Helicopter Model - GRAUPNER MC-20 HoTT Programming Manual

Phase settings
Setting up fl ight phases
Use the selection keys of the left or right touch pad
to scroll to the »Phase settings« menu option in the
multi-function menu:
Base setup model Helicopter type
Ser vo adjustment Stick mode
Control adjust Dual Rate / Expo
Channel 1 cur ve Switch display
Control switch Logical switch
Phase settings Phase assignment
Open this menu option with a tap on the center
key of the right touch pad.
Autorot Autorot
Phase 1
Phase 2
Phase 3
Phase 4
Name Fl.ph.Tim.
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Within one model memory, the
you program up to 7 discrete groups of settings for
various conditions met during the fl ight. These are in
addition to the auto-rotation fl ight phase that can be
set up in the »Basic settings, model« menu. The
grouped settings are typically termed "fl ight phases"
and are programmed in appropriate menus.
Setting up fl ight phases
When you set up fl ight phases for helicopter models,
you start with this menu. You assign individual phases
a name and also assign a period of time for a (soft)
transition into each phase. Note that – depending on
your model and your settings – switch times much
longer than the default 0.1 s have proven useful.
You can also set up several phases with names and
transition times even if you don't currently have a
use for them, since the decision as to which of the
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"occupied" phases you activate is made only on the
»Phase assignment« menu (page 148) when setting
"phase switches".
The "Status" column, second from the left, shows which
one of the phases 1 ... 7, including the autorotation
phase this is 8, has already been assigned to a switch,
plus the current status of that switch:
Symbol Meaning
– No switch assigned
+ Phase can be accessed via switch
Indicates the phase currently active
SET
Note:
The "Copy fl ight phase" option on the »Copy /
0.1s
Erase« menu is a useful aid when programming the
0.1s –
various fl ight phases. First, you need to determine the
parameters for a specifi c fl ight phase; these are then
0.1s –
copied to the next fl ight phase, where they can then
0.1s –
be modifi ed as appropriate.
0.1s –
Sw.time
"Name" column
The fi rst line, and thus the fi rst fl ight phase, is
HoTT lets
reserved for autorotation fl ight, see »Basic settings,
model« menu. Accordingly, the predefi ned name
cannot be changed.
Use the selection keys to move to the line "Phase 1".
Briefl y tap on the center
pad then assign the needed phase (phase 1 up to
maximum of 7 phases) by picking the respective
name from the selection list with the selection keys of
the left or right touch pad. In addition to this standard
pool of names, the »General basic settings« menu,
page 261, permits up to 10 names of personal
preference to be defi ned.
The order in which phases 1 to max. 7 are assigned is
entirely irrelevant and you can leave gaps as you wish.
Nonetheless, you should always start with "Phase 1",
the "Normal phase", which is always active if ...
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The defi nition of the phase name "Normal" could
therefore be a useful one to adopt for "Phase 1".
The names themselves have absolutely no technical
signifi cance for programming; their only purpose is to
help you to identify which phase is active at any time
and are thus displayed in all fl ight phase-dependent
menus and also on the transmitter's basic display.
"ph. Tim." column
In addition to the standard timers on the basic screen
display, other timers are also available whose settings
are confi gured in the »Flight phase timers« menu,
page 156.
Clk 1, Clk 2, Clk 3, Lap, Time1, Time2
The fl ight phase timers "Clk 1 ... 3" plus "Time1"
and "Time2" run only in the fl ight phase to which
they have been assigned in this menu. During other
fl ight phases they are stopped (and hidden) and the
assigned stop/start switch then has no effect.
The lap counter, once started, continues to run
through changes of phase, however, although it can
be stopped during any fl ight phase via the center
ESC
SET key of the right touch
While you can obviously record lap times using "Lap"
and a switch, the two timers "Time1" and "Time2"
have the following meaning:
Time1 This timer will only measure time during which
... no phase switch is set in the » Phase
assignment« menu or if
no phase has been assigned to specifi c
combinations of switches.
key of the left touch pad.
the switch or control switch assigned in the
"Lap time/Tim tab" line of the »Flight phase
timers« menu, page 156, is "closed". The
frequency at which the switch is activated
is shown on the basic display. This counter
fi eld is highlighted as soon as the switch for
the "Time1" timer is "opened", i.e. the timer is
stopped: