GRAUPNER mx-24s, Programming Manual

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102
Phase settings
Setting up fl ight phases
Autorot
Phase 1
0.1s
Phase 2 0.1s -
Phase 3
SEL SEL
Autorot 0.1s
Thermik
0.1s
SEL
-
-
–
Name Fl.ph.Tim. Sw. time
The
mx
-24s enables you to program up to seven
groups of settings plus the auto-rotation fl ight phase
within any one model helicopter memory. Auto-rotati-
on is set up in the »
Base setup model « menu. The
settings typically differ from each other in order to ca-
ter for different stages of a fl ight; these grouped set-
tings are termed fl ight phases, and are programmed
in the corresponding menus.
Setting up fl ight phases
When setting up fl ight phases for model helicopters
you start in this menu point, where individual phases
are assigned names, and transition times can be set
to provide a smooth transition from one phase
into
the next. In practice we have certainly found that tran-
sition times longer than the default 0.1 second are
desirable, but the optimum setting varies according
to your model and its set-up. You can assign names
and transition times to multiple phases at this stage
even if you don’t intend to make use of them at pre-
sent, because you do not decide which of the “occu-
pied” phases will actually be activated until you move
to the »
Phase assignment « menu, as described on
page 104.
The right-hand “Status” column shows whether swit-
ches have already been assigned to the phases 1 …
7, and what the current status of the switch is:
Symbol Meaning
– No switch assigned
+ Phase can be called up by switch
Indicates the currently active phase
number
Note:
A useful aid when programming different fl ight phases
is the “Copy fl ight phase” option, which you will fi nd in
the »
Copy / Erase « menu. The fi rst step is to estab-
lish the parameters for a particular fl ight phase; you
then copy these settings into the next fl ight phase,
where they can be modifi ed to meet the requirements
of the new stage of fl ight.
“Name” column
The fi rst line, and therefore the fl ight phase with top
priority, is reserved for auto-rotation; see the »
Base
setup model ” menu. For this reason the name of the
phase cannot be changed.
Press the rotary control and select the most suitab-
le phase name for phases 1 to 7 (if required for your
particular model) from the on-screen list. In addition
to these standard names you can defi ne up to ten of
your own phase names in the »
General basic set-
tings « menu (see page 154).
The sequence of phases 1 to 7 is of no signifi cance;
you do not even have to make the numbers concur-
rent. However, you should always start with “Phase
1”, as this is the “Normal phase”, which is always ac-
tive if:
• no phase switch has been programmed in the
» Phase assignment « menu, and
• no phase has been assigned to particular switch
combinations.
The phase name “normal” would therefore be a sen-
sible choice for “Phase 1”. The names themselves
have absolutely no technical signifi cance in terms
of programming; their only purpose is to help you to
identify them in the course of further programming,
and to know which fl ight phase is switched on at any
one time. For this reason the names are shown in all
the fl ight phase specifi c menus, and are also included
in the transmitter’s basic display.
“Flight phase timer” column
In addition to the standard timers in the basic screen
display, further timers are available which can be set
up in the »
Flight phase timers « menu (see page
108).
Timer select list:
Clk 1, Clk 2, Clk 3, Lap, Time1, Time2.
The fl ight phase timers “Clk 1 … 3” and “Time1” and
“Time2” only run in the fl ight phase to which they
have been assigned in this menu. In other fl ight pha-
ses they are stopped (and suppressed), and the start
/ stop switches assigned to them have no effect.
In contrast, the lap-counter continues to run once
started, even if you switch to a different fl ight pha-
se, although it can be stopped from any fl ight phase
using the
ESC button.
Obviously you can record lap times with “Lap” using
a switch (SW), but the meaning of the two timers
“Time1” and “Time2” is as follows:
Time1 This timer only records times for which a
switch, control switch or logical switch as-
signed in the “Lap timer / timer” line of the
»
Flight phase timers « menu is “closed” (see
page 108). The basic display shows the num-
ber of times the switch has been operated.
This counter fi eld appears highlighted when
the switch for the Time1 timer is “open”, i. e.
when the timer is stopped:
S t a r l e t 5 0
#04
H-J.Sandbrunner
9.5V
2:40h C62
0 0 0 0
Stop watch
Flight tim
Time1
«Aerobat»
25.8s
0 00
0 00
:
:
09
2:40h SPCM20
If desired, the rotary control can then be used
to read out the sequence of recorded times.
102 Program description: Flight phases