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Parameter Menu
The 300CP comes set up and ready for flight. If after your initial flight you
want to make any trim or gain adjustments, follow these steps. With the
helicopter on the ground and initialized, the throttle stick lowered all the
way, and throttle hold activated, you can press and hold the button on the
flybarless unit to enter the trim/gain menu. The trim/gain menu allows you
to make changes and adjustments to improve your flight experience and
includes the following features:
1.
6-axis aileron trim
2.
6-axis elevator trim
3.
6-axis gain
4.
Rudder heading lock gain
Vibration and 6-Axis Drift
In any helicopter, it is critical to reduce vibration as much as possible. The
6-axis NFP flybarless unit is attached to the helicopter using a revolutionary
vibration isolation pad, which significantly reduces the vibration of the
control unit. The NFP flybarless unit also features sophisticated vibration
suppression software that reduces the effect of vibration to improve
performance.
If the helicopter is damaged in any way, vibrations may increase enough
to degrade helicopter performance. In 3-axis mode, this is typically
characterized by visible shakes in the helicopter. In 6-axis mode, the
helicopter may become unable to correctly detect its orientation and begin
to drift very fast or may even become impossible to fly. Therefore, it is
absolutely critical to carefully inspect your helicopter after even a minor
crash. Damage such as scuffed main blades or tail blades, bent feathering,
main, or tail shafts, chipped gears are anything similar can be sufficient
to degrade 6-axis performance. Improper blade tracking, wherein the two
main blades are misaligned and do not rotate through the same plane, can
cause degradation in 6-axis performance. Therefore, care must be taken to
precisely track blades before flight.
You can progress through the modes by pressing the button on the face of
the flybarless unit. The status LED will blink to indicate which menu item is
currently active. There will be a series of blinks followed by a pause, after
which the pattern will repeat. The number of blinks indicates the menu item.
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