Zman39

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Hey all,

I am trying to do the electronics on my 100" p-51. It has a servo for each ail, servo for each flap and I servo to operate the retracts. Can someone clue me on what channels the flaps and retract servo should be on? Will I have to do a mix or anything?

Thanks
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AndyKunz

The Monitor screen tells you where to plug things in. It renames the channels for you.

RAL = Right Aileron, LFL = left flap, etc.

The gear will probably have to go in AUX2 and you'll use the Switch Select function to configure it.

Andy

Zman39

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Thanks Andy

I am using an ar8000 receiver. If I run the two ele servos Separately to receiver will I have enough slots? Or will I need to put them on Y?

Thx

BuschBarber

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Are you using the 2 Aileron/2 Flap Wing Type and the 2 Elevator Tail Type. That would take up 6 channels and you would still need Rudder, Throttle, and Gear. I would choose the 2 Ail/2 Flap Wing Type and connect the Elevator servos to a JR Matchbox. Connect that to the Elevator channel. When you have Dual Elevator servos, one almost always has to be Reversed. It is also important that both Elevator halves stay parallel when they travel. The Matchbox lets you Match End Points, Servo Direction, and Neutral, for each servo. I have found Reversing Y Harnesses to be unreliable. They Drift off Neutral every so often and have to be readjusted.

As Andy said, once you have defined the Wing and Tail Types, you look at the Monitor to see what channels were assigned to each servo and connect the servos to those channels. The DX8 is different from previous radios as far as Programming, but it is much easier once you understand it's logic.

AndyKunz

I concur with Rich's recommendation.

Andy

Zman39

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Thanks guys. Will give it a try

ytrewq

I too am finding the same problem. When you select wing type with 2 Ail and 2 Flap servos, the monitor screen shows that AUX3 is the spare channel which has to be used for retracts. How do I go about moving AUX3 from the knob to a switch.

BuschBarber

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Have you gone into the System Settings/Switch Select, and moved Aux3 from the Knob to an available Switch?