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CONTENTS ...................................................................4
SAFETY NOTES ...............................................................6
GENERAL INFORMATION .....................................................8
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................9
2. BOX CONTENT ............................................................10
3. MOUNTING AND CONNECTION ............................................11
3.1 Mounting the MICROBEAST unit ................................................ 11
3.2 Servo connections and auxiliary channels ...................................... 12
3.3 Connection of a standard receiver .............................................. 14
3.4 Use of single line receivers ..................................................... 15
3.5 Preparing a transmitter for ybarless .............................................. 19
3.6 Usage as stand-alone tail gyro .................................................. 20
4. RECEIVER TYPE SETUP ....................................................21
4.1 Receiver type choice (receiver menu point A) ........................................ 21
4.2 Inputchannel assignments (receiver menu points B - H) ............................. 23
4.3 Teaching of customized channel order ......................................... 25
4.4 Programming the Failsafe (receiver menu point N) ............................. 28
5. SETUP PROCEDURE OVERVIEW ............................................29
5.1 Setup menu ................................................................... 31
5.2 Parameter menu ............................................................... 31
5.3 Example: Selection within the menus ........................................... 32
5.4 Switching to the next menu point .............................................. 32
6. SETUP MENU .............................................................33
A Mounting orientation of the MICROBEAST ....................................... 34
B Swashplate servo frequency .................................................... 35
C Tail servo center position pulse length .......................................... 37
D Tail servo frequency ............................................................ 38
E Setting the Tail rotor endpoint .................................................. 40
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F Setting the Tail sensor direction ................................................. 42
G Adjusting the swashplate servo centering ....................................... 44
H Swashplate mixer ............................................................... 46
I Setting the swashplate servo directions ........................................ 47
J Teaching the cyclic pitch geometry ............................................. 48
K Adjusting the collective pitch range ............................................ 50
L Adjusting the cyclic swashplate limit ............................................ 51
M Setting the swashplate sensor directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 52
N Setting the pirouette optimization direction ..................................... 55
7. DIALS AND TAIL GYRO GAIN ..............................................57
7.1 Swashplate: cyclic gain (Dial 1) ................................................. 57
7.2 Swashplate: direct cyclic feed forward (Dial 2) ................................... 58
7.3 Tail dynamic (Dial 3) ............................................................ 58
7.4 Tail gyro gain (adjusted by the transmitter) ..................................... 59
8. PARAMETER MENU .......................................................60
A Swashplate cyclic center adjustment ............................................ 61
B Control behavior ............................................................... 62
C Swashplate – pitching up compensation ........................................ 64
D Tail HeadingLock gain .......................................................... 65
E Stick deadband ................................................................. 67
F Tail – torque precompensation (RevoMIX) ....................................... 68
9. THE FIRST FLIGHT .........................................................69
10. VERSION DISPLAY .......................................................71
11. TROUBLE SHOOTING .....................................................72
LEGAL TERMS ...............................................................76
DISCLAIMER ................................................................76
COPYRIGHTS ................................................................76
DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY .............................................76
MICROBEAST OVERVIEW ....................................................77
MY SERVO SETUP ...........................................................78