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Flight Computer 1.0
Users Guide
Plaça Pere Llauger I Prim, nau 18 (08360) Canet de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
E-mail: sales@xicoy.com. Fax: +34 933 969 743 web:
www.xicoy.com
Xicoy WEEE register number: ES004749 & DE 36558999
Copyright 2015, Xicoy Electronica SL. All Rights Reserved
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Manual contents & design: Gaspar Espiell. V1.0
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Summary of Contents for XICOY Flight Computer 1.0
- Page 1 Flight Computer 1.0 Users Guide Plaça Pere Llauger I Prim, nau 18 (08360) Canet de Mar, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain E-mail: sales@xicoy.com. Fax: +34 933 969 743 web: www.xicoy.com Xicoy WEEE register number: ES004749 & DE 36558999 Copyright 2015, Xicoy Electronica SL. All Rights Reserved ©...
- Page 2 Welcome! Congratulations on the purchase of your Flight Computer. Xicoy are dedicated to the design and production of electronic controllers to the highest standards of quality and reliability to bring you the customer the very latest next generation designs. Features The Xicoy Flight Computer is a device designed to collect, display, record, transmit, merge and control all the typical data necessary on a modern jet aircraft.
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Page 3: Electric Connections
Telemetry Out: Data output to receiver. GPS: Connection to GPS Module Eng1: Connection to ECU. Xicoy ecus with servo lead data terminal currently supported. Picture 1 Eng2: Connection to second engine. Not supported in current release. LED: Output to 2 external LED lights. -
Page 4: Operation
Memory card The slot for the memory card is located in bottom/right side (Picture 2). Card should be of microSD type (Picture 3), maximum capacity 16Gb. Formatted in FAT or FAT32, other formats are not accepted. Typically the recording function uses 1MB/hour, so a 1 GB card can store 1.000 hours. - Page 5 Picture 8 The GPS module ( ) has two LED lights. Green blinks while it is looking for satellite data, and the blue blinks when the module has acquired the position and is fully functional. Picture 8 G-Meter Picture 9 On the left side ( ) the current measure of all 3 axis are displayed, and the gauge will record the...
- Page 6 Main telemetry setup allows selection of the radio brand Picture 15 ) and to enter the tank capacity and pump factor (please check the manual of the Xicoy telemetry adapter for Picture 15 detailed description). To change any setting, first touch the “Edit” button to enable the fields to be modified. Once...
- Page 7 Data recorded in text form can be read using any text editor like Notepad, imported to Excel, or viewed in 3D on Google Earth using the free FlightViewer software supplied by Xicoy. A new file is created at each power-up. Files are numbered and if the system has the GPS module installed and it is receiving data, the date and time of the file will be the current one.
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Page 8: Advanced Options
If the GPS module is not used, then the fields of date, time, longitude, latitude, GPS speed and GPS height will be empty. This data files can be imported directly in to the “Flight Computer viewer”, that is a Windows application that allow to display and analyze the data in graphical form, and to export the data to Google Earth, so that the flight profile with all the data can be analyzed point to point (Picture 18 - 19). - Page 9 6) WAIT! The procedure takes about 1 minute. Do not shutdown the unit while updating, the software can become corrupted and the unit damaged. 7) Once you again see the normal screen with Xicoy logo, check that it display the new version number.
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