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Program description - Helicopter mixer
Helicopter mixer
Flight phase-specific setting of collective pitch, throttle and tail rotor
In this menu all of the flight phase-specific helicopter
mixers are described, with the exception of the mixers
for “auto-rotation” or “Auto C1 pos.”...
BASIC SETTING,MODEL
SET SET
Range test 99s
PPM10
DSC out
Autorotation
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STO
Autorot. C1 pos.
0%
... flight (discussed from page 100 onward.) With one
of the non-resetting switch the transmitter can then be
switched between the “Normal” phase (and possibly
further stages of flight), and the flight phase “Auto-
rotation”. The “other” phases of flight shall be fol-
lowed in the menus “Phase settings” (page 158)
and “Phase assignment” (page 160) to be activated.
However, switching to autorotation always
has priority over all other ight phases.
In the to be discussed in the following menu “helicop-
ter mix” with the exception will be discussed starting
on page 206 for the auto-rotation flight phase of the
mixer, described all the phase-specific helicopter mix-
ers. These mixers are used for basic settings of the
model helicopter.
So Scroll with the selection keys of the left or right four-
way button to the menu item “helicopter mix” of
the multifunction menu:
Control adjust
Dual Rate / Expo
Channel 1 curve
Switch display
Control switch
Logical switches
Phase settings
Phase assignment
Non-delayed chan
Timers (general)
Fl. phase timers
Helicopter mixer
By briefly pressing the central SET key of the right
four-way pad to open this menu item.
If you »Phase settings« and »Phase assignment”
have already created flight phases and each as-
signed an appropriate name in the menu, these will
be displayed at the bottom left, for example, «Nor-
mal». So pressing if necessary the appropriate switch
to switch between the flight phases:
Channel 1
Channel 1
Pitch
Gas
Heckrotor
Tail rot.
0%
Roll
0%
Gas
Roll
Gas
Heckrotor
Nick
Nick
Gas
Heckrotor
Swashplate rotation
Swashplate limiter
0%
0%
0%
0°
Off
Gyro suppression
0%
Gyro offset
0%
Normal
In each of these flight phases – with the exception of
the auto-rotation phase – the typical helicopter mix-
ing and coupling functions shown in the screen-shot
above are available for setting up the model helicop-
ter. These functions are described in the first part of
this comprehensive chapter.
General information on mixers,
(see also pages 171 and 208)
An arrow "" indicates a mixer. A mixer "branches
off" the signal flow of a control function at a particular
point, in order to use this flow to cause a predeter-
mined effect on a further control channel and, ulti-
mately, the receiver output. "Pitch ax Tail rot" mixer
means, for example, that when the pitch-axis stick is
actuated, the tail rotor servo must also react within
the scope of its setting.
Basic programming procedure:
1. Select the mixer by using the selection keys of the
left or right touch pad.
Depending on the mixer involved, the bottom display
line will show either SEL or the (indicating a
change to a second page is necessary).
2. A brief tap on the centre SET key of the right
touch pad will permit direct settings for linear mixer
ratios. Use the selection keys to set the mixer ratio.
Otherwise you will need to switch to the second
screen page where you can set up the appropriate
curve mixer.
A simultaneous tap on the or keys of the
right touch pad (CLEAR) will reset a changed
value in a given active (inverse video) field back to
0 %.
3. Another tap on the centre SET key of the right
touch pad will complete the entry.
4. A tap on the centre ESC key of the left touch pad
will cause a return to the previous display page.
Description of helicopter mixers
To set collective pitch curves as well as the two mix-
ers, "Channel 1 Throttle" and "Channel 1 Tail
rotor", there are curve mixers available in all flight
phases. Accordingly, these mixers also permit the
programming of non-linear mixing ratios along the
path of stick travel, if required. Switch to the display
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