ORIGINAL: Wild Beat
Hi Chip,
I'm working on my first real 3D setup on my first real 3d plane. I was lucky enough to be able to get a 9Z a while back. I see that you do not recommend flight conditions for 3D? I have my plane set up by making one basic condition, with all the options I want enabled, like ailevator or flaperon. I then copied this condition to two other conditions, and changed the ATV's on them. Now, I have full throw on all surfaces when the switch is at the top, I have medium throws in the middle, and I have low throws at the bottom. (Low throws are only for flight testing really).
I have yet to add expo cause I can't remember where that is (hint hint..hehehe) but I'm pretty happy with this idea. Would it be better to scratch this and do it differently? I know that I will nead to do alot of tuning in the future but I thought that this would be a good idea. Any other hints for setting up the plane?
Thanks man, your really helping alot.
Wild Beat.
What you are doing will work fine, but you need to remember when making a change, for example to a P-MIX you will have to do it in every flight mode. You can also accomplish what you are doing with three seperate flight modes, by activating your dual rates, selecting the switch or stick you want them on, and then copying this to a flight condition if you need a third rate. Now you only have to set up your TX once and use 1 condition for the highest rate. Either way will work fine, I just go the other route because its easier for me, and doesn't clog up my Cam Pac.
EXPO is in two places, one is your dual rate menu, and the other is in the AFR menu. You need to set the EXPO in both places when using dual rates, and you'll need NEGATIVE #'s for a softer feel around nuetral with Futaba, and POSITIVE #'s for the same with JR.
One last thing, after you have copied your conditions, use AFR to set your endpoints not ATV. Remember all of your function mixes work off of your ATV, so if that is different from condition to condition your mixes will also need to be set differently. AFR is the one that can be changed without affecting anything else.
Chip