HITEC Eclipse 7 Pro - Manual (Page 35)

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Simple Transmitter Setup – Aerobatic Airplane (ACRO)
at the flashing displays.
6. Now that you have activated one or more flight conditions,
you can have new sets of dual rates, exponential
values, and trims. Trims are defined by the trim levers
on the transmitter, but you can define the values of D/R
and Expo using the programming menu. Use the Edit
Up Down key to move to the D/R menu.
7. With D/R indicated in the display, be sure the flight
condition switches are in the desired position by checking
to see which is flashing. Then input the desired D/R
value for the active condition. Note that you can define two
rates each flight condition – each position of the Dual Rate
switches has their own value.
8. Again use the Edit Up Down keys to get to the Expo
menu, and set up a desired value of expo for each flight
condition. Again, you can only select one exponential
value for each flight condition.
9. Return to the regular operating mode by pressing the
two Edit Up Down keys simultaneously. If you move to
the TRIM menu with the Edit Up Down key, the flight
condition indicators are shown in the lower right of the
screen, to tell you which is active. You can change the
trims in one flight condition, and they are stored separately
and called up when you switch between them. That’s
really cool!
STRM- Subtrim Settings
The Subtrim window is used to make small adjustments or
corrections in the neutral position of each servo, independent
of the trim levers. The recommended procedure is to zero
out both the trims (see settings menu) and the subtrims (this
menu). Then, one mounts the servo arms and sets up
linkages so that the neutral position of each control surface
is as close to where it should be as possible, with the arm 90
to the pushrod. Finally, small amounts of subtrim are used to
make fine corrections. We recommend that you try to keep all
of the subtrim values of as small as possible. Otherwise, when
the subtrims are large values, the servo’s full range of travel
may be restricted.
Setting Subtrims
1. Use the Edit Up Down
keys to call up the STRM
window.
2. Press the Cursor Right
or Left key until flashing the
channel you wish to adjust (the
figure shows subtrim adjustment for CH1).
3. Adjust the neutral position using the Data +Increase
or -Decrease keys. You may adjust between -100% and
+100%. If you want to reset the value back to zero,
press the Active/Inhibit (Clear) key.
4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each channel to be adjusted
in turn.
5. Return to the regular operating mode by pressing the
two Edit Up Down keys simultaneously.
FLT.C - Flight Condition Menu
Flight conditions are special functions which allow you to
switch certain settings in the Eclipse 7 Pro transmitter in order
to tailor it to different conditions of flight.
For example, you might have a scale model which is very
sluggish at lower speeds (such as takeoff and landing) yet is
very sensitive at higher speeds. Or, it may need lots of rudder
trim at lower speeds, but not at higher speeds.
Flight conditions allow you to choose between up to three
different individual sets of trims, dual rate settings, and
exponential values. You make the change when either the
Flt. Mode 3-position switch or Flt. Cond. switch is flipped. The
Eclipse 7 Pro provides three flight conditions in addition to the
normal one (NOR), denoted ST1, ST2, and ST3 (you will see
these indicators in the display). Flight conditions are a very
unusual feature for a system in the class of the Eclipse 7 Pro
and they are normally found only on systems costing far more.
As you learn to use them, you will really appreciate them.
The priority of the conditions (when all three are activated) is
as follows: ST3 > (ST1, ST2) > NOR. In other words,
whenever ST3 is turned on, it has priority over the other
conditions. If ST3 is not on, both ST1 and ST2 override NOR,
which is only active if all the others are turned off.
This is better understood if you look at the table below:
Fit.Mode Switch
Anyposition Forward ST3 ST3overridesall
ST2activeifST3off.
LANDalsoon.
ST1activeifST3off.
(E->Fon)
Defaultcondition
ST2
ST1
NOR
Back
Back
Back
Forward
Back
Center
Flt.Cond Switch ActiveFlightCond. Comments
Choosing Flight Conditions
1. Get to the FLT.C screen
with the Edit Up Down
keys. The display will indicate
“Inh” and, depending
on the positions of the two
controlling switches, one of the
condition displays on the bottom (ST1, ST2, or ST3) may be
flashing.
2. Select the desired flight condition from the third column
of the table above, and move the two switches to
the positions shown on the same row of the table. The
active condition indicator on the bottom right of the display
will flash.
3. Activate the selected flight condition by pressing the
Active/Inhibit (Clear) key. The letters “Inh” will change
to “On”. Note that you cannot activate ST1 or ST2 if the
Flt. Cond switch is Forward, even if ST3 is currently
inhibited.
4. Repeat this procedure to activate each desired flight
condition. You can activate up to three conditions (besides
the normal one, which is always on). In this display,
you can tell if you are in the NOR mode if the display
indicates “Inh” and ST1, ST2, and ST3 are NOT
flashing.
5. Verify that the desired flight conditions operate when
the appropriate switch combination is selected by looking
Flashing
Flashing