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Sensor Assisted Flight Envelope (SAFE) Technology
Sensor Assisted Flight Envelope (SAFE) Technology
SAFE technology is a revolutionary flight training system designed to
give you a stable platform for safely developing your flying skills. This is
not an autopilot or self-guiding robot. The sensors and software in this
system help you fly the aircraft where you want to go while decreasing the
risk of an out-of-control crash. You can progress through the Beginner,
Intermediate and Experienced flight modes as your skills increase, all with
the confidence of an optional Panic recovery mode. At any time during a
flight you can switch between the 3 flight modes or use Panic recovery to
get your aircraft to a safe flying attitude.
SAFE Flight Modes
Beginner Mode
• Envelope limit: Pitch (nose up and down) and Roll (wing tips up and
down) angles are limited to help you keep the aircraft airborne
• Self-leveling: when the pitch and roll controls are returned to neutral,
the aircraft returns to level flight
• Stability assisted takeoff and landing
• Throttle based climb and descent
Intermediate Mode
• Natural Flight Experience: In normal training flight conditions, the pilot
experiences natural AS3X
®
flight for smooth handling and outstanding
precision
• Large Flight Envelope: The pilot is only prevented from entering extreme
flight conditions outside the training flight envelope
Experienced Mode
• Natural Flight Experience: The pilot experiences natural AS3X flight for
smooth handling and outstanding precision
• Unlimited Flight Envelope: No limit on Pitch and Roll angles (airframe limited)
Panic Recovery
• Immediate recovery to a safe flying attitude
• Return all transmitter controls to neutral for the quickest recovery
• This mode is intended to provide the pilot with the confidence to
continue to improve their flight skills
AS3X
®
technology
Horizon Hobby has always made RC sport, scale and unique aircraft with
the kind of performance experts appreciate. Now the exclusive Artificial
Stability 3 axis (AS3X) system helps take performance expectations in
aircraft a quantum leap higher. Based on the successful use of MEMS
sensor technology within the AS3X Stabilization System essential to Blade
®
ultra micro flybarless helicopters, the specifically tuned AS3X System for
airplanes helps invisibly correct for turbulence, torque and tip stalls when
encountered. Furthermore, the outstanding control agility delivers an ultra
smooth, locked-in feel that obeys your every command with performance
that’s natural feeling. It’s so gratifying, in fact, that it’s as though you’re
the RC pilot of an expertly tuned, giant-scale aircraft. AS3X will change the
way you’ll want to fly now and in the future. To see what we mean, go to
www.E-fliteRC.com/AS3X.
RollPitch
RollPitch
RollPitch
1. Pilot loses control of the aircraft
in any flight mode.
2. Pilot pulls and holds the Panic
Recovery switch and returns all
other controls to their neutral
position. The aircraft will roll
wings level and pull out of a
dive...
3. ...once the aircraft is flying
straight and level, the pilot
releases the Panic Recovery
switch and continues a gentle
climb to a safe altitude.
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IMPORTANT: Aircraft will recover to a safer attitude even if sticks are held.
Some control input is still used with panic activated.
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