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Electric Landing Gear controller and sequencer

LGC19

Users Guide

Torrent d’en Puig, 31.

08358, Arenys de Munt, Barcelona,Catalonia,Spain

Plaza Pere Llauger, 5; nau 18. 08630, Canet de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Manual contents & design: Gaspar Espiell. V1.0

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Page 1: ...unt Barcelona Catalonia Spain Plaza Pere Llauger 5 nau 18 08630 Canet de Mar Barcelona Catalonia Spain E mail sales xicoy com 34 93 794 27 74 web www xicoy com Xicoy WEEE register number ES004749 DE 36558999 Copyright 2019 Xicoy Electrònica SL All Rights Reserved Manual contents design Gaspar Espiell V1 0 ...

Page 2: ...s for the control of the doors each channel has an independent re armable fuse which prevents a complete shutdown of the servos if there s a misfunction on one of them The endpoints of each servo can be programmed individually The servo speed can be programmed independent in the two directions in 0 1s resolution Dedicated servo output switching regulator rated to 6 V The regulator draws power from...

Page 3: ...ibly causing damage to the controller Check the instructions of your LG supplier and use the recommended voltage Please double check the polarity before connecting it The damage caused by polarity reversal is important and not covered by warranty The battery connected to the AMASS connector powers the motors the brakes and the switching regulator that powers the 8 servo outputs The controller has ...

Page 4: ...o reach the receiver All negative ground connections are connected together inside the unit Always fully disconnect the batteries both poles from the installation before charging as current can flow through the unit from one battery to the other during charge damaging the installation Please contact to Xicoy Electronica for advice on particular installations Electrical connections On the right sid...

Page 5: ...r selected head to Radio for further information Brake In Input for the brake command when dual channel mode is used Out 1 8 Outputs for the 8 servos to operate the doors The power for these servos will come from the main battery through its dedicated switching regulator Steer In Command input for the steering servo when Normal Servo mode is used Signal could come from a dedicated receiver output ...

Page 6: ...ans open red closed Bar graphs in all states except in Gear Down the power used by the motors is displayed In Gear Down state this indication is replaced by the power applied to the brakes Setup Once you leave the main screen the logo screen will appear Here you can choose to go back to the main screen head to setup or open the manual operation menu Touching the Setup button all the available opti...

Page 7: ...nient when the receiver outputs are reduced but the TX has more channels for example a TX of 16 channels being used with an 8ch receiver You can set the LG19 in BUS mode and assign three of the channels not available in the RX say 9 10 and 11 to control the Gear Brakes and steering servo leaving all 8 channels on the RX available for all other functions Touch the RCMode button to select the type o...

Page 8: ... channel and for the Brake Channel Touch the RC SET button This will drive you through the alignment sequence Screens are self explaining just follow the instructions If during the radio alignment there isn t a valid RC signal on Brake IN input the system will assume that it should work in single channel mode and will expect that the defined position for the gear down command be at an intermediate...

Page 9: ...Switch The Gears and servos will be powered only if the command received is Gear Down preventing the gear to collapse if the system is powered with the switch in the retracted position Cycle Switch The gears and servos will not be powered until a full cycle on the gear switch is done Servos The open and close positions of each of the 8 servo output can be individually adjusted through this screen ...

Page 10: ...vel and higher torque at the door Specially check that the servo is not fighting against a hard stop this would cause the servo to burn quickly If possible use an amperemeter to check the power used by the servos to assure that they are not mechanically overloaded Servo Speed The adjustment procedure is similar to the previous section This screen will allow to adjust the speed desired to open or c...

Page 11: ...uching the color buttons in the bottom of the screen will toggle the position of this particular gear in the step being adjusted Red color means that the gear is in UP position Green color in down position On intermediate steps the duration of each step is defined in 0 1 s increments To define the position of the doors in each step touch the Doors button Same as with the gear setup touching the bu...

Page 12: ...p 7 until the gear is fully deployed independently if the time set is lower to prevent a door to close while the gear is still moving Steering processor These screens allows the adjustment of the steering servo It is possible to center change the direction of the movement reverse and mix it with the internal gyroscope These features allow using same RC Channel as the rudder while retaining the cap...

Page 13: ...void creating flats on the tires in 5 different levels A ratio of 1 3 means that the low force pulse is 1 3 of maximum force Steering Mix It is possible to mix the steering channel to the brakes in order to steer the plane using brakes usually on warbirds like the P 47 This percentage adjust the influence of the steering channel to the brakes Same as in the steering processor use negative numbers ...

Page 14: ... gears Max Time Maximum allowed travel time Unload Time Time of the motor run in reverse to unload the gearbox after hitting the end of travel CAUTION USE THE SETTINGS RECCOMENDED BY YOUR GEAR MANUFACTURER You can burn the motors or damage the gearbox if the amperage or the battery voltage are higher than the maximum allowed Encoder If the gears used include a pulse encoder on this screen is possi...

Page 15: ...load these settings update the firmware of the controller and set the default factory configuration Bottom line displays the current software version If the Factory Default button is pressed the following screen will appear Once the Set Factory settings button is pressed it will immediately erase all the configuration stored this means that all the sequencer doors and everything will be set to the...

Page 16: ...tract instead Otherwise if the normal servo operation is needed just press Set Servo8 and the 8th channel will be used again as a servo output The gadget has two functions it reads the distance to the ground and prevents unwanted retract commands if the model is inside the safe zone The safe zone can be configured within the Max and min safe limits cm If you want to change the limits use the and b...

Page 17: ...ppear and it won t affect any landing gear command Advanced motor Setup This screen will allow to multiply the startup current the one that is chosen on the motors menu for the first tenths of a second This will allow bigger landing gears which have heavy loads and heavy current peaks to move with a lower cutoff current The default values are shown on the image By the time that this guide is being...

Page 18: ...his feature will also run the current cutoff time and encoder configurations It is pretty useful if you want to test the installation just with the gears plugged in Disposal Electrical equipment marked with the cancelled waste bin symbol must not be discarded in the standard household waste instead it must be taken to a suitable specialist disposal system In the countries of the EU European Union ...

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