User Manual

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On the next screen you select one of the ranges on the right-hand side, e.g. Wing. The screen now shows a diagram of a wing
corresponding to your chosen type. If your configuration is more specialized, that presents no problems: at a later stage you can
very easily program individual functions manually.
Briefly press Control, and move the aileron stick to select the Aileron control in the Context menu. Now you select a transmitter
control which is to control the left aileron; this will be the left or right primary stick, depending on the transmitter mode you prefer.
The software of the ATOM has no modes – it is only the mechanical settings of the transmitter sticks which determi-
nes the stick mode.
NOTE
If you now leave the Select screen again, you will see that the same transmitter control has also been assigned automatically to
the right aileron. The next step is to select the servo outputs to which you intend to connect the aileron servos; this is accomplis-
hed by pressing +. Note that you can assign up to eight servos to a single function.
If your model is an aerobatic aircraft, you would naturally select two or three servos at this point, if you have multiple servos me-
chanically connected to a single control surface. At a later stage you will be able to set the travel, direction of rotation and center
position for each servo separately. If these parameters are too coarse for your application, you can set an individual curve with up
to 17 points for each servo.
Back in the Assignment screen it is also possible to rename the functions to suit your own preference.
If you decide to assign the wing flaps at this point, you will learn to appreciate one of the truly unique features of the ATOM. As
with the ailerons, you again assign a transmitter control to the flaps. If each flap is operated by a separate servo, you won’t notice
anything unusual: you simply assign the flaps to your preferred servo outputs. However, if you also want the ailerons to double as
flaps, or want the ailerons to be mixed in to the flaps, you also assign the aileron outputs to the flap function. These functions are
now superimposed, i.e. the mixing is accomplished simply by assigning the servos. At a later stage you can adjust the servos
individually, both for the Aileron function and the Flap function. Servo travel, center and direction can be set separately for both
functions!
An even clearer example of this exceptional feature relates to models with a Delta wing. If you select a delta using the Assistant,
the correct functions are assigned automatically. To clarify this, the manual method would be as follows:
As an example, servos 1 and 5 are assigned to Aileron. Servos 1 and 5 are also assigned to Elevator. Since the servos are
installed in a mirror-image arrangement, it is logical that the servos always operate as ailerons, regardless of whether the pilot
moves the elevator stick or the aileron stick. Now we switch to the Elevator function and reverse the direction of rotation of one
servo. The elevator function now works correctly, but the “reversed” elevator function has no effect on the servo direction when an
aileron command is applied, i.e. the ailerons still work correctly. That’s all there is to setting up a “Delta mixer”.