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GETTING STARTED WITH A BASIC HELICOPTER
This guideline is intended to help you set up a basic (
H-1
) heli, to get acquainted with the radio, to give you a jump start on
using your new radio, and to give you some ideas and direction on how to do even more with this powerful system than
you may have already considered. It follows our basic format of all programming pages—a big picture overview of what
we're trying to accomplish; a “by name” description of the steps to help acquaint you with the radio; and then a step-by-
step instruction to leave out the mystery and challenge of setting up your model.
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Aileron:
changes cyclic lateral (roll) . Rolls the helicopter. Tilts the swashplate to the left or right. CH1.
•
Elevator:
changes cyclic pitch. Changes the helicopter’s angle of attack (nose up or nose down). Tilts the entire
swashplate fore and aft. CH2.
•
Rudder:
changes the angle of the tail rotor. Yaws the helicopter left or right. CH4.
•
Collective Pitch:
adjusts main rotor collective [angle of the paddles], changing the main blades’ pitch. Increased
collective pitch (with throttle) causes the helicopter to rise. Moves in conjunction with throttle on the
THROTTLE
STICK
. CH6.
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Throttle:
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THROTTLE STICK
. CH3.
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:
mix that adds rudder in conjunction with pitch. This helps compensate for rotation of the helicopter caused by the
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GOAL of EXAMPLE:
STEPS:
INPUTS:
Prepare your helicopter.
Install all servos, switches, receiver per your model's instructions. Set all trims,
dials and sliders to neutral.
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horn to the ball link for proper geometry and that no slop is present.
Mechanically adjust all linkages to get as close as possible to proper control
throws and minimize binding prior to radio set up.
Select the proper
MODEL TYPE
for your
model. Ex:
HELI
(
H-1
). See p. 73.
[ N O T E : T h i s i s o n e o f s e v e r a l
functions for which the radio requires
c o n f i r m a t i o n t o m a k e a c h a n g e .
Onlycritical changes require additional
key strokes to accept the change.]
(If the correct model type was already
displayed, be sure to do a model reset to
discard any unwanted settings.)
In the
BASIC
menu, open the
PARAMETER
submenu.
Turn on the transmitter.
for 1 second.
(If
ADVANCE
,
again.)
then
C
to highlight
PARAMETER
.
to choose
PARAMETER
.
Go to
MODEL TYPE
.
C
to
TYPE
.
Select proper
MODEL TYPE
.
Ex:
HELI
(
H-1
). Confirm the change.
Close
PARAMETER
.
to
HELICOPTER
.
for 1 second.
Are you sure?
displays.
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C
to
SWASH
.
to
H-1
.
for 1 second.
Are you sure?
displays.
WRFRQ¿UP
to return to
BASIC
menu.
Then,
NAME
the model. P. 22.
(You do not need to do anything to
“ save” or store this data.)
In the
BASIC
menu, open the
MODEL
submenu.
C
as needed to highlight
MODEL
.
to choose
MODEL
.
Go to
MODEL NAME
.
C
to
NAME
.
(First character of model'sname is highlighted.)
Input aircraft's name.
Close the
MODEL
submenu when done.
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When proper character is displayed,
C
to move to next character.
Repeat.
to return to
BASIC
menu.
