HITEC Eclipse 7 Pro User Manual

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Simple Transmitter Setup – Aerobatic Airplane (ACRO)

7.Press the Cursor Right key once, to get to the elevator

travel setting menu. Highlighted SLV sign and Numeral 2 Will

be flashing that represents elevator slave channel, and the

percent indicator will blink on and off.

8. Move the elevator stick

all the way to the back (full

up position): both elevons

should move upwards like

elevators. If the left (CH2)

elevon moves down, change its

travel direction by pressing the Active/Inhibit (Clear) key to get

0% quickly, then pressing the Data -Decrease key until you

reach -50%.

9. If the right (CH1) elevon moves down with up elevator stick,

change its travel direction by pressing the Cursor Right key

(the numeral 1 will be flashing), then press the Data -Decrease

key until you reach -50%. Otherwise, continue.

ELVN - Elevon Mixing

The Elevon function should be used

with delta wings, flying wings, and

other tailless aircraft whose

layouts combine the aileron

and elevator functions, and

requires one servo for each

elevon. Connect the right

elevon to receiver CH1

and the left elevon to CH2.

The amount of aileron and elevator response can be

adjusted independently. However, if you program in too

much elevator or rudder travel, the servos may reach

their travel limits before full stick motion has occurred.

The default values for this mixer are 100%, but you may

want to keep the travel settings at 50% or below

because most elevon planes are very sensitive, and

adjust the control linkages to get the travel you desire.

Note that you cannot use either flaperon or V-tail mixing

when elevon mixing is active.

Setting up elevon mixing

1. The right elevon should be plugged into CH1, and the

left elevon should be plugged into CH2.

2. Press one of the Up Down Edit buttons repeatedly to

select the ELVN window.

3. To activate, press the

Active/Inhibit (Clear) key.

The letters “INH” will turn

to “On.”

4. Press the Cursor Right

key once ,Now you’ll input the

amount of aileron stick response

on the right(CH1) elevon. Now

the MAS(Master) and numeral 1

will be flashing, and you may

adjust the amount of right elevon travel with the Data

+Increase and -Decrease keys. 50% is a good starting point.

As before, change the sign and use -50% if it travels the wrong

way with aileron stick.

5. Now you’ll input the

amount of aileron stick

response on the left (CH2)

elevon by pressing the

Cursor Right key once. Now the

SLV and numeral 1 will be

flashing, and you may adjust the amount of left elevon travel

with the Data +Increase and -Decrease keys. 50% is a

good starting point. Change the sign if travel needs to be

reversed.

6. Press the Cursor Right

key once, to get to the

elevator travel setting menu.

Highlighted MAS sign and

Numeral 2 Will be flashing that

represents elevator master

channel, and the percent indicator will blink on and off.

CH 1

CH2

Ailero

n Operation

VTAL - V-Tail Mixing

V-tail mixing is used with V-tail aircraft so that both elevator

and rudder functions are combined for the two tail surfaces,

called “ruddervators.” The response to both elevator and

rudder inputs can be adjusted independently.

However, if you program in too much elevator or rudder travel,

when both rudder and elevator are commanded the servos

may reach their travel limits before full stick motion has

occurred. Therefore, you should keep the travel settings at

50% or below and adjust the control linkages to get the travel

you desire. Note that you can not have both V-tail and elevon

mixing active at the same time.

Right Rudder(view from rear)

Up Elevator

Setting up V-Tail mixing

1. The right ruddervator should be plugged into CH2,

and the left ruddervator should be plugged into CH4.

2. Press one of the Up Down Edit buttons repeatedly to

select the VTAL window. The INH indicator will show.

3. Press the Active/Inhibit

(Clear) key to activate the V-tail

function. The display will show

On.

4. Press the Cursor Right key

once, to get to the elevator

setting menu.

Highlighted MAS sign and

Numeral 2 will be flashing that

representing elevator master

channel, indicating the right (CH2) ruddervator, and the per-

cent indicator will blink on and off. Move the elevator stick all

the way to the back (full up position): both ruddervators should

moveupwards. If the right (CH2) ruddervator moves down,

Flashing