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JR 11X • RADIO INSTRUCTION MANUAL

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JR 11X • RADIO INSTRUCTION MANUAL

NOTICE

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when operating this product:
NOTICE: Procedures, which if not properly followed, create a possibility of physical property damage AND a 

little or no possibility of injury.
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a possibility of serious injury.
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damage, and serious injury OR create a high probability of superficial injury.

WARNING: Read the ENTIRE instruction manual to become familiar with the features of the product 

 

 before operating. Failure to operate the product correctly can result in damage to the product,  

personal property and cause serious injury. 

This is a sophisticated hobby product and NOT a toy. It must be operated with caution and common sense and 
requires some basic mechanical ability.  Failure to operate this Product in a safe and responsible manner could result 
in injury or damage to the product or other property. This product is not intended for use by children without direct 
adult supervision. Do not attempt disassemble, use with incompatible components or augment product in any way 
without the approval of Horizon Hobby, Inc. This manual contains instructions for safety, operation and maintenance. 
It is essential to read and follow all the instructions and warnings in the manual, prior to assembly, setup or use, in 
order to operate correctly and avoid damage or serious injury.

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Dual Channels ................................................................................................16
Twin Engine ....................................................................................................17
Flight Modes (Helicopter) ...............................................................................17
Activating Extra Flight Modes 3 and 4 ............................................................17
Switch Assignments .......................................................................................17
Assigning/Activating Governor and Gyro Functions ......................................17
Deactivating Channels ....................................................................................17
Swashplate Type .............................................................................................18
Flight Modes (Sailplane) ................................................................................18
Activating and Assigning Primary Flight Modes ............................................18
Activating and Assigning Additional Flight Modes ........................................18
Motor Function ...............................................................................................19
Flap and Aux Functions ..................................................................................19
Activating/Inhibiting Channels .......................................................................19
Wing Type .......................................................................................................19
Flap Stick Direction ........................................................................................19

function List

 ...............................................................................................19

Dual Rate and Exponential ..............................................................................19
Auto Function .................................................................................................20
Travel Adjust ...................................................................................................20
Limit Adjust ....................................................................................................20
Sub-Trim .........................................................................................................20
Servo Reversing .............................................................................................20
Servo Speed ...................................................................................................20
Throttle Curves (Airplane) ..............................................................................21
Throttle Curves (Helicopter) ...........................................................................21
Pitch Curve .....................................................................................................22
Point Names/Numbers ...................................................................................22
Current Point Settting .....................................................................................22
Vertical Line ....................................................................................................22
Graph ..............................................................................................................22
Points You Can Add and Adjust .....................................................................22
Exponential .....................................................................................................22
Pitch Channel Position ...................................................................................22
Throttle Channel Position ...............................................................................22
Switch Select ..................................................................................................23
Flap System ....................................................................................................23
Flap .................................................................................................................23
ELEV - Elevator Compensation .......................................................................23
AILE - Aileron Compensation .........................................................................23
Flight Modes ..................................................................................................23
Delay ...............................................................................................................24
Snap Roll ........................................................................................................24
Differential ......................................................................................................24
Aileron to Rudder............................................................................................24
Aileron-to-Flap Mix ........................................................................................25
Elevator to Flap ...............................................................................................25
Rudder to Aileron/Elevator Mix ......................................................................25
Trim (Mechanical Trim Lever) .........................................................................25
Hovering Throttle ............................................................................................26
Pitch Curve .....................................................................................................26
Exponential .....................................................................................................26
Hovering Pitch ................................................................................................26
Tail Curve - (Use Only with Non-Heading Hold Gyros) ..................................26
Throttle Hold ...................................................................................................27
Stick Auto .......................................................................................................27
Hold Delay ......................................................................................................27
Gyro Sensor ....................................................................................................27
Governor .........................................................................................................28

Swash Mix

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Aileron, Elevator and Pitch Authority ..............................................................28

Aileron to Elevator/Elevator to Aileron Mix .....................................................28
3D Electronic Cyclic Ring (E-Ring) ................................................................28
Exponential Function ......................................................................................28
Trim System ....................................................................................................28
L.S.T. Trim (Limited Standard Trim) ................................................................29
Slide Camber ..................................................................................................29
Motor System .................................................................................................29 
Camber Preset ................................................................................................29
Landing Mode ................................................................................................30
Differential ......................................................................................................30
Flaperon Mix ..................................................................................................30
Aileron-to-Rudder Mix ...................................................................................31
Snap-to-Flap Mix ...........................................................................................31
Rudder-to-Spoiler Mix....................................................................................31 

