HITEC OPTIC 6 - Page 21

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53. Rudder dual rate setting: press the Right Cursor key one
time
to get the little arrows above or below the numeral 4.
Now
set the rudder dual rates in the same way you set the
ailerons
and elevator in the previous steps.
54. Landing setup. You can get an airbrake effect by flipping
a
switch to raise or lower both flaperons and add elevator
to
keep it trimmed. This high-drag configuration makes the
landing
approach steeper to help make safe landings in
small
fields. This is an on-off function, not proportional.
55. With landing mode on, it is possible to lose some aileron
effectiveness.
Be sure to test the landing settings at altitude
before
trying it on a landing approach. You should spend
some
time fine-adjusting the elevator travel so that there is
minimal
trim change when the landing ( Flt. Mode (SW-4) )
switch
is operated.
56. Press one of the Up Down Edit buttons until the LAND
window appears, as shown. The landing mode is OFF
unless the Flt. Mode (SW-4) switch (upper left of transmitter)
is
fully aft (away from you).
ON or OFF depends
on Flt. Mode switch
setting
57. The arrow should be over the numeral 2. Now press the
Data +Increase key to change the percentage shown. You
may
input the amount of offset for the elevator at this time.
This
should be set from -7% to -10%. Don't use too much
or
it could crash your model.
58. Press the Cursor Right key one more time, and you may
now
input the CH6 setting. The rates may vary
considerably
for different models, but for initial settings you
might
try the flap rate around 50-55%. You may want flaps
to
droop or rise, depending on the model type.
59. E->F Mixing: you may couple or mix elevator to flaps for
tighter
corners in the elevator-to-flap mixer. Get to the
E->F menu, then activate it by pressing the Clear key.
Press
the Right Cursor key to get the percent symbol to
flash.
Now you may input the percentage of mixing with
the
Data +Increase key. Start out with 10-20% and
increase
it until the corners in your loops are square
enough.
If the flaps don't drop when you pull up elevator,
reverse
the sign in front of the mix percentage
(change the + to a - or vice versa).
60. Be sure to input a mixing percentage for each side of the
elevator
stick motion.
ON or OFF depends
on Flt. Mode switch
setting
61. Throttle Cut. The TCUT function allows you to kill the
engine
by pressing on the ENG CUT pushbutton on the top
right
of the transmitter, commanding the throttle servo to
move
to a preset position. If you use the TCUT function,
you'll
never need to adjust the trim on your engine after
you've
got a good idle position! For safety, the TCUT
feature
only operates if the throttle stick is below its 50%
position.
After about 3-5 seconds, the throttle servo
responds
to throttle stick.
To set up TCUT, get to the TCUT menu. Now you may input
the
amount of throttle servo motion using the Data
+Increase key. Choose a small negative number, which
will
command the throttle servo to close the carburetor
below
its idle position. If the engine doesn't quit when you
press
the cut button, increase the negative percentage. Be
careful
not to choose a position which stalls the servo.
62. CAMBER. You can use the CAMB function to configure
your
model to droop its ailerons and flaps to get higher lift
for
takeoff and landing. The camber function may be turned
on
and off with a switch, and you may also add elevator
offset
to keep the model trimmed. Camber is an on-off
function,
not proportional. To set up camber, please read
the
setup instructions on page 33.
63. Ailevator. You may use the AILV for models that have two
elevator
servos to automatically gang them together for
elevator
function without using a programmable mixer. In
addition,
you may program in a response to aileron
Commands,
which allows you to use them for 3-D maneuvers
such
as torque rolls. The AILV function cannot be switched
on
and off during flight. For more information on AILV,
please read the setup instructions on page 39.
64. Aileron differential (ADIF) is a function that allows you to
Individually
set the up and down motion of ailerons
controlled
by two separate aileron servos. The two servos
must
be plugged into channels 1 and 5, so this function is
he
best way to control a two-servo model using a five-
channel
receiver.
You cannot activate both ADIF and FLPN functions, you
must
choose one or the other. We recommend using FLPN
for
receivers with six channels and ADIF for receivers with
five
channels. For instructions on how to use ADIF, please
refer
to the setup instructions on page 31.
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