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5.) Battery mounting & Gyro Connection
Insert the battery into position by sliding the battery
holders along the horizontal rails to clamp in place. Press
the rubber stoppers to secure the top and the rubber
band at the bottom. Pickup the Hummingbird by the flybar
and position the battery until the helicopter hangs level
or slightly nose heavy. Be sure that the Century Logo
reads upwards as pictured.
*Note orange signal wires are
to be installed facing each
other for the gyro only!
6.) Mixer & Speed Control
The Hummingbird Mixer & Speed Control is a microprocessor electronic
controller for micro electric helicopters that use separate direct current
motors for the main and tail rotor systems. The control board provides
all the power for the electric motors, the radio equipment and performs
automatic mixing of the tail rotor to the main rotor.
Warning: In the event of a crash immediately put the throttle in the lowest position. If the throttle is up and the blades (main or tail) are unable to
move due to an obstruction, power will overflow to the mixer board and it may damage the Hummingboard. This is not covered under waranty.
7.) Servo Wires
Radio Connector Type
JR
Futaba
red to red
red to red
brown to brown
brown to black
orange to orange
orange to white
Connect the Throttle lead to the throttle channel on the receiver and the Rudder lead to the gyroscope. Do not connect a separate receiver battery to the
receiver; this will damage the Hummingboard. The Hummingboard has a BEC circuit to supply power to the receiver, gyro and servos.
8a.) Example Electronics Setup (Shows connections for Century
Lightning 4)
Century
Micro
Receiver
CN2032
Aileron Servo
(ch. 1) CN2023
Elevator Servo
(ch. 2) CN2023
Hitec
Airtronics Z
red to red
red to red
brown to black
brown to black
orange to yellow
orange to white
Signal (s)
Positive (+)
Negative (-)
*Note orange signal
wires are to be installed
facing each other for
the gyro only!
Tail Motor
(ch. 4) CNE019
8.) Channel Map by Radio
The following are for the Century (CN2032) micro receiver, if you are
using a different receiver the assignments may change!
Aileron (move left & right)
Elevator (move front & back)
Throttle (go up & down)
Rudder (turn left & right)
Micro Gyro
CN2022E
You will notice there are 2 wires coming
from the upper left corner of the board.
The top wire is marked rudder on the
front of the board. This wire goes into
the gyro. Bottom wire goes to the
receiver for the throttle.
Main Motor
(ch. 3)CNE056
JR
Futaba
Hitec Airtronics
C H 2
C H 1
C H 1
C H 2
C H 3
C H 2
C H 2
C H 1
C H 1
C H 3
C H 3
C H 3
C H 4
C H 4
C H 4
C H 4
Bird Seed Battery
CNE050
Mixer Board
CNE052
Press the tail motor and main motor
connectors to the board, note that the
two red wires are beside each other when
connected to the board as marked by
positive and negative indicators.
Aileron
Elevator
Throttle
Rudder
Not used
Not used
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