User's Manual

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The Tip Sheet If this is your first Heli¡
If this is your first model Helicopter, 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 Swash plate setting for your Heli in the Initial Setup Menu.
2. 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. Read through the section on throttle and pitch curves and have a go at setting the NOR curves. Don't worry about Throttle
Hold, Flight modes and Idle-up curve "stuff" until you can hover and fly well in the NOR mode.
6. Work on the gyro set-up. Read about how your gyro interfaces with different transmitters in the gyro's manual.
7. Program -35% EXPO values for Roll, Ch. 1 and Pitch, Ch. 2.
8. After your heli 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 heli 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.
9. Ready to fly your new Heli? If you are lucky you will know someone that is an experienced model Helicopter pilot and
would be willing to check over your chopper 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 use a set of training gear on your
model to prevent tip-overs.
Learn to hover first and then transition into forward flight.
Initial Menu feature review for HELI programming
Model Setup Menu Programming
The following two items are located in the Initial Menu as
described on page XX. We will review them 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 helicopter, select HELI 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.
Heli Swash Plate: If you selected HELI as your model type,
this screen will appear allowing you to select between NOR
(Normal 90 degree mechanical) swash plate arrangement or a
120 degree swash plate by pressing one of the CURSOR
buttons. Consult your model's manual to find out which one of
these popular swash formats your heli uses and select it here.
To set up the Optic Sport to fly a particular model, you need to
get into the radio's model setup menu. In this menu you can
program specific control functions and the value (the amount
of servo travel) for the particular model helicopter you selected
earlier in the initial setup menu.
Note: If you have previously set up a model in ACRO, you will
notice that in the HELI programming baseline five new functions
appear that weren't in the ACRO mode. Throttle Curve, Pitch
Curve, Gyro Gain, Revolution Mix and Throttle Hold. All will be
explained in the descriptions of these features which appear
exclusively in the HELI menu.
Now push down both EDIT buttons at the same time.
The following menu items-in the order in which they appear-will
come on the transmitter's LCD screen as you scroll down the
list by pushing down the Right EDIT button:
In the upper left-hand corner it will say "HELI" and to the right
there will be a large number telling you the state of the battery
voltage (such as 7.2 v) and a smaller single-digit number
indicating the model slot the radio is currently opened to.
There will also be a little black box at the bottom of the screen
with the symbol "NOR". This indicates that the system is
currently in the "normal" flight condition mode which in HELI is
also known as the NORMAL curve. Later, we will show you
how to activate the flight condition modes, or "idle-up" stunt
modes-and it is here on the screen where you will be told which
mode is currently active.
Go ahead and switch the transmitter on-you are now in the
standard operating screen
NOR is the standard swashplate where one servo each
performs the collective pitch, elevator, and aileron functions.
120¡Æ is intended for three servo swashplates needing special
mixing to get the servos to properly provide the required pitch,
elevator, and aileron functions. The swashplate type 120¡Æ is
also referred to as SN-3
CH1
CH2
CH6
NOR
120
CH2
CH1
CH6
ROTOR TYPE
Helicopter Controls and Switch Assignments