Introduction to Mixers

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Functions of the Standard Programmable Mixer ............................................32
Master Channel-(STD. PROG MIXER) ...........................................................32
Slave Channel-(STD. PROG MIXER) ..............................................................32
Switch Position ...............................................................................................32
Offset ..............................................................................................................32
Mix Values ......................................................................................................32
CLR Button-(STD. PROG MIXER) Slave Channel ..........................................33
To Inhibit a Mix ...............................................................................................33
Multi-Point Programmable Mixer ..................................................................33
Point Names/Numbers ...................................................................................33
Current Point Setting ......................................................................................33
Vertical Line ....................................................................................................33
Graph ..............................................................................................................33
Points You Can Add and Adjust .....................................................................33
Exponential .....................................................................................................33
Slave Channel Position ..................................................................................34
Master Channel Position ................................................................................34
Mix to Thottle .................................................................................................34
Selecting the Desired Flight Modes for Cyclic-to-Throttle Mixing .................34
F-Mode Delay .................................................................................................34
Gyro Gain System [Sensor] ............................................................................34
Gyro Connection ............................................................................................34
Gyro Sensor [Gain] .........................................................................................34
Trim System ....................................................................................................35
L.S.T. Trim (Limited Standard Trim) ................................................................35
Throttle Hold ...................................................................................................35
Throttle Trim ...................................................................................................35
Balance ...........................................................................................................36
Stick Position Switch ......................................................................................36
Timer ..............................................................................................................36
Mix Monitor ....................................................................................................37
Monitor ...........................................................................................................37
Frequently Asked Questions on Spektrum 2.4GHz .........................................38
General Information ........................................................................................39

Warranty and Repair Policy

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3 Year Limited Warranty .................................................................................39
Damage Limits................................................................................................39

Warranty Services

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Questions, Assistance and Repairs.................................................................40
Inspection or Repairs ......................................................................................40
Warranty Inspection and Repairs ....................................................................41
Non-warranty Repairs .....................................................................................41

Appendix

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Flight Log JRPA - Optional for Jr JR R921 Receiver ......................................42
Advanced Range Testing .................................................................................43
Control Stick Tension Adjustment ..................................................................43

JR 11X Transmitter and Receiver Specifications and features

  ......4

ModelMatch .....................................................................................................4
Advanced Digital Trims .....................................................................................4
Compatible Receivers .......................................................................................4
Charging ...........................................................................................................4
The JR R921 .....................................................................................................5
Binding .............................................................................................................6
How to Bind ......................................................................................................6
Failsafe Functions.............................................................................................6
Range Testing ...................................................................................................6
Receiver Power System Requirements .............................................................7
Transmitter Identification (Mode 2) ..................................................................8
Airplane Mode ..................................................................................................9
Helicopter Mode ...............................................................................................9
Sailplane Mode.................................................................................................9

Initial Model Setup Guide

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Trim Position Memory ....................................................................................10
Quick Information Screen ...............................................................................10
Quick Edit Mode .............................................................................................10

System List

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Function List ...................................................................................................10
My List ............................................................................................................10

Accessing the System List ..............................................................................11
Model Select ...................................................................................................11
Copy ...............................................................................................................11
Erase ...............................................................................................................12
Type Select .....................................................................................................12
Model Name ...................................................................................................12
Flight Mode Name ..........................................................................................12
Warning ..........................................................................................................13
TX Settings .....................................................................................................13
All Servos Hold...............................................................................................13
Trainer .............................................................................................................13
11X Used as Master .......................................................................................14
11X Used as Slave ..........................................................................................14
Stick Alert .......................................................................................................14
Devise Select ..................................................................................................14
Flight Modes (Airplane) ..................................................................................15
Switch Assignments .......................................................................................15
Active/Inhibit Channels ..................................................................................15
Wing Type .......................................................................................................16
V-Tail ..............................................................................................................16
Dual Control Functions ..................................................................................16
To Program a Wing Type ................................................................................16

JR 11X SYSTEM

  

WITH SPEKTRUM 2.4GHz DSM TECHNOLOGY  

INSTRUCTION AND PROGRAMMING MANUAL

Summary of Contents for JR 11X

Page 1: ...NG MANUAL The JR11X offers sophisticated programming features for three model types airplanes helicopters and sailplanes This manual includes a section of common transmitter features and overall opera...

