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5.5.3 Swashplate Setting
1. Check Proper Swashplate Movement.
Use your transmitter to check for proper swashplate response to cyclic and collective inputs.
Push forward on the elevator stick and swashplate tilts forward; pull back on the elevator stick and swashplate
tilts aft.
Push right on the aileron stick and the swashplate tilts right; Push left on the aileron stick and the swashplate
tilts left.
Push up on the throttle stick (collective) and the swashplate will rise; pull down on the throttle stick (collective)
and the swashplate will lower.
Set the SERVO1_REVERSED , SERVO2_REVERSED, SERVO3_REVERSED,
and H_SW_COL_DIR parameters so that your swashplate responds correctly to your collective and cyclic
inputs.
2. Leveling your Swashplate
When the swashplate is not level, adjust SERVO1_TRIM, SERVO2_TRIM, and SERVO3_TRIM until the
swashplate is level.
3. Collective Blade Pitch Angle
For example, the collective blade pitch range is -10 degrees to +10 degrees.
(1) First install the pitch gauge on the propeller.
(2) Open the Helicopter Setup interface in Mission Planner. Modify the Manual Servo Mode in the figure ①
below to Max collective, then check the degree display of the pitch scale. And adjust the number in the
figure ② below until the pitch scale shows +10 degrees. Finally, modify the number in the figure ③ below
to 10.