Locating Beeper Operating Instructions
Version 1.0
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1. What’s a Locating Beeper?
The Problem:
Some times you might be in a situation where you must land your RC-
model out side of your airfield. Examples are if the engine quits and
you do not make it to the runway anymore or the thermal lift vanishes
and quick landing is in order. Last resort often is landing in a field or
high grass. It is often difficult to find the model afterwards. Often you
miss the model by just a few feet. Everyone who searched for his
model in a cornfield knows about this problem.
Some pilots believe that servo noise (especially from digital servos)
allows for finding the model. Servos only work down to a certain
voltage (e.g. 4.0V) and then quit. The Locating Beeper functions down
to a voltage of 2.8 volts, i.e. even when the servos quit working a long
time ago!
The Solution:
The Locating Beeper (model finder) is the solution for finding the model
quickly. When the model is lost it generates an ear piercing warning
sound which is easily localized and leads directly to the model. The
Locating Beeper is simply connected to and supplied by a (free)
receiver channel just like a servo. It does not matter which receiver is
utilized (PPM, PCM, IPD or 2.4GHz) – every receiver works in
connection with the Locating Beeper!
PRO-Version with integrated battery:
Sometimes a model gets partially damaged when landing out side.
Under certain circumstances the receiver battery might be jerked out of
the model or its connection cable can be disconnected. It can happen
that servos block or a short occurs in servo cables during out side
landing.
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