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Intro
The SK360 Digital Flybar is a high performance, compact, and lightweight pitch
and roll stabilizer for model helicopters. Its function is to replace the traditional
flybar (stabilizer bar) and its association linkages, while saving power, increasing
flight times, and reducing repair costs. Features include:
Control Options:
Control over the Bell and Hiller ratio (direct vs. stabilized control)
Control over roll and pitch rates in-software
Control feel is adjustable in software, on the gyro case, or by remote bank
switching
Optional remote gain
Swashplate Options:
Suitable for 120, 135/140, and 90 degree eCCPM, as well as mCCPM
swashplates
Mixing In-Gyro, for higher precision
Swash Ring anti-binding algorithm
Phase Trim adjustable to +-90
Servo Options:
Works with digital or analog servos
Synchronous with receiver’s PWM frames for minimal lag
Groups swash servo PWM pulses for low swash motion error
Swash servo rate-equalizing prevents uncommanded pitch during
aggressive maneuvers
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Package Contents
Your gyro package should include:
SK360 Gyro unit
Four strips of 3M-4408
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mounting tape
USB Interface with jumper
USB Extension Cable
CD with Interface Software
Note:
If your computer can’t read mini-CDs, visit our website at:
www.skookumrobotics.com/support.html
to download the latest version of the setup software (you will not need to
update the firmware).
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Safety
An R/C Helicopter is not a toy, and can cause serious injury to people or damage to
property. Use of this gyro places a flight control computer (the gyro unit) between
the radio receiver and the servos that drive the swash plate. If the gyro unit is
mistuned or set up incorrectly, loss of control of the helicopter may result. See
Appendix C for warranty information.
Please keep bystanders clear of the flight area at all times. Be sure to test fly away
from spectators, especially when flying the helicopter after any change in the gyro’s
setup or tuning, and keep yourself at a safe distance.
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Mounting the Gyro
The front side of the gyro is marked on its case. The gyro unit can be mounted
upside down, backwards, or sideways, but it must be level, and have its sides
aligned as accurately as possible with the fore-aft axis of the helicopter.
Misalignments of even a few degrees (2mm or 1/16” difference between the front
and back edges of the case) may cause problems with tuning the gyro. The gyro
should also be as far as possible from any heat sources, and at least 10cm away from
Xtremelink
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receivers.
The SK360 label must face up or down.
For vibration resistance, mounting tape with good damping must be used, such as
the 3M-4408
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tape included. The gyro’s case should not directly contact any hard
surfaces of the helicopter’s frame, and if a safety strap is used across the top of the
gyro, it should be padded slightly. Cables connected to the gyro should have some
slack near the gyro’s case.
Before mounting the gyro clean its base and the
mounting site with isopropyl alcohol. Then use
two pieces of the supplied 3M mounting tape on
the base of the gyro, as shown. If you use a
pad/metal plate/pad mounting for a nitro heli, be
careful that the stack is not too thick, as this might
result in resonance.
