User manual

(channel 4); plus Gear (channel 5) to switch the stabilizer on and off in flight. All full range
Spektrum™ transmitters have at least five controllable channels and thus can be
used with the Hyperion stabilizer. The computer transmitters offer the following
possibilities. With a DX6i™ or DX6™, Aux1 (channel 6) can be used to control one of three
main possibilities:
(1) retracts or (2) flaps or (3) a second aileron servo (as in a dual aileron or flaperon
setup).
A DX7™10 or DX7s™ enables the use of Aux2 (channel 7); for a v3 receiver, this channel only
works when stabilization is OFF, but for a v4 or 4.5 receiver Aux2 is available whether
stabilization is ON or OFF. A 7-channel transmitter enables any two of the
above three possibilities.
A DX8™ or higher transmitter enables internal use of Aux3 (channel 8), giving Master Gain
control on a v3 or v4 receiver. It does not provide an additional free channel.
Gear (channel 5) is operated by the ACT/Aux switch on a DX4e™ and the Ch 5 switch on a
DX5e™. The new DX6™ introduced in 2014, not the old one from 2006, which is not
compatible. Either the old DX7™ from 2007 or the new one for 2015.
Note that no amount of transmitter mixing can change the receiver’s use of Gear (channel
5) or Aux3 (channel 8). These channels are permanently committed within the receiver to
stabilizer ON/OFF and Master Gain respectively. You can on some transmitters adjust
which switches, knobs or sliders actually direct those channels, or you may be able to use
mixes from other channels for this purpose, but these channel assignments within the
receiver cannot be altered. It follows from all this that you cannot on a conventional
powered model have all three of: dual ailerons and independent flaps and independent
gear, even with an 8-channel transmitter. There are simply not enough channels available
in the Hyperion receiver. Hyperion do provide Gear (channel 5) output pins on the
receiver. But to use that option for flaps or retracts you would have to accept stabilization
being turned on and off as the flaps or gear are deployed or retracted. Not very practical.
To summarize, practical arrangements for a powered plane, using a seven or more channel
transmitter, include:
A single Aileron servo (or two servos on a Y-cable) on Ail (channel 2), with Flaps on
Aux1 (channel 6) and Retracts on Aux 2 (channel 7);
Separate Aileron servos on Ail (channel 2) and Aux1 (channel 6), with Retracts OR
flaps on Aux 2 (channel 7); this arrangement would allow use of the flaperon
function.
Binding
The stabilizer is bound just like any regular DSMX™ compatible receiver, Hyperion or
other. Binding is the process of “locking” the receiver to the transmitter so that it ignores
any others. Binding is the first step in setting up any receiver and is most easily done on the
bench, rather than in the model. Ensure that the transmitter and receiver are separated by
3-6ft/1-2m or the transmitter may “swamp” the receiver. Occasionally it may be necessary
to have as much as 10ft/3m separation to achieve binding. Generally you should only need
to bind once, unless you change transmitters, and, after binding normal link-up should not
require more than 2-3 feet/1m of separation.