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Device Select is used to activate some of the more advanced
features of the 12X. The Device SEL function is used to activate/
inhibit the following:
• Flight Modes (5 in total)
• Throttle Hold
• Flap Trim
• Trim Common
• Switch, Lever and Knob Assignments
• Activate/Inhibit Switches/Channels
• Activate/Inhibit the Governor
• Activate/Inhibit the Gyro
• Activate/Inhibit the Pitch Curve Function
• Activate/Inhibit the Flap System
• Assign Functions and Channel to the Desired
Switch Knob or Lever
Each of these options is described as follows.
17: Device Select
Flight Modes
A Flight Mode represents an aircraft configuration (Dual Rate/
Expo, program mixes, Aileron Differential, Flap System, Gyro
System, etc.) that is programmed to optimize the control system
to assist the pilot and the aircraft in performing a specific type
of maneuver. Up to 5 flight modes are available in the 12X.
The objective of programming Flight Modes is to provide the
ability to select a switch position to activate a collection of
settings that are optimized to perform a maneuver. An aerobatic
aircraft, for example, may be set up such that the Flight Mode
switch in its 1st position (FM 0) configures the aircraft for
precision flying; positioning the switch in its 2nd position (FM
1) sets the aircraft up for snap rolls; and positioning the switch
in its 3rd position (FM 2) sets the aircraft up for aggressive
3D flight. Flight Modes could just as easily represent aircraft
settings for Take Off, Flying, and Landing for a turbine-powered
jet aircraft. Flight Modes can make the pilot’s job easier by
configuring and optimizing the aircraft to do different things by
flipping a single switch.
Most of the functions found in the 12X that are switch
selectable including programmable mixers, throttle curves,
differential, gyro settings, servo speed, etc. can be assigned
to one or more Flight Modes. This provides the ability to have
up to 5 completely different aircraft configurations that are
selectable in flight using switches.
Five Flight Modes are available in the 12X system. When 3
Flight Modes are activated, they are selected during flight by
using one of six 3-position switches (Flight mode switch,
Rudder D/R switch, Flap switch, Elevator D/R switch, Aux 2
switch, Aileron D/R switch, or Inhibit). To activate the 2 Extra
flight modes (5 flight modes in total) the 4th and 5th flight
modes are assigned to one of the following switches (Mix
switch, Elevator D/R switch, Gear switch, Aileron D/R switch,
one of the stick position settings (SPO0-SPO3), or Inhibit).
Flight mode switches are selected and activated in the Device
SEL function in the System menu. Once Flight Modes are
activated, the pilot has a choice of using the Flight Mode switch
to select up to 5 Dual Rates and Exponential settings for each
of the primary controls (ELEV, AILE, RUDD), or Dual Rates
and Exponential settings may continue to be controlled by the
3 individual Dual Rate switches. All other functions that can
be activated by a switch can be assigned to 1 or more Flight
Modes when Flight Modes have been activated.
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