HITEC OPTIC 6 - ELVN - Elevon Mixing

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Elevon Mixing
The Elevon function should be used with delta wings, flying
wings,
and other tailless aircraft whose layouts combine the
aileron
and elevator functions, and requires one servo for each
elevon.
Connect the right elevon to receiver CH1 and the left
elevon
to CH2 . The amount of aileron and elevator response
can
be adjusted independently. However, if you program in too
much
elevator or aileron travel, the servos may reach their
travel
limits before full stick motion has occurred. The default
values for this mixer are 100%, but you may want to keep the
travel
settings at 50% or below because most elevon planes
are
very sensitive, and adjust the control linkages to get the
travel
you desire. Note that you cannot use either flaperon or
V-tail mixing when elevon mixing is active.
CH1 CH2
Aileron Operation
6. If the right (CH1) elevon moves down with up elevator stick,
change
the its travel direction by pressing the Cursor Right
key (the little arrow moves under the 1), then press the Data
-Decrease key until you reach -50%. Otherwise, continue.
7. Now you'll input the amount of aileron stick response on the
right
(CH1) elevon by pressing the Cursor Right key once.
Now
the little arrows move both over and under the 1, and
you
may adjust the amount of right elevon travel with the Dat
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+Increase and -Decrease keys. 50% is a good starting point.
As
before, change the sign and use -50% if it travels the
wrong way with aileron stick.
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Setting up elevon mixing
1. The right elevon should be plugged into CH1 , and the left
elevon
should be plugged into CH2 .
2. Press one of the Up Down Edit buttons repeatedly to select
the
ELVN window.
3. To activate, press the Active/Inhibit (Clear) key. The letters
"
INH " will turn to " On ."
8. Now you'll input the amount of aileron stick response on the
left
( CH2 ) elevon by pressing the Cursor Right key once.
Now
the little arrow moves under the 2 , and you may adjust
the
amount of left elevon travel with the Data +Increase and
-Decrease keys. 50% is a good starting point. Change the
sign
if travel needs to be reversed.
4. Press the Cursor Right key once, to get to the elevator trave
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setting menu. A small arrow is displayed over the numeral
2
represents elevator master channel, and the percent
indicator will blink on and off. The little arrow below the 2
indicates left elevon is being set.
5. Move the elevator stick all the way to the back (full up
position):
both elevons should move upwards like elevators.
If
the left ( CH2 ) elevon moves down, change the its travel
direction
by pressing the Active/Inhibit (Clear) key to get
0% quickly, then pressing the Data -Decrease key until you
reach
-50%.
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