User's Instructions

Helicopter
(HELI)
Section
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Swashplate Programming
1. Consult your model's setup instructions. If two or three servos are needed to move the
swashplate, go to the model setup instructions (page 26) and select the appropriate swash
type.
2. With all the servos hooked up, and the transmitter and receiver turned on, move the
throttle/collective stick up and down. The swash should move up and down with no
rotations. Move the aileron stick left and right. The swash should tilt left and right without
pitching or rising. Move the elevator stick. The swash should tilt fore and back with no
rotations. If there are rotations when collective is moved, or the swash moves up and down
with aileron or elevator, you need to adjust the settings in the swash menu.
3. If the servos do not all respond in the same direction for collective or opposite directions for
aileron and elevator, you will need to reverse one or more of them in the reversing menu
(REV). It may take a little trial and error trying different combinations of normal and reverse
rotation to get the servos to respond properly. Don't worry about the direction they respond,
just that they all move the same for collective and tilt for aileron and elevator.
4. Call up the swash screen by repeatedly pressing one of the
Up Down Edit
buttons until the
SWAH
window appears. The function is automatically active when you select 120' or 180'
mixing in the model setup menu.
SWAH + 70
CH
162
%
5. If all the servos raise the swash with increasing collective, go to the next step. If they lower
the swash, press the
Cursor Right
key twice to get to the collective setting menu (the arrow
appears over the number 6). Now press the
Data –Decrease
key until the sign is reversed in
front of the percentage value. Now the swash should properly respond to collective. If
you've done the wrong thing, you can reset the percentage by pressing the
Active/Inhibit
(Clear)
key.
6. If all the servos tilt the swash to the right with right aileron stick, go to the next step. If they
tilt the swash to the left, press the
Cursor Right
key once to get to the aileron setting menu
(the arrow appears over the number 1). Reverse the sign in front of the percentage with the
Data –Decrease
key. Now the swash should properly respond to aileron.
7. If all the servos tilt the swash back with up elevator stick, go to the next step. If they tilt the
swash forwards, press the
Cursor Right
key once to get to the elevator setting menu (the
arrow appears over the number 2). Now press the
Data –Decrease
key until the sign is
reversed in front of the percentage value. Now the swash should properly respond to
elevator. Double check that all three functions, collective, aileron, and elevator, produce the
desired result on the swashplate.