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Typhoon 2 + Spektrum - 3/27/2008 4:35:58 AM   
kmc127


 

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I have always been into park flyers but not really do it yourself planes, so I used to be sitting here with 10 different cheap controllers. Well, today as a gift I got an eflight 400 heli and it came with a Spektrum DX6i controller (it can do planes and helis). So I ran out and bought a new reciever for one of my planes (Typhoon 2) to try it out. I got it all hooked up, and everything works but it seemed to always be in high rates (didnt fly with it yet). Anyways, i figured out how to bind the high rates to one switch but it wants me to set a percentage for each of my control points (rudder, ail, elev), but I have no idea what to set this to. I put it to 75% and it looks okay, I guess? I really dont want to fly it without it being as close to stock as possible. Anyone know what the percent should be?

Thanks in advance,

Kyle
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RE: Typhoon 2 + Spektrum - 3/27/2008 3:29:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Kyle, the % is up to you. I usually go with something like 50% on the low rate and 100% on high. But again, it's your preference that determines what you set it at.

Read the manual, you'll learn about things like expo. Expo can be your friend on helping smooth out controls.


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RE: Typhoon 2 + Spektrum - 3/28/2008 1:47:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		Rates are normally listed in the instruction manual, both low and high. Because this is an RTF plane, though, it probably doesn't list them.

You'd set the high rate throws by adjusting the servo arms and control horns. Then you'd use the dual rate % to set the low rate travel.

To get the original throws, hook up the original receiver and measure them. You're probably close to the original throws now, though, so you may just want to adjust them by trial and error at this point. Typical low rates run 50-60% in my experience.

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RE: Typhoon 2 + Spektrum - 3/28/2008 6:14:38 PM   
Swift427



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ORIGINAL: kmc127
I really dont want to fly it without it being as close to stock as possible. Anyone know what the percent should be?

The following are the recommended stock settings for the Typhoon which may be applicable to the Typhoon II assuming the locations on the servo arm and control horn are the same for both the stock Typhoon and Typhoon II.
Control Throw (Ailerons): Low Rate: +/- .75 in (20mm) High Rate: +/- 1.25 in (30mm)
Control Throw (Elevator): Low Rate: +/- 1.4 in (35mm) High Rate: +/- 2.0 in (50mm)
Control Throw (Rudder): Low Rate: +/- 1.0 in (25mm) High Rate: +/- 2.0 in (50mm)
I believe the stock setup is more towards the innermost hole of the servo arms and the outermost hole of the control horn for the least amount of throw. As your skill level developes you can adjust either the servo arm hole location and/or control horn location to suit your aerobatic fashion.

If you were to move to the outermost hole on the servo swing arm and the innermost hole on the control arm(elevator or aileron or rudder) you would have the most throw whether it be elevator, rudder or ailerons. However, with so much throw(say, 50 degrees on high rate) a less experienced pilot might set the low rate on 25% and the high rate on 50%.

Conversely, if the quide wires were moved to the innermost hole on the servo swing arm and the outermost hole on the control arm your throw may only be 20 degrees on high rate. A beginner to intermediate pilot may choose a low rate of 75% and a high rate of 100%. It wouldn't be very long before this pilot would relocate to the middle hole of both the servo swing arm and control horn. Then he would readjust low rate to say, 40% and high rate to 80%.

So which holes you use and what % throw rate boils down to your own personal perferences for performing such 3D aerobatics as snap rolls and knife edge slide pop-ups.



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