HITEC Flash 8 - Optima and Minima Series Receiver Link (ID-Setting or Bind); Binding Process

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The model type screen denes the features of the active model. These are the features we told the radio
our model had during the “create a new model” process plus all the default features. Here we can dene
all the choices you have while setting up your aircraft in the FLASH 8.
There are three types of aircraft “Model Type” menus:
Model Type Menu
1. From the System Menu select MDL TYPE.
2. Press the jog dial once to enter the Model Type Selection
Menu. ACRO is the rst and default selection.
Model Type ACRO Menu Programming
3. Press the jog dial again to enter the ACRO setup menu.
4. Once in the ACRO setup menu you will set your wing and tail
choices. Scroll to the wing selection and press the jog dial to
activate the selections and scroll through the choices.
The choices for Normal ACRO wing type are:
1AILE – Single aileron servo
1AILE+1FLAP – Single aileron servo and single ap
servo
1AILE+2FLAP - Single aileron servo channel and two
ap servos
2AILE – Two aileron servos
2AILE+1FLAP - Two aileron servos and one ap servo
2AIL+2FLAP - Two aileron servos and two ap servos
ACRO: For all xed wing, glow, gas and some electric powered models.
GLID: For all gliders and some electric powered models.
HELI: All Helicopters will use the HELI menu.
Additionally there are setups for delta wing type models (Elevon):
2AILE
2AILE+1FLAP
2AILE+2FLAP
5. Once you have selected you wing types press the jog dial to conrm your selection.
Model Type ACRO Menu Programming
6. Scroll to “TAIL” and press the jog dial to activate the menu. The
choices for tail type are dependent on the type of wing you
selected.
The tail types you may choose with the basic ACRO wing types are:
7. Select the tail type that your model has and press the jog dial to conrm your selection.
8. Use the back button to return to the system menu.
Model Type GLID Menu Programming
1. From the System Menu select
MDL TYPE.
2. Press the jog dial once to enter
the Model Type Selection Menu.
Scroll to model type GLID.
3. Press the jog dial again to enter
the GLID setup menu.
NORMAL:
Rudder is located on a vertical stabilizer and elevator is on a horizon stabilizer.
V-TAIL:
Two control surfaces in a V-conguration operate together providing both yaw (rudder) and pitch
(elevator) control.
Ailevator:
Each half of the elevator is controlled by a dedicated servo to provide pitch (elevator), and roll (aileron) control.
The tail choices if you chose one of the Delta Wing types are:
None: For Delta Wing Models without a rudder.
1Servo: For Delta Wing Models with a single rudder servo.
2Servo: For Delta Wing Models with dual rudder servos.