HITEC OPTIC 6 - Simple Transmitter Setup - Aerobatic Airplane (ACGL Menu); Programmable mixers

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65. Programmable mixers: now take advantage of your
system's
advanced custom programming capabilities. You
may
use one or both of the two programmable mixers
( PMX1, PMX2 ) to get rid of unwanted tendencies (for
example,
rolling or tucking during knife-edge flight.
66. For tucking during knife-edge, you want to apply a little up
elevator
when you are using full rudder to sustain knife-
edge.
Thus, we want the master channel to be rudder, and
the
slave to be elevator.
67. To program this mixing, first get to the PMX1 window.
Press
one of the Edit Up/Down keys until you see PMX1
displayed. Then press the Active/Inhibit (Clear) key to
activate
it (a flashing ON or OFF will appear, depending on
the
position of the selected ON-OFF switch, which turns
mixer
#1 on and off).
68. Next, press the Cursor Right key once to select the master
channel
( MAS flashes on and off), then press the Data
+Increase key until the little arrow moves over the numeral
4 , indicating CH4 (rudder) is the master channel. Press the
Cursor Right key once ( SLV flashes on and off), then press
the
Data +Increase key until the little arrow is under the
numeral
2 , indicating CH2 (elevator) is the slave channel.
69. Now, you'll define the mixing percentage. Notice that the
mixer
starts with 100% on both sides, which is WAY too
much.
Move the rudder stick to one side and press the
Clear button, zeroing the percentage. Move it to the other
ide
and repeat. Now both sides are set to zero percent.
70. If your model tucks during knife-edge, you'll want to input
up elevator for rudder going both directions. Move the
rudder
stick to the right and press the Data +Increase until
you
can see which way the elevator moves; if incorrect,
press
the Data -Decrease key until the plus sign changes t
o
a minus sign. Repeat this by moving the rudder stick to the
other side. You'll end up with a plus sign for one rudder
direction,
and minus for the other direction. Start with only
5-10% mixing on both sides until you know how much you
need
from actual test flying.
71. Be sure you understand how to set the switch to turn PMX1
on and off, since you won't want this mixing on during
normal
flight, only during knife-edge. Later, after you fly the
model
you may fine-tune the amount of elevator travel so
that
the pitching tendency is eliminated.
You can use the other mixer to handle adding aileron
corrections
during knife-edge. In this case, you'll have the
same
percentage sign on both sides of the rudder.
This introduction just scratches the surface of the
capabilities
of your Optic system. Please read the manual
so
you'll know what other features you can take advantage
of.
The sky's the limit - we know you'll enjoy using your
Optic system!
Simple Transmitter Setup - Electric
A
irplane,
5
-Channel Receiver
(
ACGL Menu
)
The aircraft setup procedure presented below uses an electric model as an example and assumes that there are two aileron
servos,
one in each wing. It also assumes that you are using a micro five-channel receiver. It will take you step-by-step
through
the setup process for an electric airplane in the ACGL menu, including the setup for airbrakes.
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SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
1. Be sure that all of your servos are plugged into the proper
receiver
channels:
CH1 - Right aileron
CH2 - Elevator
CH3 - Electronic speed control
CH4 - Rudder (if used)
CH5 - Left aileron
2. We recommend that you do this programming exercise with
the
servos installed in the model and connected to the
respective
control surfaces. This will enable you to
immediately
see the effect of each programming step.
You should remove the propeller for safety.
3. Follow steps 3-10 in the Aerobatic Airplane setup instructions to do
the initial setup for your electric model.
4. Now, you will customize the ACGL settings for your model.
Switch
transmitter power OFF , then turn power ON .
the transmitter should display the model number and battery
voltage
as shown. The number on the right is the elapsed
time,
which will vary depending on how long the transmitter
has
been left on.
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