Originally Posted by
Malcolm H
Jim,
One problem I've found on the 18 multi point mix (and it was an issue in my JR days too) is that you often can't get the first point close enough to neutral to be able to set it accurately for say rudder to elevator mix in knife edge. I find I end up setting the point as close as I can to neutral and then playing with the mix percentage to get the correct amount at the stick position I actually need it at. The same goes for the so called program mixing feature. There should be some way to temporarily expand the screen view around neutral to allow these points to be accurately set. I have tried various work arounds but haven't found a satisfactory one yet.
Any ideas?
Malcolm
Hi Malcolm,
You aren't going to like my idea. The Jeti DS-16 allows me to move the points in 1% increments both horizontally and vertically. You can see in the figure I have moved Point 6, the first point to the right of center, from 25% down to 1% and the amplitude from 25% down to 18%. One can also vary the Master input in one percent increments, so I'm guessing you could find a combination that would give you 12 bit resolution on the amplitude. To tell the truth, I don't really know exactly how much rudder I hold in knife edge, so I end up setting the amplitude much like you do. But now that I think about it, I can look at my stick position as it is one of the parameters I record. I'll have dig out some recent flights and see if it is consistent. I'll also see what happens on knife edge loops. I haven't tried to optimize the mix there.
The great thing about RC Pattern flying is, you can always do it better, but it isn't easy. If it was it wouldn't be fun.
Jim O