Aurora9 Fail Safe
04-13-2010, 08:12 AM
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Aurora9 Fail Safe
Hi all,
I've set up my failsafe so that all flight controls go neutral (more or less) and the engine goes to idle. I use a smartfly opti-kill switch on the ignition, and an optima9 receiver. When I test the failsafe by shutting off the transmitter the receiver seems to stop powering everything for a split second, servos lose power and control surfaces droop, and the opti-kill is shut off. After that split second everything comes back on and the control surfaces move to their preset positions as well as the opti-kill comes back to life.
The theory with this type of set up is that if there is a momentary glitch, one would want the engine to keep idling, but with the behaviour observed I am worried that the engine will be cut off.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
I've set up my failsafe so that all flight controls go neutral (more or less) and the engine goes to idle. I use a smartfly opti-kill switch on the ignition, and an optima9 receiver. When I test the failsafe by shutting off the transmitter the receiver seems to stop powering everything for a split second, servos lose power and control surfaces droop, and the opti-kill is shut off. After that split second everything comes back on and the control surfaces move to their preset positions as well as the opti-kill comes back to life.
The theory with this type of set up is that if there is a momentary glitch, one would want the engine to keep idling, but with the behaviour observed I am worried that the engine will be cut off.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
04-13-2010, 02:48 PM
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RE: Aurora9 Fail Safe
ORIGINAL: CSpaced Hi all, I've set up my failsafe so that all flight controls go neutral (more or less) and the engine goes to idle. I use a smartfly opti-kill switch on the ignition, and an optima9 receiver. When I test the failsafe by shutting off the transmitter the receiver seems to stop powering everything for a split second, servos lose power and control surfaces droop, and the opti-kill is shut off. After that split second everything comes back on and the control surfaces move to their preset positions as well as the opti-kill comes back to life. The theory with this type of set up is that if there is a momentary glitch, one would want the engine to keep idling, but with the behaviour observed I am worried that the engine will be cut off.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be great.
Originally Posted by Tyro-I have the A9 and have a software wish. Is there any way of stopping the RX momentarily losing signal output in the case of a minor failsafe condition? The reason being i am flying large gas planes and i use a Smartfly ignition kill switch. When i test failsafe the channel momentarily loses the signal output from the RX , just long enough to cut the ignition. I want the ignition to stay on and the engine to go to idle , not cut out. There seems to be no way to do this with the Hitec failsafe condition.
If you are turning the TX off to check it, I don't have a clue other than doing what you probably are doing... ie. making sure your TX kill switch is in the ON position when setting failsafe."
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04-13-2010, 03:50 PM
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RE: Aurora9 Fail Safe
Thanks for the reply, it looks like I fall into the latter of the two scenarios. I am testing it by turning off the transmitter, not the receiver, the smartfly opti-kill is in the "on" position on the transmitter, and the failsafe was set up with the opti-kill in the "on" position.
Any other thoughts?
Any other thoughts?
