Optic 6 Sport - Page 26
Setting up an Elevator-to-Flap mix
1) In the E-F screen, activate the function by pressing both
DATA buttons simultaneously. The "Inh" symbol disappears
and is replaced with a percentage value (100% is the default).
2) Now hold the right-hand joystick all the way back (for full up
elevator) and then, as you watch your model, change the
value to gain the amount of down-flap movement you want
at full up-elevator. You probably won't need more than 15%,
but only in-flight testing will tell you for sure.
3) Finally, push the stick forward and reduce the value to
0 %-you generally don't want the flaps going up when you
push the elevator stick forward.
A -> R (Aileron-Rudder Mix)
E-F (Elevator-Flap Mix)
Setting up a rudder-to-aileron mix
1) In the A-R screen, activate the function by pressing both
DATA buttons at once. The "Inh" symbol disappears and is
replaced with a percentage value (100% is the default).
2) Hold the right-hand joystick to the left, and use the - DATA
button to reduce the value to a reasonable mix to begin with,
say 25%.
3) You're not done yet, though-we have the same issue with
the stick we encountered in the end point adjustment (EPA)
screen.
If you move the aileron joystick to the right, the value goes
back to the default 100% setting. Hold the stick to the right
and reduce the value to 25% here as well.
4) Now watch the rudder move as you move the joystick right
and left-as the right wing's aileron moves up, the rudder
should swing about one-quarter of its travel to the right-and
to the left with left-hand stick travel.
The optimum value of the mix can only be determined by flying
the model: If the nose of the airplane yaws to the right when
you bank left, there is too little coupling-increase the rudder
travel value. If it veers to the left (with the bank) there is too
much
This program allows you to set a certain amount of
elevator-to-flap mixing so that the flaps (or flaperons if you've
activated this mix) move downward slightly when you pull back
on the elevator stick. This is a favorite mix for pylon racing and
3-D aerobatics as a downward flap movement combined with
up-elevator movement enables the plane to snap-turn more
quickly.
E-F (Elevator-Flap mix)
A -> R (Aileron-Rudder mix)
This pre-programmed aileron-rudder mix allows you to slave a
certain amount of rudder movement with the movement of the
ailerons to gain automatically coordinated turns. In addition to
aileron differential, this mix reduces the yawing of the fuselage
when the ailerons bank the wing.
This mix is especially useful for making the turns of slower-flying
scale models appear more realistic.
UP elevator
DOWN flap or flaperon
