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The motor and ESC come already connected and the motor
rotation should be correct. However, if you have to disconnect
the ESC from the motor and when you reconnect it, the motor
is rotating in the wrong direction, swapping any two of the three
motor wires will change the direction of rotation of the motor.
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The ESC in the Sensei can only be used with an 11.1V LiPo
battery. The ESC has a set cutoff voltage and if a higher or
lower voltage battery is used, the battery could be damaged.
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The ESC has a soft cutoff. Once the battery voltage has
decreased to a set voltage, the power to the motor will be
reduced. This is the signal that it is time to land. The motor
will operate for a few seconds at the reduced power before
it stops. You will still have power to the radio system and
complete control of the plane.
WISE GYRO STABILIZATION SYSTEM
Modes
The pre-installed WISE gyro stabilization system is a pilot
training aid that utilizes a gyro to constantly monitor the
orientation of the Sensei during fl ight. With the system set to
operate in BEGINNER or INTERMEDIATE mode, the WISE
gyro automatically returns the plane to straight and level
fl ight when the control sticks are released. In ADVANCED
mode the WISE gyro will not attempt to correct the plane’s
orientation during your fl ight. Meaning if in the ADVANCED
mode you use ailerons to bank the plane and then you
release the aileron stick, the WISE gyro will not automatically
apply opposite ailerons to bring the wings back to being level.
In ADVANCED mode it is up to you as the pilot to maintain
control of the plane’s orientation and altitude throughout the
fl ight. ADVANCED mode should only be used once you feel
INTERMEDIATE mode is limiting your fl ying style.
Advanced = 0
Intermediate = 1
Beginner = 2
The WISE gyro also limits the amount of ascent/descent
angle and bank angle regardless of how much control
input is given by the pilot. This prevents new pilots from
over-controlling the plane and getting it into an orientation
that may become disorienting. The WISE gyro does this
by overriding the amount of elevator or aileron input to
prevent the plane from exceeding the maximum angles
that are pre-programmed into the stabilization hardware.
MAXIMUM
ASCENT
MAXIMUM
DESCENT
MAXIMUM BANK
NOTE:
You may discover that the control surfaces move
slowly without input and do not center in the neutral position
when the mode is in BEGINNER or INTERMEDIATE and
the plane is sitting stationary. This is normal behavior for
the WISE gyro as it is expecting control surface feedback
which would normally occur during fl ight. If you wish to
re-check the neutral position of the control surfaces then
you will need to switch the mode to ADVANCED.
Recovery Switch
Pulling the recovery switch will cause the WISE gyro to
immediately override the control sticks and return the
plane to level fl ight. The recovery switch works in all three
stabilization modes. Since BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE
modes already return the plane to level fl ight when you
release the control sticks, you will fi nd the recovery switch
to be the most useful in ADVANCED mode. Unlike the
return-to-level feature of BEGINNER and INTERMEDIATE
modes, the recovery switch will return the plane to level
fl ight even if you do not release the control sticks.
Recovery
Switch
NOTE:
If you hold the recovery switch for longer than
fi ve seconds it will time-out and the control is returned to
the control sticks. Releasing the recovery switch will reset
the time-out and the recovery switch will operate again.
