” have
the following meaning:
• Time1
This timer will only measure time during which the
switch or control switch assigned in the “Lap time/
Tim tab” line of the »Flight phase timers« menu,
page 162, is “closed”. The frequency at which
the switch is activated is shown on the basic dis-
play. This counter field is highlighted as soon as the
switch for the “Time1” timer is “opened”, i. e. the
timer is stopped:
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