Co-Pilot™ user’s guide
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3. Mount the Infrared Calibration Button.
a. Select a mounting location for the Infrared Calibration
Button (see suggestions for your type of aircraft).
b. Mount the Infrared Calibration Button securely in the
aircraft.
...in a conventional airplane
A good location for the button is near the receiver on/off
switch. If you will be hand launching your aircraft,
locate the button where you won’t accidently bump it.
IMPORTANT:
Don’t just dangle the infrared calibra-
tion switch outside the fuselage. Mount it securely
where you won’t accidentally bump it when you are
preparing the aircraft for liftoff or hand launching.
When pressed, this switch tells Co-Pilot™ to enter in-
frared calibration mode—and you don’t want to do
that when the aircraft is about to fly.
4. Make the Co-Pilot
™
electrical connections.
a. Disconnect the roll (aileron) and pitch (elevator) servos
from the receiver.
b. Connect the cables as shown to the right for your type of
installation.
If your receiver doesn’t have an unused channel for the Co-
Pilot™ remote control cable, leave it unconnected (but tuck
it out of the way). See “Options for controlling Co-Pilot™”
on page 5 for more information about this function.
c. Set switch 3 as shown at right for your kind of aircraft.
If you have an on-board elevon mixer...
After connecting the cables, you must assure the elevons move
in the correct directions
without Co-Pilot™
.
1. Turn the Co-Pilot™ sensitivity control (marked “Throw”), all
the way off (counterclockwise).
2. Turn on the transmitter, then turn on the receiver.
3. Pull the transmitter stick back for up elevator. Both elevons
should move up. If they don’t, then:
If the elevons move in opposite directions, switch elevon
1 and elevon 2 cables at the receiver.
If both elevons move down, change the elevator revers-
ing switch on the transmitter.
4. Move the transmitter stick right for a right roll. The right
elevon should move up and the left elevon should move
down. If they move opposite to this, change the aileron re-
versing switch on the transmitter.
5. Repeat the above checks to verify correct elevon operation.
6. Turn off the receiver, then turn off the transmitter.
Receiver
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4
ON
Co-Pilot
Sensor
Infrared
Calibration
Button
Co-Pilot
Computer
Manual
Sensitivity
Adjustment:
*Reverses Co-Pilot’s
correction;
does not reverse
transmitter controls
One
P
must
face forward
Ribbon cable
Max
Min
On these cables:
Black = ground
Red = voltage
White = signal
Check receiver
manual for correct
orientation
FMA Digital Servo
Buffer as needed for
certain PCM receivers
Aileron
servo
Elevator
servo
Aileron reverse*
Elevator reverse*
On
On
Installing Co-Pilot™ — continued
Note:
If your system has a Futaba PCM receiver, you
must install the FMA Digital Servo Buffer. See page 14
for details.