User's Manual Part 1

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SECTIONIICOMMONFUNCTIONS
ThefollowingfunctionsarecommonandapplicabletobothAircraftandHelicopterprogramming.
TheLiquidCrystalDisplayshowsanAEROmodelselected.However,asimilarscreenwillbedisplayedwhena
Helicoptertypemodelisselected.
NOTE:Switcheslabeledwithredletteringareforaircraftandblueletteringisusedforhelicopter.
IMPLEMENTATIONOF CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Inthissectionyouwilllearnhow  toimplementthecontrolfunctions  andtailortheservomovement  and
centeringforeachcontrol.PressingtheENDkeyonthefrontpanelseveraltimeswillbringyoutothe
followingscreen,i.e.,theinitialscreenthatindicatesthecurrentmodeltypeandnumber,andthetransmitter
NiCdbatterypackvoltage.
Pressthe(CH+)keytoobtaintheSTWscreen.TheElevatorchannelwillappearontheupperpartofthe
screen.ThemodelnumberandAEROwillbepresentontheleftsideandthestopwatchwillindicatezero
sincenotimehasbeenprogrammed.
REV(SERVOREVERSING)
TheRDS8000allowsyoutoelectronicallyREVERSEthedirectionofrotationforeachoftheservosinuse.
Thisallowsyoutohookupyourcontrollinkagesandpushrodsinthemostmechanicaldesirablemanner
withoutregardtothedirectionofservomovement.Afterinstallingyourlinkages,checktoseeifanyofthe
servosmoveinthewrongdirectionwhenyoumovethecontrols.Ifsoproceedasfollowsforreversingthe
elevatorchannel.Reverseforallotherchannelsisdonethesameway.
PresstheFUNCTIONdownkeytoarriveatthefollowingscreen:
Movethecontrolstickfortheelevatorfunction.
IftheElevatorservomovesinthewrongdirection,presstheINC+/YESkeytochangethedirection.
Movethecursortothechannelwhosedirectionyouwishtochange(oneofthefollowing:EL,AL,TH,RU,G,
P/F,7or8)andsetREVfunction.
CNT(CONTROLCENTERING)
YourRDS8000allowsyoutofine-tunetheCENTERorneutralpositionoftheservos.Afterhookingu pyour
controlsandmechanicallycenteringalllinkagestotheapproximatepositions,presstheFUNCTIONdown
keytoarriveatthefollowingscreenfortheElevatorcontrol.
(NotethattheAileron,Throttle,Rudder,Flap,AUX-1andAUX-2centeringoperatesinthesamemanner
whenyouselectthatchannel ontheupperpartofthescreen.YoucanmoveacrosstotheCNTfunctionof
eachchannelaswellassomeoftheotherfunctionsbypressingthe(CH+)key.
BypressingtheINC+/YESorDEC-/NOkeysyoucanvarythevaluefrom0to+or-100%.Defaultis0%.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Itisdesirabletoadjustthecontrollinkagesascloseaspossibletothecorrectcenterpositions,thenusethe
CNT(CENTER)commandsto“Fine-tune”theexact positionofthecontrolsurface  whenthetransmitter
controlisinneutral.
Usingalargeamountofelectroniccenteringadjustmentswilldecreasethetotalthrowavailableforthat
channel.Inparticular,centeringadjustmentsgreaterthan+or-50%willtendtomaketheextremestick
positionononeendlessresponsive!