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Turnigy

®

 V-Bar 600 

Flybarless System. Firmware V3.01 

 

Preface 

The Turnigy® V-Bar  600 is an extremely  high quality  precise controller and stabilizer for the  swash plate  and tail rotor of a 

model helicopter flight control system. It has super-stabilization and super-response to control input. This makes for incredible 

stability  and  agility.  The  programmability  allows  for  performance  settings  from  smooth  scale  to  sport  or  hard  3D  flying. 

Flybarless also means longer flight times and a tremendous reduction in parts and aerodynamic drag. You no longer need to use 

a separate external tail gyro, resulting in reduced weight, with a large cost savings. The Turnigy® V-Bar 600 offers 4 switchable 

flight modes. 

 

Technical details: 

●MEMS Gyro Sensors in three axes  
●Digital signal processor 
●Operating voltage: 4-10 Volts, current < 80mA  
●Temperature range: -10°C to +50°C  
●Size: 33x34x18 mm 
●Weight: 15 g 
●Servo compatibility: 1520uS/333Hz, 1520uS/250Hz, 1520uS/167Hz, 960uS/333Hz (tail only) and 760uS/333Hz Digital 

servos. Also, standard 1520uS/71Hz Analog servos. 
●Supplied: Foam and double-side adhesive tape and Stainless steel plate. 

 

Installation

Only  use  the  thick  double  sided  adhesive  pads  when  installing  the  Turnigy®  V-Bar  600  unit  on  an  electric  helicopter.  If 
installing  on  to  a  nitro  or  turbine  helicopter,  you  may  want  to  use  the  two  double  sided  adhesive  pads  on  the  bottom  plus  a 
stainless plate on the top of these, then a thin double sided adhesive pad on the top layer, for better vibration isolation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Summary of Contents for T-VBar600

Page 1: ...vings The Turnigy V Bar 600 offers 4 switchable flight modes Technical details MEMS Gyro Sensors in three axes Digital signal processor Operating voltage 4 10 Volts current 80mA Temperature range 10 C to 50 C Size 33x34x18 mm Weight 15 g Servo compatibility 1520uS 333Hz 1520uS 250Hz 1520uS 167Hz 960uS 333Hz tail only and 760uS 333Hz Digital servos Also standard 1520uS 71Hz Analog servos Supplied F...

Page 2: ... can choose the following four mounting positions If the Turnigy V Bar 600 unit is installed on bottom of the helicopter the same four directions can be chosen as well Turnigy V Bar 600 can run parallel to the helicopter s nose Turnigy V Bar 600 can also run perpendicular to the helicopter s nose ...

Page 3: ...he other positive pins The positive centre pins of both the rudder input and tail outputs terminals are also isolated but connected together from the remaining terminals on the unit This allows a connection of a regulated voltage rudder input e g Spektrum AR7100 R receiver All negative lower pins are connected together ...

Page 4: ...he gyros are not utilised and as such there is no stabilising action from the servos from any motion To activate primary setup mode move the rudder stick in either direction off the neutral point within 3 seconds of system power up The LED will illuminate for about 1 second and then flash quickly twice repeating the cycle continuously The main purpose of this mode is for you understand and configu...

Page 5: ...ick at neutral On with two short flashes Primary setup mode Off with two short flashes Rudder input off neutral position is detected Off No power or loss of gain signal Constant flashing Error Gyro not receiving a valid signal from the receiver or is unable to calibrate because the rudder stick is not centred LCD Programmer Button Description There are 7 function keys FUNC FUNC 10 10 1 1 Reset Des...

Page 6: ...O OPTIMIZE Information Control 12 FBL UPLOAD PARAM 13 DOWNLOAD PARAM 14 VERSION Submenus 1 TAIL BASE SETUP Initial Pre flight Tail setup menu TAIL SRV RUD TRIM RUD LEND RUD HEND RETURN 2 SWPL BASE SETUP Initial Pre flight swash plate setup menu SWPL SRV SWPL MIX GYRO POS CYCLIC LIMIT V SWPLRO RETURN 3 TX CALIBARTION Initial Pre flight Transmitter calibration menu SWPL TRIM CALIBR SWPL LOW CALIBR S...

Page 7: ... TAIL TORQUE COMP Flight characteristics Tweaking Values need be set for all flight modes used PIT COMP CYC COMP RETURN 10 MAIN ROTOR PARAM Flight characteristics Tweaking Values need be set for all flight modes used AIL GAIN ELE GAIN AIL FEED AILLSTOP AILRSTOP ELELSTOP ELERSTOP RETURN 11 PIRO OPTIMIZE Flight characteristics Tweaking Values need be set for all flight modes used PIRO THR PIRO OPT R...

Page 8: ...ease the rudder stick or switch normal mode into AVCS mode to confirm whether the middle point of tail rotor is correct Menu items Description 100 0 100 Default 0 Fine tune rudder servo neutral point RUD HEND Rudder High Travel Limit Menu items Description 130 240 Default 160 Adjustment of the tail rudder servo travel end limit high Suggestion Suggested setting between 160 230 If setting is higher...

