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HELICOPTER MODEL FUNCTIONS
Please note that nearly all of the
BASIC
menu functions are the same for airplane (
ACRO
setup), sailplane (
GLID
setups), and
helicopter (
HELI
) setups. The features that are identical refer back to the
ACRO
chapter. The Helicopter
BASIC
menu includes
the normal condition's throttle and collective pitch curves and revo. mixing. (idle-ups and throttle hold are advanced
features and are in the
ADVANCE
menu).
HELICOPTER FUNCTIONS .......................................... 89
Table of contents and reference info for helicopters . 89
Getting Started with a Basic Helicopter ................... 90
HELI
BASIC
MENU FUNCTIONS .................................. 93
MODEL
Submenu:
MODEL
SELECT
,
COPY
,
NAME
.......... 30
PARAMETER
Submenu:
RESET
,
MODUL
,
ATL
,
AILE-2
,
CONTRAST
,
BACK-LIGHT
,
HOME-DISP
,
USER NAME
,
LOGIC
SW
............................................................................. 33
MODEL
TYPE
(
PARAMETERS
submenu) ........................ 93
Servo
REVERSE
........................................................... 38
SWASH AFR
(swashplate surface direction and travel
correction) (not in
H-1
) .............................................. 95
THROTTLE MIX
............................................................ 96
END POINT
.................................................................. 39
Setting up the Normal Flight Condition ................... 97
THR-CUT
(specialized settings for helicopter specifi c
models) ..................................................................... 98
Dual/Triple Rates and Exponential (
D/R
,
EXP
) .......... 42
TIMER
Submenu .......................................................... 45
Auxiliary Channel assignments and CH9 reverse (
AUX-
CH
) ............................................................................. 46
TRAINER
..................................................................... 47
TRIM
and
SUB-TRIM
................................................... 48
SERVO
Display ........................................................... 49
Fail Safe and Battery FailSafe (
F/S
) ......................... 50
HELI
ADV
ANCE
MENU FUNCTIONS ............................. 99
THROTTLE HOLD
.......................................................... 99
THR-CURVE
,
PIT-CURVE
and
REVO
............................. 100
Idle-ups ................................................................... 101
Trims/offset ............................................................. 102
Delay ....................................................................... 103
Hovering setups ...................................................... 104
High/low pitch ........................................................ 105
Gyros and governors ............................................... 106
Mixes: defi nitions and types ..................................... 61
Linear,
Prog. mixes
1-4 ............................................. 68
Curve,
Prog. mixes
5-8 ............................................. 71
THROTTLE-NEEDLE
........................................................ 65