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Step 7: Cyclic and Tail Gain Input Banks
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If you are using satellite receivers, you should have separate control
over the Cyclic Gain and Tail Gain inputs. By default, the gear channel
will control the overall cyclic gain and the Aux channel will control the
overall tail gain. This can be modified on the
Control
tab if needed.
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With a traditional radio receiver (no satellites), both the cyclic and tail
gain functions will be controlled by one channel. To avoid both the
cyclic and tail banks having the same overall gain, you can lock the gain
% for any bank. The gain channel will then only select that bank, but
won’t affect the gains. For example:
Cyclic Banks
Tail Banks
With Only One Gain/Bank Ch:
Locked
Locked
Selects Tail and cyclic bank, gains fixed
Locked
Not Locked
Selects banks, and the overall tail gain
Not Locked
Locked
Selects banks, and the overall cyclic gain
Not Locked
Not Locked
Both scaled together (not recommended)
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For the gain inputs, the direction of the channel’s output will set which
bank is selected. The endpoint on the channel will set the gain for that
function. 50% is a safe starting point for both
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. By default, for the tail
Bank 1 is “Heading Hold mode”, and Bank 2 is “Rate Mode”.
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For users of JR / Spektrum radios having a gyro gain menu, tail gains of 50%
equal 0, 100% equal +100 and 0% equal –100. Use values greater than 50% for
one bank and less than 50% for the other. Alternatively, disable the gyro gain
menu and set the gain channel end points per the method described above.
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Check that your radio can select which tail and/or cyclic bank is
selected, as indicated by a small blue bar over each setup tab. The small
blue bar shows which switch position corresponds with each cyclic and
tail gain tab. (See Figure 11.7, below.)
Figure 11.7 – Offline Setup Values
Cyclic
Bank Tab
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See Section 16 of this user manual for detailed description of how to use
the features in the
Cyclic
and
Tail
gain banks to tune your helicopter.
Step 8: Ready for Flight
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Save your setup to your computer’s hard drive by selecting
Save Setup
from the
File
menu, then go to Section 12 of this manual.
Final Setup Note:
The expo, dual-rate, and pitch-curve features of your radio
can be used normally, as long as they do not exceed 100% travel.
