HITEC Eclipse 7 - Manual (Page 25)

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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, to get to the
elevator travel setting menu.
A small arrow is displayed
over the numeral 2
represents elevator master channel, and the percent
indicator will blink on and off. The little arrow below the 2
indicates left elevon is being set.
5. 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%.
6. If the right (CH1) elevon moves down with up elevator
stick, change its travel direction by pressing the Cursor
Right key (the little arrow moves under the 1), then press
the Data -Decrease key until you reach -50%. Otherwise,
continue.
7. Now you'll input the
amount of aileron stick
response on the right(CH1)
elevon by pressing the
Cursor Right key once. Now the little arrows move both
over and under the 1, 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.
8. Now you'll input the
amount of aileron stick
response on the left (CH2)
elevon by pressing the
Cursor Right key once. Now the little arrow moves under
the 2, 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.
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
VTAL - V-Tail Mixing
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.
A small arrow is displayed
over the numeral 2, repre-
senting elevator master
channel, and under the numeral 2, indicating the right
(CH2) ruddervator, and the percent indicator will blink on
and off. Move the elevator stick all the way to the back
(full up position): both ruddervators should move
upwards. If the right (CH2) ruddervator moves down,
change its travel direction by pressing the Active/Inhibit
(Clear) key, then pressing the Data -Decrease key until
you reach -50%.
5. If the left (CH4) rudder-
vator moves down with up
elevator stick, change its
travel direction by pressing
the Cursor Right key (the bottom arrow moves under
the 4), the Active/Inhibit (Clear) key (sets 0%), then
press the Data -Decrease key until you reach -50%.
Otherwise, continue.
6. Now you'll input the
amount of rudder stick
response on the left (CH4)
ruddervator by pressing the
Cursor Right key once. Now the little arrows move both
over and under the 4, and you may adjust the amount of
left ruddervator travel with the Data +Increase and
-Decrease keys. 50% is a good starting point. Press
Active/Inhibit (Clear) key if you wish to reset to 0%).
7. Now you'll input the
amount of rudder stick res-
ponse on the right (CH2)
ruddervator by pressing
the Cursor Right key once.
Now the little arrow moves
under the 2, and you may adjust the amount of right
ruddervator travel with the Data +Increase and
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.
CH2 CH4
CH2 CH4
Up Elevator Left Rudder (view from rear)