User manual

Orientation of the Receiver Unit
The most common arrangement is to mount the stabilizer level and upright, aligned with
the center line of the fuselage, with the connector pins toward the tail. The stabilizer can,
however, be flipped 180˚ on any of the 3 axes. A common arrangement that presents no
problems is mounting the stabilizer upside down for access from the bottom of the model.
The stabilizer will not work properly if rotated 90˚ on an axis. This means that with normal
channel assignments you cannot fasten it to the flat side of a profile aircraft. Nor can you
mount it across the fuselage. It must align with the matching aircraft axes. The receiver can
be mounted in certain other orientations, but doing so requires switching channel
assignments.
What the LEDs mean – in more detail
The 7-channel stabilizer has three LEDs: red and green ones on the top near the
connectors, and a red one on the back of the PC board, inside the case. This single internal
LED can normally be ignored as it mostly just mirrors some of the actions of the green LED.
Status Lights
Bottom line: A properly bound, active stabilizer will show only a solid green LED. The red
LED will come on when you turn the stabilizer OFF using the gear channel or the DIP
switches.
Aerials, Satellites and Range Checking
All Hyperion receivers, including the stabilizer, are “full range”. This means that they have
ample range for all normal visual flying (as opposed to long range FPV flying). Modern 2.4
GHz receivers work very well indeed but under some conditions the radio link can be
interrupted by factors such as nearby metal fencing or conductive objects within the model.
The reliability of the link for a given range is affected by the number of aerials (antennas)
and their orientation, as well as by the installation of the receiver in the model. The base
Hyperion stabilizer has one aerial wire. For the strongest and most reliable reception, the
wire should stick straight out from the stabilizer; an aerial bent along the stabilizer case