GRAUPNER mc-16 Programming Manual page 327

In5 GL fr –––
Thro GL fr –––
Gyro GL Cn6 –––
In8 GL fr –––
nor mal
typ SEL
Conclude this entry with a brief tap on the
the left touch pad then change to the column "- trav-
el +" with the  selection key of the left or right touch
pad. After a tap on the centre key of the right
SET
touch pad, the gyro's maximum sensitivity can be set in
the value field displayed in inverse video, e. g. to 50 %.
To this end, move the selected control into its middle
position or, if applicable also to the side, such that only
one value field is displayed in inverse video:
In5 +100% +100%
+100%
Thro +100%
Gyro +50%
In8 +100% +100%
nor mal
– travel +
This produces a fixed value for as long as the control
remains at the right limit position. The correct value
must be adjusted in flight.
In the process, however, always observe
the adjustment instructions accompany-
ing your gyro sensor, because your heli-
copter will not be able to fly otherwise!
To conclude this initial programming, a few words
should be mentioned about the menu ...
»Channel 1 curve«
0%
0%
0%
0%
offset
ESC key of
This function is a type of "convenient exponential
curve" for the throttle/pitch stick and the mixer func-
tions connected to it.
If ever, this curve should only be applied "cautiously" at
the very end, when all adjustments have been made. It
should never be used for the throttle/pitch adjustment!
The over-lapping result in "nasty" effects.
With this, all helicopter-specific settings which can be
made on the "workbench" are now completed. The
+50%
further fine-tuning must take place in flight. The flight-
tested, (hopefully) minor (digital) trim settings are auto-
matically saved.
Larger deviations should first be mechanically adjusted
or adjusted according to the previously discussed set-
tings.
Further settings
Following this programming example, you have pro-
vided a helicopter with a basic adjustment for the
hovering training and simple trips. Depending on your
knowledge and experience as a pilot, additional func-
tions can, of course, also be activated.
If you want to fly at different speeds and with different
trimming, you activate the so-called "flight phases",
which can be called with assigned switches as an
alternative to the previously described "normal phase".
For this purpose, first open the menu ...
(page 137)
Ch1 cur ve
Cur ve off
Input 0%
Output 0%
Point ? 0%
normal
»Phase settings«
... whereby the symbols appearing in the second
column, sometimes only after a switch assignment in
the »Phase assignment« menu, have the following
meanings:
"–": no phase switch present
"+": phase switch present
"": currently active phase
Auto + Autorot
Pha1

Pha2 –
Pha3 –
Pha4 –
Name
However, consider in advance whether these are to be
implemented with individual switches or, more reason-
ably, with 3-way switches because as many as 6 flight
phases can be activated in addition to the autorotation
phase. The latter possibility is more logical and usually
more clearly laid out.
The "Autorot" line is already selected in the figure
above. When activated, the autorotation phase always
has precedence over any other phases you assign
switches to.
However, in the "Name" column you first assign "mean-
ingful" names to Phases 1 to 3, which are adopted
from a list. These identifications serve for the better
differentiation and are shown later in the base screen
and for all flight-phase dependent menus, see listing on
page 146, for example:
Programming examples - Helicopter models
(page 152)
ph.Tim.
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