Page 9: ... 25 1520us 250Hz or 152 07 1520us 71Hz 76 33 760uS 333Hz Futaba S9251 S9256 BLS251 LogicTech 6100G 152 25 1520uS 250Hz Futaba S3153 JR 8700G 2700G Align DS510 DS520 DS620 Ino Lab 202 152 16 1520uS 167Hz Align DS410 DS610 Low speed digital servo SWPL MIX Swash plate Type Selection Item Content HR 3 Default Transmitter should be in HR 3 mode Turnigy V Bar 600 controls 3 swash plate servos after bein...

Page 10: ... plate rotation phasing Item Content 89 89 Default 0 Phase compensation the of swash plate The precision is 1 For 2 bladed rotor heads this value should normally be 0 Mainly used for the phase compensation of multi bladed above 3 blades rotor heads CYCL LMT Settings for Limit of Cyclic Pitch of Swash plate Item Content 10 540 Default 240 Limit of cyclic pitch to avoid the swash plate s from mechan...

Page 11: ... the low end adjust the low end travel of the AILERON ELEVATOR and PITCH servos via your transmitter ATV settings to set the desired position Press the appropriate button on the LCD programmer to activate the calibration The LCD Programmer will display Calibration OK once complete SWPL HIGH CALIBR Swash plate High Level Calibration With the collective pitch stick is at the high end adjust the high...

Page 12: ...ront please adjust the data to REV REV Lift the helicopter incline the body with back higher than front the swash plate shall be calibrated with back lower than front if it is calibrated with back higher than front please adjust the data to NORM Suggestions First record the values of AIL FEED the values of AIL FEED be set to zero select the calibration direction of the elevating sensor by followin...

Page 13: ... stick Suggestion If the elevator stick input induces movement in other stick directions increase the ELE DEAD value 6 AUTOTRIM Optimize Swash plate Middle Point Level False Disable sub trim optimal with the swash plate level at mid point True Enable sub trim optimal with the swash plate level at mid point Under windless condition the helicopter needs to be in a stable hover for at least 20 second...

Page 14: ...tick center servo position Flight modes with the Turnigy V Bar 600 are set with pulse widths from 1620 to 1919 microseconds The values below are only examples In some cases the radio range may be 0 100 in others 100 You should always check the actual pulse width is correct to get each mode setting by reading the Turnigy V Bar 600 data after the radio is switched to the desired mode Display Format ...

Page 15: ...down Used to smooth the deceleration of a piro when coming to a stop Suggestion Increase RUDD DEC on rebounded tail RUDD EXP Rudder Stick Expo Curve Menu items Description 100 100 Default 0 Rudder expo curve relative to stick input RUD SENS Rudder Stick sensitive Menu items Description 50 150 Default 100 Fine tune the stick response to the actual piro rate The higher the setting the more sensitive...

Page 16: ...he elevator flight control Increase the ELE GAIN value enough but without allowing the elevator control to begin oscillating when flying Suggestion Lower the aileron elevator gain value or servo frequency when the swash plate servos oscillate Increase the aileron elevator gain when the helicopter cannot be locked in or if it pitches up Asynchronous swash plate servos can also cause that the helico...

Page 17: ...Submenu Configuration Steps PIRO THR Piro Optimize Threshold Item Content 0 540 Default 0 Elevator stick and aileron stick are within the threshold of active piro optimization A value of 0 disables piro optimization PIRO OPT Piro Optimize Item Content 60 60 Default 0 The stopping gain when banking frontward The stop speed against side wind and banking frontward Suggestion At first increase the val...

Page 18: ...Upload Success 13 DOWNLOAD PARAM Download parameters from the LCD Programmer Box to the V Bar 600 unit in the current flight mode Press any of the following keys 10 10 1 1 on the LCD programmer to download the parameters from the LCD programmer s memory to the Turnigy V Bar 600 unit in the current flight mode Repeat this step for all flight modes Downloading is a means of transferring previously s...

Page 19: ...ORM or REV ALGY DIR NORM NORM or REV ELGY DIR NORM NORM or REV 5 TX DEADBAND RUD DEAD 6 5 100 AIL DEAD 6 5 100 ELE DEAD 6 5 100 8 TAIL ROTR PARAM TAIL GAIN 26 80 80 RUDLSTOP 100 60 180 RUDRSTOP 100 60 180 RUDD ACC 0 0 15 RUDD DEC 0 0 15 RUD EXP 0 100 100 RUS SENS 100 50 150 9 TAIL TORQUE COMP PIT COMP 0 100 100 CYC COMP 0 100 100 10 MAIN ROTOR PARAM AIL GAIN 26 6 80 ELE GAIN 26 6 80 AIL FEED 10 0 ...

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