User's Manual

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Initial Menu feature review for GLID programming
Model Setup Main Menu Programming
The following item is located in the Initial Menu as described
on page XX. We will review it here
Select the Model type baseline: In the second menu screen,
the programming baseline of ACRO, GLID, or HELI will be
blinking. Since we are setting up a Sailplane, select GLID by
scrolling to it with a CURSOR button.
Push down both DATA buttons simultaneously to tell the
program to accept the choice-you should hear the transmitter
beep twice in acknowledgement.
This section covers the Optic Sport's "GLID" mode that allows
you to program functions specific to sailplanes.
Please refer to the Initial Setup menu on page XX, and the
ACRO Main Function menu starting on page XX. to reference
all other Optic Sport programming instructions not specific to
the GLID menu.
In the GLID programming baseline three new functions appear
that are not available in the ACRO mode: A CROW function
allows you to program a descent control in which both ailerons
move upward while the flaps move downward; an ADF function
creates flaperons and aileron differential and a STCK function
moves the throttle of your glider's motor off the left-hand joystick
and places it on the switch SW-1 on the upper left-hand corner
of the transmitter case (which frees up the joystick to
proportionally control the "crow" function.)
STCK (Throttle stick or switch)
ADIF (Aileron differential)
If your glider uses an electric motor for self-launching, the GLID
programming baseline thoughtfully allows you to retain throttle
control even if you opt to activate the Crow function on the
left-hand joystick/throttle stick. To make this change in order to
have a proportional Crow function, follow these two steps:
1. Go into the Main menu and scroll down to the STCK screen.
The default setting puts the throttle on the left-hand joystick.
2. To put the throttle on the switch SW-1, push down both
DATA buttons simultaneously and watch as the screen
displays "SW 1". Now, when you move this switch toward
you from "0" to "1", the motor will come on with full power
Important Note: Do you have a "flying wing" glider?
In the GLID mode the ELVN program is rendered
unavailable-if your glider is a flying wing, use the ACRO
mode to set it up.
The Tip Sheet
At this point you should have selected GLID in the Initial
Setup Menu as the baseline programming for the model
you wish to set-up. In the text that follows, we will review
and explain the Model Setup Menu items specific to the
GLID Menu for setting up your glider.
For those GLID features common to ACRO, refer to their
description within the ACRO section to set up your model's
basic functions (such as servo reverse and end point travel).
Servo Connection List
 Receiver
 channel   
 1  Aileron
  or Right Flaperon(FLPN on) Aileron Aileron(or Ropll Cyclic)
  or Right elevon(ELVN on)  or Right Aileron(ADIF on)  or Swash servo 1(120¡Æ)
 2  Elevator
  or V-tail right side(VTAL on) Elevator Elevator (or Pitch Cyclic)
  or Left elevon(ELVN on) or V-tail right side(VTAL on)  or Swash servo 2 (120¡Æ)
 3 Throttle Throttle(controlled by throttle  Throttle
   stick or Switch 01) 
 4  Rudder or Rudder or Rudder
  V-tail left side(VTAL on)  V-tail left side(VTAL on)  (Or Yaw control through the gyro)
 5  Landing gear (controlled by   Gyro sensitivity
  GEAR/FLT.MODE ST-3 switch)  Left aileron (ADIF on)  (values set in GYRO menu)
 6  Flap or  Pitch (or Collective)
  Left flaperon(FLPN on)  Flap or Swash servo 3(120¡Æ)
The Tip Sheet If this is your first Sailplane...
If this is your first model Sailplane, here are a few tips that will streamline your experience in programming it.
This will make more sense after you read through the manual. Refer back to this section when you are ready to begin the setup:
1. Start with the correct model type, GLID, in the Initial Setup Menu.
2. Access the main programming menu, then use the REV function, and make sure all the servos are moving in the proper
direction.
3. After centering the servo arms manually as close as you can, use the S.TRM or sub-trim function to center the servos.
4. Set your servo end points with the EPA function.
5. Program -35% EXPO values for aileron, Ch. 1 and elevator, Ch. 2.
6. After your Sailplane is all ready to fly, put it on a shelf and go get an R/C flight simulator program for your PC. Spend quality
time crashing the virtual plane in the simulator. Using a sim will save you hundreds of dollars spent on spare parts and
countless hours of rebuilding time in the long run.
7. Ready to fly your new Sailplane? If you are lucky you will know someone that is an experienced model pilot and would be
willing to check over your plane and take it up for its first flight. This is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, even if you have to drive a
hundred miles to get to this person! If you are on your own, start slow and conservatively.
Aircraft(ACRO) Glider(GLID) Helicopter(HELI)