User's Manual Part 1

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NAM(NAMING YOUR MODEL)
TheRDS8000providesthecapabilitytodesignateeachofthe10modelsyouhaveprogrammedbyuseofa
3digitname.Usethe(CH+)keytoselectthe“etc”screen.PresstheFUNCTIONdownkeytwicetoselect
theNAMscreen.
Nowpressthe(CH+)keytoselectthescreenformodelnumberone.Thefirstcharacterwillflashtoindicate
youcanchangethatletter.
PresstheINC+/YESkeytoscrollthroughthelettersofthealphabetandmakeachangeinthefirstletter.
YoumanyuseanycombinationofLETTERS(upperandlowercase),NUMBERS,Colon(:),Dash(-),
Character,orblankspacetodesignateamodel.Whenyouhavefinishedthe firstletterornumber,pressthe
(CH+)keytomovetothenextletterandsetitinasimilarmanner.TheDEC-/NOkeycanalsobeusedto
changealetterornumberintheoppositedirection.PressboththeINC+/YESandDEC-/NOkeys
simultaneouslytoreturntothedefaultsettingofAR1.Onceyouhavenamedthemodel,presstheENDkey
twicetoreturntothe“etc”columnheading.
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StickDeflection
LINEARTHROW
EXPONENTIALTHROW
EXP (EXPONENTIAL)
TheRDS8000allowsthepilottochoosetwosettingsforExponentialthrowforeachofElevator,Aileron
(andRudderinhelicoptermode).
Exponentialthrowisprimarily usedto“soften”ordecreasethesensitivityofacontrolstickaroundtheneutral
point.WithExponentialdisabled,aservowillmoveinproportiontotheamountofcontrolstickdeflection,i.e.,
50%stickdeflectionwillresultin50%servotravel;75%stickdeflectionwillresultin75%servotravel.
ExponentialsettingsDONOTchangetheamountoftravelavailableat100%stickdeflection,butratherit
changestheamountoftheservotravelatstickdeflectionslessthan100%.Thefirst25%ofstickdeflection
maybesettoresultinonly10%oftotalservo,throwmakingthecontrollesssensitivearoundneutral.Seethe
followingillustrations.
IfyouhavenotusedExponentialfunctionsbefore,youwillwanttostartwithasmallamount ofExponential
(10to20%)todeterminewhetheryoulikethissortofcontrolresponse.Exponentialismostusefulwhere
strongcontrolresponseisdesiredatextremestickpositionsbutsofterresponsetosmallstickmovementis
desired in order to make very accurate small corrections to the flight path.
TheswitchpositionsforExponential#1andExponential#2correspondtotheDualRateswitchpositionsof
ElevatorandAileron.Exponential#1iswiththeDualRateswitchinthedowni.,(Off)position.Exponential
#2iswiththeDualRateswitchUP(ON)position.(NotehoweverthatyoucanleavetheDualRate
adjustmentsforElevatorandAileronsetat100%whichisnorate,sothatswitchingaDualRateswitchON
willactivateExponentialonly.
NOTE:SettingtheExponentialwithapositivenumberwillmakeservomovementsoftintheneutralareaof
thestickmovement.SettingtheExponentialwithanegativenumberwillmakeservomovementfasterinthe
neutralareaandsofterattheend ofthesticktravel.
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StickDeflection