Page 2: ...Switch Select 23 Flap System 23 Flap 23 ELEV Elevator Compensation 23 AILE Aileron Compensation 23 Flight Modes 23 Delay 24 Snap Roll 24 Differential 24 Aileron to Rudder 24 Aileron to Flap Mix 25 Ele...

Page 3: ...circuitry 3 For initial charge and any charging of fully discharged battery charge time is 10 12 hours Charge time decreases if battery is not fully discharged 4 Monitor the temperature of battery dur...

Page 4: ...itch into the bind port of the receiver If a 3 wire switch is not available install the male bind plug directly into the receiver bind receptacle and power the receiver through any other open port to...

Page 5: ...or Aileron Elevator and Rudder Governor Mix Throttle Curves up to 5 with up to 7 programmable points Pitch Curves up to 6 with up to 7 programmable points Gyro System In Flight mode Gain Selection of...

Page 6: ...ng for your model If the Wing Type setting is Delta the Initial Model Setup Guide will now exit If the Wing Type setting selected is Normal the Dual Aileron function appears select a second aileron ch...

Page 7: ...nd alarms See page A for programming stick position switches During the warning no signal is transmitted The Throttle stick defaults with a warning above 10 An alarm will sound and no signal is transm...

Page 8: ...TEM function will appear in the Function List described later If the aircraft is equipped with flaps or equipped with Flaperons that are actually going to be used as flaps then SYS should be set next...

Page 9: ...ented above it Plug the 2nd control surface servo into the channel selected as the Slave 3 INH appears on the Trim Line of the display directly beneath the channel just selected This means the corresp...

Page 10: ...ress to select Alternatively once you have the switch options displayed move the desired switch to automatically select the switch Activating and Assigning Additional Flight Modes To activate the spee...

Page 11: ...le curves are established you can activate each in flight using the 3 position flight mode switch If you activated the additional 2 flight modes numbers 3 and 4 in Device Select you will use an additi...

Page 12: ...le Delay and an Auto Land feature It allows you to program the flaps to three different positions normally full flap half flap and no flap or fully retracted position Note The Flap System is available...

Page 13: ...der Mixing 1 Highlight and select AIL RUD in the Function List to obtain the Aileron to Rudder mix display 2 Two sets of mixing values are available Pos0 and Pos1 If the Pos0 values are left at 0 then...

Page 14: ...ired position The screen will change to that flight mode 5 Highlight the point you want to adjust and press the roller Rotate the roller to adjust that point on the tail curve 6 To add a point move th...

Page 15: ...ting the digital trims AILE ELEV RUDD the total trim travel does not change only the number of increments beeps changes which makes for finer or coarser trim movements When adjusting the analog thrott...

Page 16: ...to give down flaps causing greater up pitch authority Flight Tip Snap Flap is commonly used by slope racers to improve high speed turns In thermal sailplanes it allows increased maneuverability for ti...

Page 17: ...table points list vertically by name and display by number along the bottom of the graph To change the value of a point highlight and select the point name then dial in the desired percentage Slave Ch...

Page 18: ...r travel caused by trim or if it s desired to have trim changes not affect the total roll pitch or yaw rate To Adjust the Trim Rates 1 Highlight and select Trim System in the Function List to acquire...

Page 19: ...mine which functions are activated 1 To access the Mix Monitor screen highlight and select Mix Monitor in the Function List to obtain the Mix Monitor display Stick Position Switch The Stick Position S...

Page 20: ...k in a matter of minutes Correct any control surface buzz or flutter as soon as it is noticed in flight as this condition can destroy the feedback potentiometer in the servo It may be extremely danger...

Page 21: ...usiness days your RMA number a list of the included items and a brief summary of the problem upon submission Your original sales receipt must also be included for warranty consideration Be sure your n...

Page 22: ...e following advanced range check confirms internal and remote receivers are operating optimally and the receiver installation is optimized for the specific aircraft Before each flying session and espe...

Page 23: ...stone Road Champaign IL 61822 USA US patent number 7 391 320 Other patents pending The Spektrum trademark is used with permission of Bachmann Industries Inc JR radios and accessories are exclusively a...

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