Receiver:
The receiver is attached to the bottom of the tail servo in an upright position with the connection plug board pointing to the
left. Use double-sided tape for damping purposes and place the housing as far as possible at the right side without touching
the chassis. So the plug later has enough space on the left side and you can lay the cables to the back by forming a tight
arch, so that they do not protrude too far from the chassis (collision with the canopy).
The assembly looks simple, however in practice it has proved its worth, because you can access the connections in every
situation from the left side. For repairing purpose the entire unit consisting of the tail servo and the receiver can simply be
pulled out of the chassis from the back by only loosening the two tail servo attachment screws.
The antenna can be led to the top as shown on the image. Use a 4mm plastic tube to form two 90° angles which are inserted
from the top in the two holes of the swash plate anti-rotation guide 0616. Turn the angles such that they point by 45° to the
left and right side, i.e. they form a 90° angle to achieve optimal receiving conditions. Adjust the height of the tubes, so that
they slightly protrude from the upper back edge of the already mounted canopy. So they are located far enough from the
rotor. Secure the tubes using some silicone or hot glue.
Satellite Receiver:
You have also the possibility to attach a receiver satellite instead of a conventional receiver.
Attention! Note the following hints for the use with the Mini V-Stabi and the recommended Jive controller with BEC.
For the power supply two cables coming from the Jive must be connected to your RC installation. There is not any problem
when using a conventional receiver with a sufficient number of free outputs. The Master cable from the Jive is connected to
the throttle channel of your receiver and the slave cable is connected to a free output. This ensures a double power supply.
In contrast to a conventional receiver a satellite receiver often does not offer further free connections to connect an additional
power supply. The V-Stabi also offers only one connection for the power supply. So it is recommended to add a fork cable to
one of the servo cables, in order to provide an additional power supply via this cable.
The tail servo cable must be shortened anyway. So it is recommended to solder in the additional connecting plug for the
second power supply from the Jive controller at this place. It would be even better to solder directly the slave cable leading to
the Jive without any plug to the cable (at first find appropriate length).
3 Axis Stabilisation:
The Mini V-Stabi box is attached to the provided basic plate using a layers of double-sided adhesive tape.
Attention!
The box must be positioned at right angles in the chassis. Otherwise inexactnesses of the sensor effects will
occur during the flight. The cables have to point to the front. Position the box far enough in the rear area of the plate, to gain
as much space as possible for laying the cables.
Attention! It is extremely important, that all cables to the receiver or the servos are laid separately, loosely by forming an arch.
Do not bind them together using cable ties, because too stiff cables transmit vibrations to the small, light plastic box
containing the sensitive sensors. In extreme cases this may lead to a loss of control!
(see also p. 19 – Preparation of the Tail Servo / Shortening of the Servo Cable)
If any problems occur due to vibrations in spite of a thorough cable installation, they are mostly caused by the electric motor.
Vibrations of this high frequency have a greater influence than the ones caused by the rotor (unfortunately not all motors are
optimally balanced).
If you have this kind of problems, it is recommended to attach the V-Stabi box to the sensor plate using gel pads instead of
normal adhesive tape (ensure sufficient adhesive force).
These blue-green pads similar to silicone are available at Align for example. They have very good damping properties
especially in the range of high vibration frequencies.
A detailed connection description can be found in the following Chapter XII where the complete programmation of the V-Stabi
3 axis stabilisation is explained.
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