Setting Re-duex.
When I thought I had it all figured out, I learned (in a rather painful way) that I in fact did not. At least no blood was spilled.
So, after a lot of testing with the heli double duct taped to the floor, I have some new settings that visually agree with my very limited understanding of how these things really work. One mental hurdle was figuring how how the Swash mixing really worked. A simplistic view of individual servos on the swash was getting me into a major logic box. It was when I looked at it from a conceptual standpoint, instead of the discrete mechanics, that it made sense. Confused? Join the club!
DX6i EXI-450 Programming Ver. 2 |
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| Dual Rate & Expo | ||||||
| Aileron | Elevator | Rudder | ||||
| 100% | INHibited | 100% | INHibited | 100% | INHibited | |
| Travel Adjust | ||||||
| Throttle | Elevator | Gyroscope | Aileron | Rudder | Pitch | |
| ↓100% | ↑125% | ↑100% | ←125% | →100% | ↓125% | |
| Sub Trims | ||||||
| Throttle | Elevator | Gyroscope | Aileron | Rudder | Pitch | |
| 0 | ↓10 | 0 | →38 | 0 | ↓16 | |
| Gyro | ||||||
| INHibited | ||||||
| Throttle Curve | ||||||
| Low | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | Full | ||
| Normal | 0 % | 25% | 50% | 85% | 95% | |
| Stunt* | 0 % | 20% | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Pitch Curve | ||||||
| Low | 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | Full | ||
| Normal | 50 % | 50% | 67% | 82% | 100% | |
| Stunt* | 15 % | 27% | 62% | 80% | 100% | |
| Swash Mixing | ||||||
| Swash | Aileron | Elevator | Pitch | |||
| – 60% | – 60% | + 60% | ||||
| Channel Mixing | ||||||
| Master | Slave | Rate D | U | Sitch | Trim | |
| Mix 1 | Throttle | Throttle | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited |
| Aileron | Aileron | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Elevator | Elevator | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Rudder | Rudder | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Gyro | Gyro | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Pitch | Pitch | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Mix 2 | Throttle | Throttle | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited |
| Aileron | Aileron | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Elevator | Elevator | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Rudder | Rudder | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Gyro | Gyro | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Pitch | Pitch | 0% | 0% | ON | INHibited | |
| Revo Mix | ||||||
| UP | DOWN | |||||
| Normal | 0 % | 0 % | ||||
| Stunt | 0 % | 0 % | ||||
DX6i EXI-450 Setup Ver. 2 |
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| Reverse | ||||||
| Throttle | Elevator | Gyroscope | Aileron | Rudder | Pitch | |
| Normal | Reverse | Normal | Reverse | Normal | Normal | |
| Swash Type | ||||||
| CCPM 120° | ||||||
| Throttle Cut | ||||||
| POSITION – ACTIVE | ||||||
| Dual Rate Combination Assignment | ||||||
| Dual Rate Switch: – INHibited | ||||||
| Power Setting | ||||||
| B-US 247 | ||||||
| * NOTE: I have set the Stunt settings for my own safety, not for actual stunt flying. If you use those settings you’ll end up with a bird in the ground, but at least it’s less likely to go full-throttle without you expecting if, if you do something really stupid (like me) and flip the mode from NORMAL to STUNT without thinking. | ||||||
Not many photos were taken today since this was mostly transmitter programming, a little out of control flying and working on dialing in the Gyro. Still spent more than a couple of hours hacking away at understanding all there is to creating a BASIC setup for a good hobby helicopter. Now I have a better understanding of why RTF helis like the MadHawk typically don’t ship with an BNF (Bind-and-Fly) version. The amount of customer support they would have to deal with would quickly consume the fairly narrow profit margin.
Perhaps I’ll have the bird in the air this next week. For now I need to call it a night and get ready for another exciting week of computer programming, project management and cat wrangling.