Need Help Programming Dual Elevator Servos on Futaba
05-23-2018, 09:09 AM
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Need Help Programming Dual Elevator Servos on Futaba
I have a Sig 1/4 scale Cub with dual elevator servos. I am using a Futaba T14SG for control.
What is the best way to set up the radio to do this function?
I have tried master/slave mix functions but only one elevator moves with the trim tab. I have tried everything I can think of to correct this. I believe I might have it setup wrong from the beginning.
What is the best way to set this up? Please talk me through step by step.
Any help is appreciated.
I am using an 8 channel Futaba FASST receiver.
What is the best way to set up the radio to do this function?
I have tried master/slave mix functions but only one elevator moves with the trim tab. I have tried everything I can think of to correct this. I believe I might have it setup wrong from the beginning.
What is the best way to set this up? Please talk me through step by step.
Any help is appreciated.
I am using an 8 channel Futaba FASST receiver.
05-23-2018, 09:30 AM
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I had that problem with my pattern plane.
You need to change the MODEL TYPE to TAIL=AILEVATOR.
See manual page 116.
Bad news: You're going to lose all your programming so far as you are basically starting over for the model.
-Ron
You need to change the MODEL TYPE to TAIL=AILEVATOR.
See manual page 116.
Bad news: You're going to lose all your programming so far as you are basically starting over for the model.
-Ron
05-27-2018, 08:39 AM
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06-06-2018, 07:38 AM
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Sorry I missed this thread a few days back. May have saved the OP some work.
It is completely unnecessary to change the elevator type to ailevator! All you have to do is designate a second channel in the function menu to elevator. All trims and other elevator functions will follow to the second channel and there is no need for further programming or reprogramming other than setting up subtrim and end points on the new channel.
It is completely unnecessary to change the elevator type to ailevator! All you have to do is designate a second channel in the function menu to elevator. All trims and other elevator functions will follow to the second channel and there is no need for further programming or reprogramming other than setting up subtrim and end points on the new channel.
06-06-2018, 08:32 AM
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That sounds good in theory.
That is what I did initially but only one servo functioned when I trimmed the elevator. It took me a while to figure out why every time I trimmed the elevator everything else would go out of trim. Only one elevator would trim and the other did not copy the master channel.
I am a diehard Futaba fan and have been so for about 30 years but sometimes the programming is just an utter mystery.
After hours of trying to figure it out (which it should be more intuitive), I just throw my hands up and move on.
The ailervator function worked perfectly and both servos trim together without a fuss.
My question is this: Why, when I set up a slave channel to another channel, would it not trim automatically?
What would be the cause of this? It is very simple to set up but it does not work like you say.
That is what I did initially but only one servo functioned when I trimmed the elevator. It took me a while to figure out why every time I trimmed the elevator everything else would go out of trim. Only one elevator would trim and the other did not copy the master channel.
I am a diehard Futaba fan and have been so for about 30 years but sometimes the programming is just an utter mystery.
After hours of trying to figure it out (which it should be more intuitive), I just throw my hands up and move on.
The ailervator function worked perfectly and both servos trim together without a fuss.
My question is this: Why, when I set up a slave channel to another channel, would it not trim automatically?
What would be the cause of this? It is very simple to set up but it does not work like you say.
06-06-2018, 08:46 AM
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With my Fut 8UAF I encountered the very same problem but could not solve it like you did as I was already using the Ailevator function for Aileron Differential so ended up using a split elevator pushrod.
06-06-2018, 08:48 AM
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I think Truckracer is suggesting something different here. We know that using programmable mix to make a second channel a slave of the first does not carry through the trim action.
As I read him, he's saying go into the Function Menu and assign another channel to elevator #2. For instance, select channel 8 to be Aux6, then select the controls for Aux6 to be J2 and T2. It does seem to do the same thing, but instead of being named ELE2 it is AUX6.
As I read him, he's saying go into the Function Menu and assign another channel to elevator #2. For instance, select channel 8 to be Aux6, then select the controls for Aux6 to be J2 and T2. It does seem to do the same thing, but instead of being named ELE2 it is AUX6.
06-06-2018, 08:57 AM
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I think Truckracer is suggesting something different here. We know that using programmable mix to make a second channel a slave of the first does not carry through the trim action.
As I read him, he's saying go into the Function Menu and assign another channel to elevator #2. For instance, select channel 8 to be Aux6, then select the controls for Aux6 to be J2 and T2. It does seem to do the same thing, but instead of being named ELE2 it is AUX6.
As I read him, he's saying go into the Function Menu and assign another channel to elevator #2. For instance, select channel 8 to be Aux6, then select the controls for Aux6 to be J2 and T2. It does seem to do the same thing, but instead of being named ELE2 it is AUX6.
06-06-2018, 09:25 AM
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I think Truckracer is suggesting something different here. We know that using programmable mix to make a second channel a slave of the first does not carry through the trim action.
As I read him, he's saying go into the Function Menu and assign another channel to elevator #2. For instance, select channel 8 to be Aux6, then select the controls for Aux6 to be J2 and T2. It does seem to do the same thing, but instead of being named ELE2 it is AUX6.
As I read him, he's saying go into the Function Menu and assign another channel to elevator #2. For instance, select channel 8 to be Aux6, then select the controls for Aux6 to be J2 and T2. It does seem to do the same thing, but instead of being named ELE2 it is AUX6.
Last edited by Truckracer; 06-06-2018 at 09:29 AM.
06-06-2018, 09:58 AM
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Yes, no mix necessary! But, it will have to be called elevator and not Aux6. On a second channel also designated as elevator, all functions of the original elevator channel follow to the second channel. Heck, you could designate several channels for things like aileron or elevator and all functions would follow from the original channel to the other channels. Important: You have to call the additional channels the same thing as the original .... elevator in this case. Yes elevator 2 could also be used.
07-02-2018, 02:52 PM
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I think the one point that is being either missed or skimmed over too quickly is that in the initial attempt only one elevator half responded to trim input. On my 12FG the second elevator also has to specify the same trim switch as the other elevator. I am betting that in the initial try, the OP did not realize the second elevator channel did not have a trim switch specified.
07-03-2018, 10:34 AM
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I think the one point that is being either missed or skimmed over too quickly is that in the initial attempt only one elevator half responded to trim input. On my 12FG the second elevator also has to specify the same trim switch as the other elevator. I am betting that in the initial try, the OP did not realize the second elevator channel did not have a trim switch specified.
